Saturday night Hanne and I cooked and ate a marvelous dinner that included beer, wine, and food that had to be prepared and then cooked.  No take out!  No microwaves!  Well, I take that back.  I heated up potatoes from Thanksgiving and she heated up dressing.
Regardless, I made the most delicious pork chop I’ve ever [...]

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I need more four day weekends.  I don’t think I have to explain myself beyond that.  It’s not that I don’t like my job, I just like time away from it for extended periods of time when I can laze around and pretty much do whatever I want.  I like having multiple day stretches in [...]

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I start my new work schedule this morning, from the night-busting 9-5:30 to the new morning-busting 7:30-4.  I actually prefer the early morning shift, both because it’s quiet for the first part of the morning when no one is here, I already get up early as it is, and I like getting off a bit [...]

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As I bottled my 8th batch of beer last night, I had the horrible realization that I might not have enough bottles.  The horror!  I ended up bottling the entire batch in 12 oz. bottles I’d had my sister bring me and saved all my 22 oz. bottles–save 3 I ended up needing–for…another batch.  That [...]

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Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else | CNET News.com
Ug.  Coming from the Republican Party, which is typically known for its pro-business stance (and given the previous pro-RIAA and pro-MPAA bills introduced by Republicans, willingness to bend over for said organizations) I could at least shake my head and frown.  From the Democrats, though?  [...]

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Disclaimer: This author enjoys zombie movies thoroughly.
I’m not even sure that needs to be a disclaimer, but hey, better safe than sorry.  I finished reading a novel this weekend called World War Z that I had come across on a list of the 21 books that need to be made into movies, [...]

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I bottled my 7th batch of beer last night, which even though it’s becoming and old hat by now had an extra twist in that I did it by myself.  My trusty bottling companion-slash-girlfriend was otherwise occupied with class, and I won’t have an opportunity the rest of the week to bottle.
Well, I guess I [...]

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Despite my love of all-things garlic (except perhaps the garlic ice cream served at the Elephant Garlic Festival every year in North Plains, OR, though admittedly I haven’t tried it), I discovered that it is possible to have too much garlic in a dish. Saturday afternoon Hanne and I went to a local restaurant [...]

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Tort claim notice cites arrest of sober man - Corvallis Gazette-Times: Community News
Good to see the town I grew up in in the news. Stay classy, Corvallis.

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E. coli fears prompt recall of millions of frozen pizzas - CNN.com
Interestingly enough, I think that I have two of these pizzas in my freezer right now.  Normally I’m not one for frozen pizza (anymore), but I picked up four Totino’s frozen pizzas for my homebrew party and only went through two of them.  I [...]

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Such a shame.  I’d have voted for him.
Stephen Colbert’s Presidential Candidacy Denied - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News

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