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2010 is off to a thoroughly surprising and different start than 2009. This is a good thing. -
Here's to monotonic functions
Apparently the economy decided we were in danger of me ending the year on a good note. So, as of about an hour ago I was notified by the company that my start date has been pushed back from 12 Jan to 02 Mar. I inquired if my understand about not getting the signing bonus until I was actually on the job was accurate, and that was confirmed. I made ( Read more... ) -
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You know, it strikes me that, Friday night aside, I haven't been sad or depressed in a week.
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Pumpkin ale -- ready by Thanksgiving, well-aged by Xmas
Last weekend I needed to kill some time. Despite all the crap I have on my mind, I was seized by the desire to brew, and brew beer, and brew pumpkin beer. Beer has turned out to be a 6-hour zen exercise, requiring concentration and focus somewhere other than that which is perennially at the fore of my mind, so I went with it ( Read more... ) -
Imagine that: a non-drama induced alcohol post
Two new batches in the hole.- Lemon honey ginger beer
- 1 can Cooper's Kits Brewmaster Series Wheat Beer (yeast tossed in the trash in store, can of malt extract kept)
- 1 packet Danstar Windsor Ale yeast
- 1 packet Bru-Vigor yeast nutrient
- 6 pounds tallow honey
- 8 ounces shredded ginger
- 3 lemons (peeled wedges from 2, zest and juice of the third ( Read more... )
- Lemon honey ginger beer
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I hope the world she lives in is nice
One of my roommie's exes is amazingly out of touch with reality. He's not blameless, but she earned the cold shoulder she gets ( Read more... ) -
Just what is the value of a poke?
Clearly the value of a facebook poke is not exactly zero. Twere that the case, no one would bother with them except as whim and fancy strikes them. Given that I consistently have 10-20 pokes and an occasional poke war, I don't think this would be the correct valuation ( Read more... ) -
All the things she sai ... bottled
The wines and meads have been bottled, all 11 or so gallons. The small batches all got lightly backsweetened with a sugar solution (boiled for sanitization, of course :] ). That was mostly because I decided that if I needed to top the bottles off to replace the liquid used for gravity measurements, and hey, if you're topping off bottles of ( Read more... ) -
FYI
- Not that the [two?] people who might read this will care, but the recent-ish zymurgic posts, but I really need to update stuff. I suppose that, as something that is nominally a journal, this is a more appropriate venue for keeping my brewing notes than a small daisy chain of post-its on faux wooden furniture. And lo, bit by bit, it is to be done.
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- Not that the [two?] people who might read this will care, but the recent-ish zymurgic posts, but I really need to update stuff. I suppose that, as something that is nominally a journal, this is a more appropriate venue for keeping my brewing notes than a small daisy chain of post-its on faux wooden furniture. And lo, bit by bit, it is to be done.