www.rideside.net

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_palin_fox_news

Good for her. Good for the USA, I can't imagine she'd be electable after spending more time on TV. Look at Fred Thompson.

Grant sez: "QUIT NOW!"

Going on now: http://www.whrb.org

Interview on Wednesday morning.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/leaving-the...

This is what writing for The Atlantic does. Welcome to the Establishment, Andrew.

2009DEC03

3oz ginger root
4T lemon juice
3T orange juice
3/4cup cane sugar (~half turbinado "raw", ~half white)
4 1/2 quarts water

60min:
Combined chopped ginger root, juices, sugar, and 1.5 quarts water. Brought to boil and simmered.

0min:
Added 3 quarts water.

Activated 1 package Red Star Champagne Yeast in 1/4cup 105F water.

Pitched yeast.

8 16oz. bottles

(source)

After one possession each, 7-3. It looks like Maroney is going to have a career game.

Read this while basting the turkey. The abstract doesn't really do it justice.

Reconsidering my ban on home delivery of The New Yorker. Maybe I *can* get through 47 issues per year.

Cold Cave is a three piece on Matador. Looks like they've re-re-discovered Joy Division.

If you can't get J. Mascis, go with C. Krikwood. The Meat Puppets were a little sloppy. They played, like, three Nirvana covers.

Sonic Youth played primarily from The Eternal. A couple Daydream Nation tracks. Full-throttle guitar, thumping drums. Mark Ibold seemed out of place in his slacker rock flannel, but he's playing bass in Sonic Youth.

2009NOV21

12lb American 2 Row
1lb Crystal 20L

~4.5g mash water, strike @ 175F

one step infusion mash 60min (156F)

~4.5g sparge water @ 175F, collecting 6g

Boil

75min:
1oz Northern Brewer (10.6%)

0min:
1oz Centennial (9.1%)

OG: 1.072

Pitched White Labs California Ale Yeast WLP001

(source)

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2009DEC03

Racked to secondary

Dry hop:
2oz Centennial (9.1%)

Forgot to take a sample.

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2009DEC20

FG: 1.011 (8.1% ABV)

Primed with 2/3 cup cane sugar
42 12oz. bottles

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/to-our-read...

Gaah! What will I talk about @ Q this evening?