Ten months after the election of Barack Obama, Virginia politics is once again a subject of conversation (well, at least in Virginia it is). On a recent trip to Virginia Beach, my family was accosted by several billboards promoting the candidacy of one "Krystal Ball". No, not making this up. Google it yourself. After spending 15 minutes on her website, I still couldn't figure out which party she belongs to or what she was running for, exactly. Although, I do see that she's currently reading "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life", which I read 6 months ago and liked very much, so Krystal Ball, if you are ever in the Alexandria area, feel free to drop me a line so we can get together and talk politics and the Warren Buffett biography. But the most interesting race in Virginia politics right now is the upcoming election of our new governor. Will it be Bob McDonnell (R) or Creigh Deeds (D)? Hmm....I was registered as an Independent in Ohio (where I used to live; don't have to register as anything in Virginia) and still consider myself as such. However, in considering which candidate to vote for, I am unfavorably swayed by this commercial which I saw for the first time today on tv: Wow, how badly produced is that monstrosity? But even (slightly) worse than that, I was open to voting for you, sir, until I went onto your website and saw that you are "not sure" about evolution. Seriously? Sorry, I have a strict policy against voting for abject stupidity and even if you really don't doubt evolution, then that just makes you a liar for the sake of politics and I'm not voting for that either, so the VA Democrats will get my little vote again this year. So long, Bob. Although I give you total props on your campaign initiative to "Make Virginia a Gang Free Zone" because a Gang Free Zone is going to totally scare away all those gang dudes.
I decided to make some baguettes today after reading an article about the winner of The Best Baguette in DC contest. First place went to Samuel Fromartz, who was nice enough to put his winning recipe on-line. Since I have never made a baguette that I was happy with, I decided to give his recipe a shot.
I followed the recipe almost to the letter, including using King Arthur Organic All-Purpose Flour because I happened to have it already in my pantry. The resulting baguettes had a soft open crumb and a crackly, crunchy crust. Nice taste, nice texture.
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