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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Maris Callahan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:52:46 +0000

When I was a senior in high school, our varsity basketball team lost every single game. Following previous undefeated seasons, the 0-20 record was especially hard for the seniors on the team to swallow and a topic that no one especially liked talking about. At this time, I worked on the school newspaper, where I contributed primarily to the news and features sections. Since we had covered the basketball team’s undefeated record the year before, someone in journalism class suggested that we highlight the inexplicably humiliating season. No one wanted to cover it, most likely to spare the egos of the seniors on the basketball team, but somehow, I found myself volunteering. When word spread to the basketball team that I was writing the story, one of the team captains took the predictably childish approach and told the entire varsity team not to speak to me. Since I couldn’t get the quotes that I needed from the current players, I interviewed the coach as well as the JV captains who were more than happy to see their names in print. Despite the fact that I reported a balanced story (in which I don’t recall crucifying any of the starting seniors […]

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BBA Challenge (Week 8): Cinnamon Buns

Maris Callahan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000

There are some words in the English language that elicit laughter. There are words like “Uranus” with slang definitions that translate into bouts of immature giggles when said out loud, particularly when uttered in a room full of seventh graders or college frat boys. There are also words like “organism” that I always feared I would trip over in high school biology, tentative to say it out loud in case I subconsciously omitted the “ni.” There are words that I’m completely comfortable saying out loud but dislike typing, such as “public.” One too few taps on the keyboard and your “public knowledge” is not-so-public, if you know what I mean. There are also silly words. “Wiener” is one that comes to mind. Though you might be tempted to laugh at the idea of a 15-foot long wiener, there are some silly-sounding words that are actually not so funny…. …such as the word ‘buns. Some buns are no laughing matter because they are just so good. This week’s Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge was a good one. I make no secret of the fact that Dessert is my favorite food group so it seems fairly natural that as we bake bread after bread…after […]

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