March 15, 2004
hoptime
more photos from the big river brewery piece for the upcoming pulse issue. i ended up shooting about 100 photos for the piece, so i have loads of extras. maybe i can sell them back to big river as promotional photos. these are hops, the ingredient in beer that gives it bitterness, and a variety of other flavors and aromas. this is in their full flower form, their most photogenic state, which big river uses for their porter i think; for most brews they're dehydrated and pelletized before being thrown into the brew kettle. you can read more about hops and beer-brewing in general here.
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as i mentioned on friday, my parents got into town this weekend. we spent the day together yesterday with my brother tim and his wife ari (and their dog harley) who came up from atlanta. my dad has board meetings up at covenant, so they'll be here for the week.
so yesterday my parents noticed how much difficulty i have getting in and out of the passat these days, and offered to get the door handle fixed. we dropped her off this morning (along with my digital camera, so there may be a few days of backlog-photos) and with any luck, she'll be a little less quirky when i get her back.
Posted by andy at March 15, 2004 09:40 AMAndy, I don't know if you ever visited the site you helped with for David's Christmas present, but you might direct your browser to www.davidlittlejohn.com Yesterday, I went to the Southside [Chicago] St. Patrick's Day Parade which started at 9am with "Kegs and Eggs" and ended at Smoke Daddy's with one final Blue Moon at 11pm. For the record, I've never before had Bailey's for breakfast.
Posted by: Mia at March 15, 2004 12:41 PMI'm sorry but that looks gross
Posted by: Dan at March 15, 2004 02:04 PMJess-I do not know if your mom or dad told you but this year GHS was coached by Jeremy as head coach and Brian Basinett as the assitant. Ben is a Junior which means you are old
Posted by: Dan at March 15, 2004 02:07 PMDan, i guess i am old, but it doesn't feel so bad. it feels pretty good, in fact. i would even say i'm enjoying old age :) i was, however, telling my mom the other day that there aren't many things that make me feel older than knowing ben is a junior! we were trying to figure out how old he was when we moved to g'ville, and figured he had to be less than 3, since matthew wasn't even born...
thanks for the info on GHS soccer. i knew jeremy was coaching, but i hadn't heard about baz. i hope that arrangement bodes well for the future of GHS soccer, but i have to admit it's weird to think of my old teammates running the show!
-jess
Posted by: jess at March 15, 2004 04:18 PMAndy, I wanted to thank you for being willing to put advertising for cheap viagra & cialis & home loans on your blog. Just know that I try to visit those links as much as I can to generate revenue for your blog.
Posted by: JosiahQ at March 16, 2004 08:40 AMPICTURE!!!!
Posted by: Dan at March 16, 2004 05:03 PMAndy,
I'm fighting off angry Ivy-leaguers at work and just found your blog. I thought you might be interested to know that the botanical name for hops is 'humulus lupulus'. That comment was a fairly indirect jab at the aforementioned Ivys.
Erin
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Posted by: watch moi at March 17, 2005 01:01 PM