if it's any consolation, although I'm pretty good at Tree and King Dancer and headstand against the wall by now, I'm working on an unsupported headstand.

Which means a lot of falling over, and the revelation that my core is not as strong as I thought. WOE!

But I did just manage tripod balance pose and a really proper Crow for the first time today.

Yoga is like climbing. Everybody sucks at their own level.

Fix your gaze on a point at eye level on the wall in front of you.

And work up to it slowly. Balance is learned. ;-)

You can try practicing at home while washing dishes. Also, try standing where you can touch a wall if you start to wobble.

And remember that balance is dynamic--it will shift, and you will feel your weight moving around. That's normal. Also, remember that your core muscles are critical to balance--lower back and abdominal muscles are really doing a lot of the work of keeping you balanced.

So as those develop and strengthen, your balance will improve.

Good luck, and congratulations!

Chelsea is writing it.

Ooops.

The King Arthur Flour site and http://sourdough.com/ both have really good guides.

We're hoping to get Ben Aaronovich and Paul Cornell to write us some novelizations. ;-)

(Audio drama would be kind of awesome, actually.)

Hi, Joe!

Thank you!

Currently we've got a narrative arc planned ending about this time next year. After that, we're going to regroup and see what happens. ;-)

So--at least one more year of bimonthly Shadow Unit.

--Bear

Okay, that makes me super happy.

I have alerted the webghoul. Thank you!

But what does acetone have to do with drummers?

Do that, and then dump some cream into it and simmer it for a few more minutes, and you have the best tomato cream sauce ever.

Ink Rose, can you possibly at least preserve seed from your rare cultivars? It seems like a stint in the freezer should put paid to any buggies, and shouldn't affect germination, I don't think...

I'd be VERY interested in hearing how it changed for you.

Huzzah for not-dead habaneros!

Sounds like your yeast may be old?