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How to Make Pretzels in 3 Simple Steps

A hot summer day and time to decipher my thoughts. Or try. Or write some flash fiction! It was a mild summer night. Not the type you would expect in the midst of a soul-melting heatwave during mid-July.  Nope. It was milder than that. .. Ok, enough of that . I had a notion and it's gone. It wasn't much of a notion. An inkling, perhaps. The new style of writing is to eliminate bulky text and keep the writer engaged with snappy one-liners. Is it working? Not even Russian bots are crawling this blog page anymore, which has me a little concerned. But back to making pretzels (in 3 simple steps, no less!): 1) Consider the pretzel. It's funny shape, it's salty, satisfying aftertaste. Are you considering? 2) Good. Next, strike all mentions of " that " from your text. Also, forget who you are for a sec. 3) Are you forgotten? Excellent! Now, onto something else. Making pretzels is an involved process, and with such an amazing variety of pret...