eureka!...and a few other things.

When I was a little girl, I occasionally watched a show called Eureka's Castle (possibly spelled 'Eureeka's Castle'...?). I don't remember much at all about the show, just that Eureka was a really weird looking creature with big ears and multi-colored hair, and I'm pretty sure there was a dragon involved. Does anyone else remember this? Anyway, it was an embarrassingly long amount of time between my days of watching Eureka's Castle and the day that I realized that "eureka" was actually a word, and not just the name of a strange television character. Anyhoo, the original reason the word "eureka" is involved in this post at all is that I have found what could quite possibly be the recipe for the best bread I've ever had in my life, and you should make it...or, just get someone to make it for you. Here's the recipe. I've made mine without a bread maker, using warm water and twice the yeast for a quicker rising time. I also omitted the semolina flour in the sponge, though I'm sure it'd be good if you actually followed the directions, too... In other news, for anyone using Rhapsody, I just listened to the Decemberists' "Picaresqueties", which consists of 5 songs that didn't make it onto Picaresque. It must have been a recent addition to Rhapsody, because I had absolutely no idea that this existed. It's totally awesome. The newest Barenaked Ladies album is great, too. 9 weeks to go until the baby's due. As for an update, Matt's dad is doing really well, all things considered, and arrived home from the hospital this afternoon.