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The Wager
Tonight feels to me like an autumn night. Not as cold, a subtly autumn edge to the rain. It comforts me ( Read more... ) -
The Prodigal Brewer
So, I've been brewing lately.
For every end, there is a new beginning. (At least we hope.)
Old Batch
started: 09/27
racked: 10/06 (9 days, 5 short of 2 weeks) - was going going to be gone to CA for a week
racked: 11/01 (26 days, 12 more than 2 weeks) - it kept going vigorously!
bottled: 01/16/09 (~ 2 months)
Some picturesI generally try to ( Read more... ) -
Broken Record with Very Low Frequency
'Post to LJ' seems to be consistently just low enough on my various 'to do' lists to not get gotten to. (Wow, was that an awkward phrasing.) That's going to change today. But, instead of starting off with significance, or deep introspection, or social engagement or anything I actually find valuable about LJ? We're starting with kittens riding a ( Read more... ) -
mead + ( 0 x stomach ) = ( -1 x stomach )
Lesson of the day:
Don't drink mead on an empty stomachI've done this twice now, so can fairly confidently isolate that as the cause. I've probably had three, maybe four times in the past year when my stomached ached, and two of them were when I'd just drunk mead maybe twenty minutes before on a relatively empty stomach. Trend, much? Neither ( Read more... ) -
"Something about an empty hip or the angle of the sun"
And the things I'm working on
Are invisible to everyone
Something about an empty hip or the angle of the sun
Every time the crossing comes as a surprise
See me flying
-Meg Hutchinson, The Crossing, from her album The Crossing (lyrics)
I'm a fairly inclined toward logic and thorough analysis; I want to work out the why and is this right? of ( Read more... ) -
Dribbles
Eins
See, religious people can be sensible! (Courtesy of quirkybird's twitter.)
(Also, if you're curious, I have an erratically-updated twitter too.)
"Rev. Richard Cizik On God And Global Warming" (NPR)
Zwei
An interesting essay/sermon on humility:
"Chance of a Lifetime" (Stanford MagazineI think humility is a concept that is often (but not always!) ( Read more... ) -
Small Conveniences Refused
If I ever own (or rent long term) a home with a garage and drive regularly, I'd like it to be a garage that is separate from the house. Recently I've been driving a lot and often coming home fairly late at night. I'm really enjoying parking in my parents' driveway (since their cars are in the garage) and having to walk just that little way to the ( Read more... ) -
Miscellanea, Since It's Easier
I keep tell myself I should journal. A brief look back at my archives . . . yeah, not fooling anyone.
Random things, because they require less investment of energy:
(*) Sunday, about midnight, I gave a disheveled, possibly drunk, disoriented, and somewhat incoherent man a ride when I found him walking along the shoulder in the I-90 tunnel from ( Read more... ) -
Whining
(Sadly I've got no cheese to accompany it ( Read more... )