Not that I’m ready to barrel-roll off this mortal coil, but if you had to go, this thing might be pretty cool. As I was saying in a twitter conversation with a friend a few minutes ago, I’d probably take this over being shot by robot Yul Brynner, given a choice of theme park deaths.…
I was riding my bike north on Racine yesterday when a well-dressed guy waiting at a bus stop yelled, “Hey! How much you want for that bike?” as I rode by, reaching into his pocket. “Good morning,” was my somewhat irrelevant response, and it wasn’t until I was past the guy that I processed what…
You are probably sick of me going on and on about this Iron Brewer thing by now. Well I have good news for you. It’s coming to an end! The judges’ tasting was last night, and tonight is the contestants’ tasting and podcast. If you’re interested, you can follow here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/simplybeer (click the Batch 2 Round 6…
Yesterday I brewed my entry for Round 6 of Iron Brewer Batch 2. But let’s back up a minute. What’s Iron Brewer? Iron Brewer is a homebrew contest that I first read about last year and have been interested in participating in since the beginning. Due to some e-mail issues and schedule conflicts, I was never…
I saw this post on the Chicagoist blog the other day and realized the church in question was right along the route I’ve been taking when doing the full bicycle commute lately. So this morning I stopped and took a picture. The area is fenced off and does not look safe so I doubt I’ll…
…but it’s OK with me if you stop me on the street and say “Hey, it’s that guy from the Big Lebowski! Come on man, say ‘Dude’ for us, like in the movie!” It would be a change anyway. I keep seeing those posters for The Hangover 2 and I know the Zach Galifianakis comments…
