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Mark's Blog: Birthday money!
I got a call from my folks tonight. Among other things, my mother put in a request for a batch of sugar free root beer for the next time they come down to visit their grand-daughter. I explained to her my situation with the carbonating hardware, namely that what I have is broken and didn't do such a good job to begin with, and that I'm saving up ( Read more... ) -
For Scoreboard: WTF is up with BCS and USC?
This entry is a question to scoreboard (or jsmitty_o, or, strictly speaking, anyone who can answer it). He hasn't posted in awhile, so I hope he actually reads this ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: Root Beer! Batch 3
BTW: scdemandred, you happy now? I'm cross posting to LJ. :)
This is my third batch of root beer that I've just made tonight. And, this one tastes pretty good already. :)
Tonight's recipe:
.75oz Sassafras root bark (about)
.25oz Sassperilla root bark (about)
2 whole star annises
1 vanilla bean, guts scraped out
1c table sugar (just the plain white ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: Root Beer! Batch 2
Two weekends ago, after I finished bottling or drinking the first batch, I made a second batch. This time from a root beer extract syrup. The recipes on the bottle of extract a) don't agree with each other rather dramatically, and b) are for a 10gallon batch anyway, so some modifications and scaling were in order. I settled on:
4tsp Root beer ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: FEESH!
Today has been all about Fish. Cindy and I discussed and agreed upon a design for a fountain we're going to put in our garden. It's a half barrel with a watering can suspended above it by a pipe. In the barrel is a pump that will circulate water through a hose hidden in the pipe that goes into the spout of the watering can and showers back down ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: *tap* *tap* *tap* *wwhhhiiirrrrrr!* Is this thing on? Hello?
So, uh. I think I've got this MovableType thing installed. Let's see if this works.
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Yeah, it's been awhile. New Pic
I know, it's been awhile. Cope. Things at work have been busy. I don't want to go into details now ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
We had a really good jam session yesterday. We met at Sound Arena in Reseda, which is as far north as they come. M3 and I made it a day trip -- a really long day trip. But, we got some good takes, I think: take 1 and take 2We also decided to mess with our director. After the last jam/recording session, he made a number of comments. However, ( Read more... ) -
Ding Dong, The Loach Is Gone!
I've got a fish tank. A big one. 55 gallons. (Yes, I know, it's really only medium sized ( Read more... ) -
Formicidaecide
Let me preface this post by saying that I'm not normally a violent person. I'm usually a Live and Let Live kinda guy (unless we're talking 007, at which point I'm a "Live and Let Die" kinda person. :) I don't own any real weapons, and never cary the fake ones I do own (I have a sword for Faire that I never use.) I play violent computer games, ( Read more... )