snakeplissken

I'm gonna be gone awhile. The 1st I go back to Iowa for a visit through the 15th. I might pop on a bit, but not much more. I'm not looking forward to the trip. I'm flying United because it was cheap. I hate flying. I have to fly coach, so it's a real bastard for me. The biggest problem is I'm too tall for...
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I'm working on bacon beer.. The major obstacle is replicating the savory flavors that are associated with the salt and fat. Salt works in small quantities in beer depending on the style, but not so much when it's in a quantity where the flavor is detectable as salt. Also, that level will probably have detrimental side-effects on the yeast. Possibly a slow, sluggish start...
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I'm off to the farmers market to find some fresh-pressed cider to turn into booze. I also plan to laugh and point at the kids popping and locking terribly for quarters. Also, I might eat a big soft pretzel the size of my head.

I'm working on learning a little classic strumming as of late, The Wildwood Flower to be exact.

It's kind of a...
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Today I went on a mission to find a heatproof graduated pitcher. Plastic or pyrex if at all possible, with my preference being the latter for reasons of thermal stability. Plastic out-gasses when heated. Maybe not as much with thermal resistance types, but it still will. Pyrex won't, plus it clear which is what I desire. Why? I'll be using it to draw wort off...
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Is the general population getting dumber or what? Fucking christ, I need a Brawndo and some Starbucks.

I got a email from Oregon State a bit ago saying my financial aid status has been reviewed and updated. Great I thought, there goes what little they did want to give me. I was pretty much shitting tacks while waiting to get logged in to check my status and see how much I got screwed.

I was wrong. Thank the Gods. Dead wrong. Instead...
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My beard is getting super-huge and bushy. Like almost Joaquin Phoenix level, only clean. I might let it grow to see how massive I can get it. My mustache is getting frustrating because I'm always chewing on it along with my food. Once it's done I might donate it to atomicant.

*itches face*

If anyone needs me I'll be eating flapjacks and wearing a...
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A special thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. I didn't die of alcohol or bacon poisoning.

I kid, I kid. I didn't really drink that much. Mostly just a bottle of my oatmeal chocolate stout I made about two years ago. It got really interesting. The oats softened and got really velvety, and in combination with the pound and a half of...
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It's so hot I powdered my junk and made gravy. Try and get that image out of your head.

In a bit over two weeks I turn the big 3-0. I don't know if I'll celebrate or anything, but I do know I'll be making a beer. A big beer. A big, big beer. My birthday is 7/29/79. Added up that's 115. So I'm going to brew a beer with a gravity of 1.115 and an IBU of 115. That's a lot of hops...
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Dear Jiffy Lube:

Awesome job putting my oil filter on finger tight so it develops a slow leak. You get a sticker with googly eyes. Or maybe one that's a strawberry ice cream cone, but when you scratch it the smell is actually port-a-johnny instead of strawberry. I guess it's my own fault for going there instead of just doing it myself. I'm fat, lazy...
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