minorthird

so…I got to bed an hour earlier last night, and I overslept by an hour this morning. For all the extra sleep, I feel like crap!
I’ve been fight a sinus headache for about a week, and I think without the normal fog that I’m in during the early morning hours the headache is taking every […]

so…
I installed the downstairs AC last night, with the drafted help from my neighbor Mark.
There was some cursing, swearing, and cussing, and some duct tape, but it’s in, and it works.
Now here’s hoping for a smoother installation of the one in our bedroom.
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this really goes without saying, but I am ever the one to overstate […]

so…it’s my birthday today.
Thanks Mom!
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I really hate when people can’t do their job correctly.
Last Wednesday I stopped at the parking garage to renew my pass. Normally they give you until the third of the month to renew, but I hadn’t renewed my pass in February so there would be no such perk for me.
I […]

so…a very relaxing 4-day weekend is about to come to an end. All weekend we’ve been saying that “today feels like Sunday, but it’s only Friday,” unfortunately today feels like Sunday, and it’s actually Sunday.
Today we had Alisa and Jeff, Su and Jay, and Amber and her fiancee, Samantha, over for brunch. It was nice […]

so…I was looking back at a post from last year: my quest for baseball-themed beers, and I got to thinking “do i have any beer, and what kind?”
That produced this:

the beers in my fridge
What kind of beer to you have in your fridge? How are you going to celebrate the day — even if you […]

so…did I miss the memo that got sent around on using beer coasters in new and inventive ways?
First is was the lazy bartender coaster and now it’s the public service coaster
One of the coasters add resses this exact problem: “Keep it down on your way home! It’s common sense. Creating excessive noise in the community […]

Man! I have a case of the Fridays like you wouldn’t believe!!!
It’s the first Friday in at least 6 weeks that I haven’t worked from home, and it’s a full day…no more half-day summer Fridays around here…
This calls for a case of Sam Adams Oktoberfest!!
It’s 12:00 somewhere…

German inventors have devised an interactive beer mat that can tell the barman when it’s time for a refill.
I would hope that the look of disappointment and longing on my face over the lack of beer in my glass would be enough to get some service.

so…this question was raised on the Rhombus boards, and it’s just too good to pass up:

Have you ever just ordered “a beer”? If a bartender asks “what will you have?” and you say “give me a beer,” what will you get?
I think I would be afraid to tempt fate and get a Coors Light!

so…I’m all for the change in seasons. And like most people, I am guilty of wanting the next season a few weeks earlier than the official date. But can someone explain to me why all of the decent micro and craft breweries are selling their Octoberfest beers? In August?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge […]