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The results of homebrewing

So several weeks ago I started the adventure of brewing my own beer. It’s been a lot of fun. This is the result: A yeasty, slightly fizzy cloudy lager. It’s marvelous. It could stand to be clearer, and fizzier, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t...

The Mad… Brewer?

So for a long time I’ve had this idea that I want to make my own beer. It’s cheaper (50 cents a beer), it’s a fun hobby, and it’s 100 other things. I had never had the gumption to do it, and something always got in the way. Not any more! I...

Adventures in the States #10

There are dozens of pictures today, partially to make up for the lateness of last week’s (back)post, and partially to show off all the stuff we got to do at the OC Fair Youth Expo. More after the jump, and that includes a picasa link. To...

Adventures in The States #6

I was without my camera for a while last week, and the week before so there has been relatively few posts. However, today I am back with a vengeance. Lots of pictures from a duck pond that’s down the way, and more pictures from being out and about over the last...

The Igloo

So after spending a wonderful evening at Cafe Magnolia Sinead, Eamon and I returned home to find Frank and several of the neighbours building an igloo. It was magnificent, and here are the pictures. More after the jump of the completed igloo. The igloo was big enough...

A success! Now we’re rolling

So in my previous post I mentioned that I was selling stuff to fund my trip, and that I was knocked back. Today I received payment for the coat, which auctioned at a good price, and I popped it into the post and it was whisked off away to Germany. About a week ago I...