Spending Too Much at my Favorite Place

I got the bow in the mail. Note to everyone buying shit on ebay, it pays to raise hell with the postal service. The tracking invoice said that the box went from Hodgkins to Houstin Texas, but then vanished.
I complained after 10 business days and suddenly the box turned up and it moved along. Coincidence? [...]

Sloe Gin

I had a chance to try actual Sloe Gin recently and it’s really neat stuff. It’s not really ginny per se, at least as far as a martini is concerned. Sloes, which look like blueberries, apparently taste like plums.
The recipe is 750ml of gin, then a “bin of sloes”, then a “wine glass of sugar”.
If [...]

Bolla 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon

Cab savs are generally my favorite wines next to chiantis.
Bolla 2006 really screws the pooch. It’s got all the astringency you would expect, and none of the flavor. The worst part is that the aroma is fantastic. I mean it’s just jammy, grapy, raisins and fruit. You expect it to be fruity and well balanced.
Well, [...]

Goodbye to Little Green Footballs

What a turnaround it’s been. McCain picked Palin and sank his chance at the office. Obama continues to think he’s Gods Gift while he really only won by a thin margin in the popular vote and it was most likely because people were voting against Palin. Fred Thompson bowed out without much protest and he [...]

Fixing the House

This weekend, me and dad faced the one outlet (why did the original owner of the house recess all the boxes?), fixed the lawn tractor, and brought in the bunk beds for the kids.
Out of all these, the worst was the lawn tractor simply because it was filthy and most of the bolts were in [...]

Bows

I know I said I wanted brewing crap for my birthday/christmas present, but then I got high bought a bow. My downfall? French Creek Outfitters has this awesome videogame system where you unscrew your arrowhead and screw on this reflective marker and shoot at videos of deer. It sounds terribly uncomplicated in text, but the [...]

The First Lager

Well folks, there is is. The first lager. It will be done in two months, so basically this is my birthday beer and my beer for my son. Maybe I’ll save him a bottle until he’s 21. OR MAYBE DRINK IT ALL MYSELF.
The fridge is a freezer I sourced from craigslist. The temp control is [...]

Ask The Internet: Plumbing?

I bought the BRITA OF GOD off e-bay. It’s a whole house charcoal carbon filter. The water here is good, but it’s not fantastic. It also varies wildly depending on what wells are working for the water company. This is what I get for moving to the burbs.
The house has a place where you can [...]