Part of the problem with the dough blade is that it doesn't actually reach all of the grains, but regardless, we have a way to polish the millet now.
I soaked 3/4 of a cup of the polished grain for a few hours and it expanded to 8 ounces. Not the dramatic near-doubling that rice does, but still it's something. Soaking overnight didn't give it more volume.
This is after one steaming. There's some uncooked grains, but if I mix it together and re-steam (as directed by the book), it's fully cooked.
During fermentation, there's still a lot more bulk than with the rice, which I think decomposes more fully so maybe I should investigate other strategies for polishing, but this is at least a start.
Chris Kluwe was lauded by many while in Minnesota for his stand against the same-sex marriage amendment; but now a tweet about his days in training camp in Mankato have some people cursing the former Vikings punter.
The Mankato Free Press reports that that a Twitter war erupted Tuesday when Kluwe tweeted a quip about being better off at home in Napa, Calif. (he punts now for the Oakland Raiders) than returning with the Vikings to Mankato, although he misspelled capital.
Kluwe also made a crack about the recently imploded Gage Resident Hall, which for years housed the Vikings during training camp.
According to the Free Press, Kluwe&apos;s tweets were met with ire. One tweet said to the athlete-activist said, "You can go (blank) yourself. We didn&apos;t want your (word for bottom) complaining around here anymore, anyway. Too cold? Grow some balls, sally."
While the tweet on the surface may appear like a random slam, the author of the Free Press article noted how Kluwe was "kind of right."
"Blue Earth County, for whatever reason, has long been a state leader in chlamydia cases," wrote Robb Murray. "In the most recent report on the subject from the Minnesota Department of Health, Ramsey County and Hennepin are understandably tops with the most cases per 100,000. Followed by then are Beltrami County and Blue Earth County."
The punter also replied to a critical tweet by City Pages&apos; Aaron Rupar, saying, "I didn&apos;t just make something up for the sake of starting (expletive). We were legitimately told that as a warning."
The Free Press pointed out that Napa ranks 39th in the state of California in chlamydia cases, while Oakland ranks 10th.
First, I want to add a disclaimer. Blogging is not the same as journalism. It should be obvious, but for some it just isn’t. Journalism is a profession. Blogging is a hobby for most and a fun job for others. It is not a profession because there isn’t a code of ethics like in professions. There’s no qualification to do it that can be rescinded with violating the code of ethics. Doctors and lawyers are professionals. There may be some of questionable quality, but there is still a standard. Some will fall through the cracks, but if they are ever exposed they will face losing their license or being disbarred.
Bloggers edit their own work or have a friend look it over for corrections. Though I’m sure there are bloggers who pay editors to check their work.
While I do agree that blogging has its own challenges like gaining followers. Its hard because the medium is so saturated. Its saturated because anyone can do it. Therein lies the problem with it being a profession.
I’ve always been a fan of debates and written discourse. I love to discuss things and enjoy the sport of argument while trying to keep things civil and respectful. Since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to write for a living.
I currently have a normal job. I want to not do normal jobs. My personality is not conducive to the worker bee culture. You might think that’s the wrong reason to get into blogging but as I mentioned before, I love writing. I will get more into this another time.
This blog is a means for me to get pen to paper. To put something down so I can begin my journey. I may not get many followers, but I will at least be compelled to write more often and check my work before it is seen by the public. The hopeful result is to gain experience and critiques from experienced bloggers, writers or journalists to help me improve my craft. If you fall in one of those categories, or even just an avid consumer of information, please let me know what I can do better. If you want to tell me I’m completely wrong about everything and start a debate, I’m game for that too.
My interests are many despite what this blog so far might imply. The plan is to introduce them as topics slowly so as to gain a base readership who come to know me for something consistent. I hope to use this as an opportunity to ignite discussions in those topics.