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24d ago
inThat night in Naples when the hostel bed bugged out
So when you grabbed your pack at 2 AM, did you already know about the station lockers or was that just dumb luck? I only ask because I've bailed on two hostels and both times I ended up wandering around for hours with no plan, which honestly felt worse than the bed bugs. Did the front desk try to charge you for the night anyway, or did you slip out before anyone noticed? That part always gets me, the money side of walking out.
26d ago
inThe old text-only browser version of my local library still outdoes the new site
Exact Dewey number after the colon? Nice to know the library is still running on secrets from 1998.
27d ago
inMy dad printed out a 1997 Wired article claiming the internet would die by 2003, and he still has it taped in his shop
My uncle taped one from 2000 saying email was a passing trend.
5mo ago
inMy bakery internship in Boston taught me that letting sourdough overproof is sometimes the right move, which goes against everything I was told.
Oh man, @karen405 you might be right but I think luck is just part of the whole messy process sometimes! I remember once I was trying to make a sourdough and I forgot to feed my starter for like a week. It looked dead, smelled like nail polish remover, and I almost threw it out. But I just tossed half of it and fed it anyway, and somehow that loaf turned out amazing with the best tang ever. So yeah maybe luck was involved, but also maybe the starter just needed a weird vacation to get its act together.