No Such Thing As 'Totally Overanalyzed'

I'm sad the Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to dissolve, but it helped a little to read that they ultimately chose to do so to make sure it could not be used against public media:

“When the Administration and Congress rescinded federal funding, our Board faced a profound responsibility: CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attacks.”

I'm glad I have a PBS Passport membership that supports my local station and I'm thinking about upping my monthly donation amount.

Harmony Secret, episodes 1 and 2:

( some thoughts/reactions )

I attempted the ginger cookies with baking soda as the leavening agent (using roughly the proportion used in chocolate chip cookies), since I figured between the brown sugar in the recipe and ginger juice I was using in place of ginger liqueur, it should have enough acid to react with it.

They turned out reasonably like the recipe photos (they actually spread!) and taste pretty good even though I managed to forget the ground ginger (between the ginger juice and crystalized ginger pieces they do still taste like ginger).

( photo under the cut )

February

Can't Help Falling In Love | 双兔 (Soul Sisters)

To Hell & Back | 双镜 (Couple of Mirrors)

July

Just To Ask A Dance | The Old Guard films

Total vids: 3 (not counting stuff for this year's Festivids or vids I'm planning to premiere at vidshows next year).

( Questions and Answers )

I'm planning to attempt the ginger cookie recipe that hasn't quite come out right for me in the past (they didn't spread they way the picture indicated they should) with baking soda instead of baking powder and see if they turn out better.

(I'm unclear if there's a difference between UK self-raising flour and US self-rising flour. iirc most the recipes for making self-rising flour involve adding 1.5 tsp baking powder and 0.25 tsp salt to 1 cup flour, but the chocolate chip cookies I made the other day used baking soda so I figure it's worth a try.)