Random meanderings you're probably not interested in…
Not my title. It’s a quote from Charlie Bamforth, Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California (which is possibly the greatest professorial title ever). More on the subject at Scientific American. Some good quotes here: Because before beer was discovered, people used to wander around and follow goats from place to … Continue reading “Beer is the basis of modern static civilization”
So, it looks like I’m buying a condo. I’ve been looking at the market downtown for the last several months now, going to friends places in various buildings, tooling around town on my own and walking through various places, and just generally getting a feel for the area and its pricing. So last week, when … Continue reading “Spending money like it's going out of style…”
I’ve been unable to think properly for the last week and a half since coming back from St. Pats. Because of this, I’ve sorta slacked off on posting pictures and such. Also, I didn’t take my camera to St. Pats (because I’m an idiot), so I’m just really waiting for everybody else to send me … Continue reading “Post-vacation weariness”
You know, I moved here 3 years ago, and until last year, my life was kinda uninteresting and dull. But then I made a positive decision to actually go outside and make my own life, and that really sorta changed things for me. Now I have interesting friends who live in interesting places and do … Continue reading “Interesting weekend/life”
Unfortunately, I’ve been entirely too busy this last week to say much, so here’s the brief rundown. Last weekend was a massive blowout on all fronts. Friday night, I was at Sleep Out’s for the last Friday ever. What a blast. I went in early, hung out to hear the band’s first set, and then … Continue reading “Weekend madness”
Yesterday was my birthday. Yay me! So I go over to Sleep Out Louie’s last night to meet up with whatever people feel like showing up. I hang out there for about 4 hours before getting hungry. Rebecca was kind enough to bring me a bunch of cookies, which I totally was not expecting, but … Continue reading “Birthday fun and a Celebrity Sighting…”
Well, I have discovered that my camera phone is not good at night shots. Check the photo album below for evidence. New Years 2007 On a plus note, I had a really good time and got really drunk. Started out the evening meeting everybody at Sleep Out Louie’s, made it over to the Majestic for … Continue reading “New Years 2007”
So I dropped by the Saucer yesterday, and ran into Mikey and Paul, who were having drinks and going off to the LibertyBowl parade on Beale. Now, I’m not one for sport much, but a parade should be worth seeing, I figured. Unfortunately, it was one of the more redneck parades I’ve ever seen. Okay, … Continue reading “LibertyBowl Parade”
The news over the last week has been somewhat entertaining around downtown Memphis… It started out with a couple of fishermen seeing something on Monday in the Wolf River Harbor (slackwater harbor that’s connected to the Mississippi river here downtown). Turned out that it was a manatee. The TV stations even got it live on … Continue reading “Manny the Manatee”
Nooooooooooooooo!!! Beer drinkers beware: 4 percent of U.S. hops crop burns Seriously, I didn’t know that the US produced 24 percent of the world’s hops. It’s a damn shame. I hope it doesn’t hurt the brewers any. If it does, it’ll probably hit the microbrewers hardest, which would be the true tragedy.
