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We get to fuck the entire meal? Appetizer- oysters (duh), duck pâté en terrine Soup- chicken and wild rice Main course- prime rib served blue rare and finely sliced, baked sweet potato, spaghetti squash Desert- baked Alaska.

Didn't read a book for June. Picked this guy up yesterday though. No promises I'll get to it though.

Not discouraged- blueberry batch was literally just me fucking around to see what happens. Legit if it turned into blueberry vinegar I would have been happy- call it a win and make some delicious salad dressing. Also it didn't sink all the way, just about to the water line. This cranapple acerglyn though... pretty sure i'm doing most of it right this time. It smells so goddamn good.

Pink and white. It should taste like strawberries and vanilla.

Know what's terrible? Goodn'Plenty. They trick you into thinking they'll be delicious with the colors. But no. They are not good.

OK, so #1 holiday would probably have to be New Years, and the proper observance of it would be sacrificing the first born hour. That means from 12:00-1:00, you stare at a clock in silent meditation. Watch the minute hand complete a full circle. It's the longest hour of the year. Savor it. I do have a prayer I say every night before bed- "O Lord Akatosh, Dragon God who is Time, I thank you for today. I thank you for all yesterdays. I thank you for all tomorrows to come. Please grant me the mindfulness to exist within the present. Please grant me the strength to build upon my past. Please grant me the grace to walk along your path into the future. Praise be Akatosh." Also, here be some gospel music-

You can make your deity to represent time whatever you want it to be, so long as it represents time. There is no dress code.

Dude, pastafarianism is like, late 2000's edgy atheist. "Oooh, you guys like a god you can't see right? well hey I got one too and he's made of spaghetti. LAWLZ." Get you a real god. Worship Time with me.

Drinking this- apparently its a very highly desired beer. Folks hoarding it and trading cases for big game hunts and the like.

Went on ahead and racked my blueberry stuff today too, get it up off the lees and sediment it built up from the step feeding. My hydrometer sunk all the way when I went to take a measurement. Since I didn't take an initial reading I got no idea what that means, but it's been down there 2 months so it's going to get aged out for a few weeks until I can get some bottles and call it done. Took a sample, I'd say it tastes like a red wine but I really don't like wines, so I have no idea if it tastes good or not.

Yep i'd say that did the trick. 20200704_110216.mp4

Just went ahead and pitched the rest of my yeast this morning, got it outside again warming up. Been shaking it pretty well to avoid much of a fruit cap. It does smell like its making alcohol. With my last one i had bubbles like crazy right after it started, so i'm probably just being impatient.

The wife and i started watching avatar the last airbender and all i can think is you're some kind of blind earth bender.

Its relatively chilly in the basement too, when i put my hands on the bucket it feels cold. Took it outside for a bit to maybe warm it up to kick start the fermentation.

Take the good with the bad. No one is one-dimensional and its important to not white wash history.

Hellen keller was in favor of eugenics.

Spore.

I mean it totally can be, but mostly it's just for a pun.

Fuck. Hang on let me build a calendar.

That way, every month, the fourth is the fourth.

I got all the stuff, actually i have a little chart on the bucket with the dates i plan to test on. I get home today and as i walk down the stairs I see a bubble. Stare at the damn thing for about 2 minutes, don't see any more. Its taunting me.

I use 5-star PBW, i believe. You're supposed to rinse it well. No bubbles when i got home today, shook it up and still didn't get bubble action, though the smell coming from the airlock had a hint of fementation i think. You know me, i worry.

About 5 years ago the old man got us all tiny RC helicopters- he used to be huge into RC planes and he always wanted a helicopter but they were so expensive, but now we've got all these cheap tiny things... I digress. He bought everyone these tiny RC helicopters. I flew mine around like 5 times in total, all indoors of course, could not get the hang of it, especially turning around. One time though I tied a long ribbon to the bottom of it and flew it above my kitty. She tore it out of the sky. There's a video of it somewhere, but I couldn't find it to post it.

Wedding celebration is officially canceled. 😢