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I hate when I think I just posted a blog and then discover that it was last week or longer..where does the time go???

Friday..Great day..paid for it but it was a great day...a bunch of brewing types and I toured Anchor Brewery in San Francisco..played hooky from work of course and then trundled on up to Magnolia for a shot at the first day of Strong Beer Month...Yay!!!!..Thank god it is only one month...I't's one of those occassions where you feel complelled to drink. I did a creditable job of pacing myself until after we left Toronado (only two beers there) and ended up at my local watering hole. The few that remained found it necessary to add a shot or two of ridiculously expensive whiskey to the beers we drank...tasty but tragic...

After sitting up until 2 a.m feeding myself water, I felt well enough to sleep..still managed to have a bit of a hangover the next day..stop laughing... Saturday ended up being a blue robe sort of day with a distraction or two punctuating my struggle towards sobriety..

Making gumbo today and feeling much better...Fat Tuesday is around the corner and I will be ready...my black roux is almost perfect..seems I may have pulled back a bit too soon..it has great smoke and coffee accents but I was looking for a bit of chocolate and tobaccoo as well..oh well, next time..

Weekend is almost over and am looking forward to another distraction while I tend my gumbo..and then clean up..you should see my floor..oh well..that's what i get for having a cat rather than a dog...By the way..she coughed up a hairball and is taking a nap..