One day you're a mild mannered Engineer who has a passion for cooking and real BBQ.

you're handed a sourdough started and told is been kept alive since the 1800's

The next day you find yourself buying 50 pound bags of flour and buying a Steam/Proofing oven

 I've been lurking on the Fresh loaf for a few months and I just realized that Mark (MCS) is my neighbor (we live a couple miles apart) small world