This weekend, I attended PAX East (AKA “bitch PAX”, in contrast to PAX Prime, which occurs in Seattle and is marginally older). PAX is short for the Penny Arcade Expo. It was created by the authors of Penny Arcade, a consistently funny and incisive comic…
I had the opportunity (ha!) to spend a few days at my grandfather’s house in Detroit this week. He’s been dead for years, and the care of the property has fallen to me. The house is a two family brick structure with independent street numbers.…
A recent post, on The Pain, When Will It End said this: I’m also fascinated by, and admire, the relationship between the Egyptian people and its army—the passionate respect of the people for its army, the loyalty of the army to the people–so unlike our…
I’ve begun a bit of a project now that the massive new brew kettle is fully armed and operational. I’ve got Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery. I’m going to make an effort to brew each of the recipes from the book…
I went sledding this afternoon. Like, hardcore sledding. Sledding on a former ski slope. Sledding like God only dreams of sledding. Thanks to MS for agreeing to play hookey with me – and for providing the plan, the sleds, and the helmets.
Ran into a human this evening. Thought I would share. His name is George, he works the late shift at the liquor store around the corner from the hotel where I’m living this week. He had just mopped the floor when I came in. He…
After the last round of brewpot upgrades, I decided to take it to the next level (perhaps, the next – next level?) and install a dial face thermometer in the beast. This required only a half inch hole in the pot, and was pretty straightforward.…
Each year, I do a couple of these year-in-review posts. I find that they’re a good way to review where I’ve been and to try to guess where I might be going. Here is the first sentence from the first post of each month in…
While I was installing my new car stereo, I had an experience that I thought was sort of cool. First, context: It turns out that my car dashboard just pops right out. It’s got little plastic tabs that hold it in place, but if you…
So work is closed this week. There may be some INBOX cleaning, here and there, but by and large this week is mine to refresh and recharge. In usual form, I’ve set myself a rather savage schedule of projects that have been sitting around for…