wacky1980

pure ethanol (the alcohol in yer booze) freezes at -173F. so if you have an 80-proof vodka like grey goose, a lot of boring science says the freezing point would be around -17F. most freezers don't go too far below 0F, so you'll never get that vodka to freeze. now, when you dilute the vodka with water, sugar, and puree'd fruit, the freezing point climbs considerably. or more accurately, the alcohol solution is thinned out enough to allow ice crystals to form that are large enough to trap the alcohol in suspension and create the "slushy" consistency needed for a freeze pop.

Do you remember When we fell in love We were so young and innocent then Do you remember How it all began It just seemed like heaven so why did it end? Do you remember Back in the fall We'd be together all day long Do you remember Us holding hands In each other's eyes we'd stare (Tell me) Do you remember the time When we fell in love Do you remember the time When we first met girl Do you remember the time When we fell in love Do you remember the time Do you remember How we used to talk (Ya know) We'd stay on the phone at night till dawn Do you remember All the things we said like I love you so I'll never let you go Do you remember Back in the Spring Every morning birds would sing Do you remember Those special times They'll just go on and on In the back of my mind Do you…

neither one of us has murdered the other yet, so i'd say it's been a generally successful union.

haven't been clean shaven since 2014. came close for halloween 2018 when i dressed up like bob belcher. it scared the kids.

i don't put much on FB so the only halfways decent photos i have are from wifey's page. so wifey is included. hope she doesn't ever find this place cause she'll be displeased knowing i put her face up on here. anyways. 2009. yes, i loves the cock. and 2018. i got old.

i tested mine at home just last night so these results are from there. this is my line speed because i have a 110mbps fiber connection, but the test was conducted over wifi. i opted to take the slower fiber package because i currently don't need a gig. my home wifi is a beast, btw. look at that ping speed.

so that was pleasant. at least she owned up to it right away. fucking hell.

i'm going to fire one of my best, longest-employed bartenders today. this sucks. not sure if she expected to get away scot free with stealing a $100 bill from a customer while she was off duty last night, but she did it. i tolerate a lot of shit from my employees, but theft is not one of those things. fuck me. this sucks. it's not even like i have to make an example and she's the unlucky one. i can't ever trust her with money again, and everyone who witnessed the incident (and there were several, including two other bartenders) knows that if i don't fire her, our bartenders can do whatever the fuck they want without punishment. there's really no choice for us at this point.

goose island is dick wagging at all of chicago right now too. they're setting up a goalposts in front of the brewery on saturday, and anyone who can kick a field goal from the same distance as parkey's miss gets free beer for a year. it's gonna be funny when 500 people kick it good and goose gets to eat shit over this. how they never learned the rule "don't shit where you eat" is beyond me.

i never considered the possibility that the bears would actively work on giving the game to the vikings. hell, they even got the refs to pitch in.

the bears are holding their own thru the half, but since the niners absolutely failed to show up today, it won't matter. anyone else think they're gonna come out flat while the vikings get their shit together?

don't libraries have like, a board of trustees or something that oversees operations etc? find one of the members and make a good impression...if you know what i mean.

aww, your first crush?

a library job probably won't pay off the debt from your degree program, but there's something to be said for doing what you love. do you love library?

thanks! it's been a giant pita because nothing moves at the speed i'd like it to, and we're already outpacing our budget by about 30%. at least i work in a bank, and they're invested enough at this point that they're not gonna cut me off before i finish it.

shit, i did put that one up. meh, i've done worse on camera.

i just wanna know what he'll be doing with it.

it's like, with every post this simple action becomes less likely to have ever taken place.

...on the floor in front of the toilet in the ladies room. gotcha.

bump because pat got me thinking about this project again today while i was logged on. so the plan has changed a bit, but we made some good progress before the winter put a stop to things. the lot is clear, but it took until july to get that finished up. we had to take up some of the old concrete because the heavy machinery caved it in on the east side. we'll have to re-pour that in the spring before we can do much else. but we have to install plumbing, water, and storm drains before we can do concrete, so we're a bit backed up there. considering the setbacks with the concrete and some contractor (un)availabilities, the list of what we've accomplished is much smaller than we'd hoped it would be at this point (it usually is with jobs like this but meh). the stage and enclosure is up, the undamaged concrete is a couple applications away from being prepped and ready, and the fence is built around the perimeter. so after we get utilities installed, we pour concrete and build the restrooms and bar area. decorate and done! the hope is to be up and running in the first half of the summer, depending on how quickly we can get back to work in the spring. we're no longer doing a nanobrewery on the lot because we're looking at buying an adjacent building to repurpose as the brewery. so the lot will be an outdoor venue that will eventually (hopefully) serve as the brewery's beer garden, with a stage for live stuff, an area to set up food trucks, two horseshoe pits, double restrooms, an enclosed bar, and comfortable seating for approx 80-100 people. it will be glorious. and you're all invited to the grand opening thing, whenever it happens.

we don't have any breweries around here. we have to drive an hour to the nearest one. and we plan on fixing that by opening our own in the next few years, as long as someone else in town doesn't beat us to it.

i got a pressure washer and all this candy. mikkeller beers are just about impossible to get in this area, and my awesome wife tracked down several for me. pictured are: to from via holiday ale, spontanapricot, and beer geek breakfast and brunch. there were a couple more, but they got drank before i took the picture.

did you at least knock her up first?

i've put a couple up over the years. maybe all on the old site though, don't remember.