P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life

P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life
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Summit, SAB, etc., contributed to this concert photo taken at First Avenue in Minneapolis 3/7/09.

Does Cooking It Cost Extra?

View from the Passenger Side

[photo of raw t- bone]
20 oz Porterhouse Steak
$12.99
PETROL PUMPER billboard near Madison

What Are The Rooms Like?

View From The Passenger Side

Pyramid Liquor Motel
W7459 County Road V
Lake Mills, Wisconsin

The review I found online said "reasonable priced but grungy. Definitely not someplace I'd take children."

2009 Bulldog Softball Registration

2009 Bulldog Softball Registration $40 (per person)

Use the link above to pay online using credit/debit card or PayPal account. No joke, it's secured through PayPal.

We are 59 days away from this year's opener on April 29. I remembered to register on time this year so we're back at it on Wednesday nights, field 11 Bryn Mawr Park. Since Coach's unborn baby needs to eat, everyone is going to pay before the season starts. Meg is due April 24 so I expect her to be starting at second for the first game. I might even let Baby Coach make the batting order.

Registration was $420 and softballs will cost around $50. Depending on how many we have on the team this year, everyone maybe benefit for a one-time surplus refund taking the form of PBR silos.

I'm On A Boat (ft. T-Pain) - Album Version

Explicit!

"I never thought I'd be on a boat."

2009 Powerhorn Art Sled Rally

Nerd sled rally. I loved this so much. I even took the video for this. Have you ever seen an art car parade? This is sort of like that but adapted for Minnesota winter. Icosahedron - real word for this oversized Dungeons and Dragons die. I'll post video of some of my other favorite sleds like the Star Wars land speeder and a 6 pack of Grainbelt beer.

Peter invited you to "2nd Annual Powderhorn Art Sled Rally" on Saturday, February 7 at 1:00pm.

Peter says, "I am on team crab, from a group, make an art sled or just come for the fun...".

Event: 2nd Annual Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
"artsledrally.com"
What: Night of Mayhem
Host: Art Sled Rally People
Start Time: Saturday, February 7 at 1:00pm
End Time: Saturday, February 7 at 4:00pm
Where: Powderhorn Park, northwest slope

Team Premium

Watch out for that . . . !

2nd Annual Art Sled Rally - Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis

Here's the best video summary of the recent Art Sled Rally held in Powderhorn Park. Being a part of this fun made me want to build a sled for next year.

Oppenheimer

Being a father in waiting has made me more contemplative about my childhood. It can be triggered by seeing a family in a restaurant or even a PBS documentay.

I sometimes feel like I missed out on being a scientist. There seems to be a more clear sense of success and failure, right and wrong than other professions, including my own. I thought
American Experience on PBS recently aired a documentary entitled The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This man gave his all to his country as creator of the atomic bomb but was later destroyed by accusations of Communist Party membership. Actor David Strathaim (Good Night and Good Luck and The Bourne Ultimatum) plays the morose scientific visionary.

I was facinated by this program because it involves the creation of a product so powerful that it could destroy the entire world. I find it hard to believe only 9 counties are currently known to have nuclear weapons in 2009, 64 years after the first. I supposed its not comparable to kids building smoke bombs based off a recipe they found on the internet. Particle accelerators and enriched uranium is quite difficult to obtain, just ask Doc Brown.

The Day The Music Died

Is it irony that this video came out on the anniversary of the date when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper's plane went down?

This can't be real. This can't be real. Microsoft is developing software that will turn your voice into Muzak. I could see Christian home schooled kids thinking this was neat. That's about it. Maybe I'm wrong and this will pull Microsoft out of it's prolonged slump. Afterall I was wrong about W 2x.

Pail to Pale

This afternoon I bottled four and a half gallons (I left behind half a gallon with the yeast and spent hops) of English Pale Ale. Cleaning and sanitizing goes faster when using 22 ouncers but it's still a pain in the ass. The first bottle should be lightly carbonated and drinkable in two week. I'm not sure if Pale Ale's are supposed to be copper colored, but I'll drink what I've got.

Here's Northern Brewer's description of the kit I brewed:

Easy to brew, tastes great in a bottle or a keg... it's no surprise that English pale ales are consistently popular with homebrewers. English pale ales are generally maltier, sweeter, and less aggressively hopped than the American version. Our kit produces a slightly caramelly, copper-brown, medium-bodied ale with a flowery, fruity boquet and subtle bitterness from real English hops. We selected Wyeast Whitbread Ale for this kit because of its high flocculation, which makes it possible to package the beer and drink it very fresh — try serving it on tap at a low level of carbonation. Rule Britannia!

Hi, come in. Please take off your shoes.

Inspired by my Uncle G-Man's blog, 1410 Oakwood, I have decided to document life's comings and goings in this new blog. The name take the ringer comes from a line in one of my favorite movies, The Big Lebowski. This movie along with Office Space helped me to feel comfortable and confident that putting off getting a job after undergrad was really in my best interest.

I am going to try consolidating my Bulldog Softball Blog into Take The Ringer. Going times and prosperity are coming. I promise.