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New Years Day Adventure

On New Years Day we got up before dawn and went over to the Town Forest to see the sunrise through the trees. The lighting was spectacular. It was very peaceful although somewhat chilly. It is nice to know that … Continue reading

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Classy

I ride the trains in and out of Boston to get to work. To do that I have to go through North Station. Today, it was a rainy, stormy day, and everyone’s shoes were wet. On the way into the … Continue reading

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Oooooooklahoma…..

Where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain, And the wavin’ wheat can sure look beat, When the wind comes and there ain’t no rain…. I am back from Sunny Oklahoma. The airport there is so small that the gate … Continue reading

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Crackin’ Me Up

OK this is starting to crack me up. This morning I put up 55 bottles of beer (on the wall). After I put the bottlesĀ  in the crates I found a piece of glass on the chair where the crates … Continue reading

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Flat Beer

This weekend we opened a couple of the October beers to enjoy with our subs. One of them was totally flat. No head. No bubbles. No nuthin’. Just flat. So I took a look at the bottle and found this. … Continue reading

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Beer Snot

I think there’s something going on in that bucket. When I came home from work, it smelled like beer in the closet…. so I lifted up the cheap, plastic beer cup to see what is going on…. Ewww. Beer snot … Continue reading

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Beer Again

Since we are running out of my previous batch of Honey Porter, I started brewing a batch of beer today. If you remember last time, the Big Hose showed me no happy bubbles at all. I figured that all that … Continue reading

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Scary Update

I did it! I finally clicked the scary Update button! I think it worked. WordPress has been nagging me for months to upgrade from 3.3.1 to 3.9.2. The blog had stopped working with the latest PHP at the host, so … Continue reading

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Back from Maine

We are back after our short trip to Maine. The weather was grand, so we did a lot of hiking. On one trek, we ran into this fellow sitting in a tree. That is a porcupine. Cute and cuddly, huh? … Continue reading

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Crack!

It has been two weeks since I bottled my latest batch of beer, so I grabbed a bottle from the basement to see how it is coming along. In the bottle that I took at random, I found this: The … Continue reading

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