To all of the players at my 1/2 NL table at Planet Hollywood on 18 January, I apologize.
My statements on that night were misleading and had no basis in fact.
I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the band SuperDiamond. I have not played a tambourine since I was in the school play in 3rd grade. Additionally, it would appear that SuperDiamond is not from Cleveland, Ohio.
Again, my sincere apologies.
Seat 1: Phinneaus (1050 in chips)
Seat 4: razorbak353 (1710 in chips)
Seat 5: mneilcihsos (2010 in chips)
Seat 6: ryan46052 (2770 in chips)
Seat 7: Python627 (3855 in chips)
Seat 8: scottbrich (735 in chips)
Seat 9: lbl1957 (2870 in chips)
scottbrich: posts small blind 50
lbl1957: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phinneaus [Ac As]
Phinneaus: raises 200 to 300
razorbak353: folds
mneilcihsos: raises 400 to 700
ryan46052: folds
Python627: folds
scottbrich: raises 35 to 735 and is all-in
lbl1957: folds
Phinneaus: raises 315 to 1050 and is all-in
mneilcihsos: calls 350
*** FLOP *** [Kc Ad Qs]
*** TURN *** [Kc Ad Qs] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Ad Qs Ts] [Kh]
mneilcihsos said, “wow”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phinneaus: shows [Ac As] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
mneilcihsos: shows [Ks Kd] (four of a kind, Kings)
mneilcihsos collected 630 from side pot
scottbrich: shows [Qc Qd] (a full house, Queens full of Kings)
mneilcihsos collected 2305 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2935 Main pot 2305. Side pot 630. | Rake 0
Board [Kc Ad Qs Ts Kh]
Seat 1: Phinneaus showed [Ac As] and lost with a full house, Aces full of Kings
Seat 4: razorbak353 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: mneilcihsos showed [Ks Kd] and won (2935) with four of a kind, Kings
Seat 6: ryan46052 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Python627 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: scottbrich (small blind) showed [Qc Qd] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Kings
Seat 9: lbl1957 (big blind) folded before Flop
Two of the greatest albums for providing energy to the listener, specifically as it relates to physical activity (read: working out) are And Justice for All and Master of Puppets by Metallica. Specifically, the songs Damage, Inc. and The Shortest Straw.
In case you are wondering, this is completely objective and has nothing to do with personal preference.
Squeezed it in yesterday, here is the recipe for 10 gallons:
Mashed at 156 for 1 hr, 60 minute boil, chill, and pitch.
I’ll let it go for 10 days or so and then rack 4 gallons into each of 2 carboys with 1 gallon of Knudsen’s cherry juice.
The english roast barley and the yeast were an audible due to the lack of selection at the homebrew shop. I think it will turn out just fine.
Now I just need to come up with a name. Since the cherries traditionally come from Door County I was thinking of something that would pay homage to the lizard king. Roadhouse Red perhaps?
It has become clear to me that Scott Adams works somewhere in my office as a mole. He clearly gleans up to 75% of all strip ideas and themes from conversations and initiatives dreamed up and put into place at my place of employment.
I’ll find you…
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I had it for the first time at the GABF last year. When we got into the venue, about 85% of the total crowd was standing in a long, snaking line in front of the New Glarus booth, and as soon as they finished their first sample, they cycled back to wait again. Definitely a good sign.
I am lucky enough to come into a bottle here and again but with no real regularity. Zymurgy published a recipe using Knudsen’s tart cherry juice rather than real cherries, and I’m going to follow that as much as some local ingredient limitations will allow.
10 gallons, coming up…
It feels so good to finally get that affirmation that your efforts are paying off. For someone to take the time to give you great feedback is so simple but can mean so much. I will approach my publishing with a renewed zeal following the high praise of one mostly anonymous poster.
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Given that there is a greater incidence of telecommuting as well as educated, low cost labor around the world, would it be possible to hold 2, 5, 10 or more jobs and not work at any of them?
It would work like this…Find a job where you can work remotely nearly 100% of the time. Ideally the work would be fairly autonomous in nature - recieve assignment, complete assigment, submit assignment without excessive back and forth. As soon as you establish a job, you outsource it. Even if you have to pay 60% or more of your wage to the person actually doing your job, you are scalable. Once you outsource one, you apply for and get another one.
It would be a truly interesting experience to have 5 full time jobs, make 200% (after expenses but before taxes) of a normal salary, but only have to work in a supervisory capacity (to the extent your outsourcers were not as intelligent or detail oriented as you were).
Better late than never, I decided to document the recent trek to Oregon before I completely forgot the details. Jill organized trip as a birthday present for me, and we left the day after Thanksgiving for a week on and around the coast with a few days in Portland.
A side benefit is that Portland is rich with wineries and breweries, and we sampled some excellent wares. The first night we went to McMenamins after a late flight. They had a nitrogenated porter that was very smooth and choclatey. We also tried the Hammerhead Pale and the Sleepy Hollow Nut Brown, both of which were very nice.
The first morning we walked around Beaverton and tried not to get lost in the thick fog. Once the day cleared up a little bit, we headed south to McMinnville and hit several wineries along the way. Archery Summit was the first stop, and we did a pricey tasting of all their red wines paired with cheese, pâté, and other tasty treats. It was a great location, and the underground cellars were a great backdrop. From there we went to Argyle and tried some sparkling wines and listened to a little live music. Being that is was the weekend after Thanksgiving, most of the wineries were having open houses and turning up the entertainment factor a notch.
Across the street was the Ponzi tasting room where we had a handful of their wines and a few others. Seeing as it was almost noon we decided we’d better get some food to soak up all the hooch and sober up a little.
After one last stop, we headed south to Depot Bay for our second night’s lodging at The Channel House. Our room had a hot tub on the deck overlooking the ocean and we didn’t waste much time in taking advantage of that.
That night we went further South to Newport to stop at Rogue. I’m a big fan of their Dead Guy Ale and had been looking forward to trying a few other beers. We pulled up in the lot and it looked more like a warehouse than anything else, it was a little hard to tell if we were going in the right entrance or not. You enter through a giant red silo, and walk directly onto the brewery floor among the fermentors and equipment. There was a hodgepodge of supplies (bottles, etc) stacked all around, and we eventually made our way to the restaurant upstairs. The food was great, Jill had a Kobe beef hamburger which was pretty fantastic. We tried a few beers with dinner and then went next door to the bar to sample a few more.
The next day we did a little sightseeing, and went to Devil’s Punchbowl and Cape Foul Weather. Everything we saw along the coast was fantastic, but none of the sights we read about stood out a great deal - the whole coast was incredibly scenic and rugged.
That night we went to hear a Hawaiian lounge singer at the Sea Hag (great clam chowder) and a great dinner at the Tidal Raves restaurant.
Our next stop was Cannon Beach, and it was another great drive up the coast to get there. We took a long walk through town after arriving to find some grub. We went to Bill’s Tavern & Brewhouse and had lunch and warmed up after our long cold walk. Had a few of their beers, nothing that blew me away. They were out of the DuckDive Pale which I was a little disappointed about, but they had a very good porter, with a nice smoky, roasty finish.
On the way back it started to snow pretty hard, so we opted to catch the shuttle back to our hotel - The Ocean Lodge. It was an extremely beautiful spot situated right on the beach. Our room was very comfortable with a nice big fireplace at the foot of the bed.
We stayed in Cannon Beach for a few days and really enjoyed it - the downtown had a lot to offer and we found some really great spots just south of town for hiking. We woke up every morning and took a long walk on the beach - still quite cold but an excellent way to start the day. We took a day trip up to Astoria and walked around their downtown area. We stopped for lunch at (surprise!) the Astoria Brewing Company. We had some more great clam chowder and some tasty brews - their Shark Spit IPA was our favorite.
We had some amazing pizza one night at and another really nice meal at Newman’s. But the best meal of the trip was next door to our hotel at the Stephanie House. They have one seating each night, and the chef comes out before each course and explains what they made and how they made it. Very intimate and excellent food.
Before heading out to Portland we found the DuckDive Pale from Bill’s served at the Warren House Pub. A lucky find, as this was probably my second favorite beer of the whole trip. The pale was fairly cloudy and light in color, with an amazing hop aroma - centennial jumping out of the glass.
Our next stop was Portland, where we stayed in the Marriott right by the water. The room left a little something to be desired after our last two spots but was definitely sufficient. While in Portland we continued our gustatory recreation, and walked through most of the downtown area. We stopped at Lucky Lab for a snack and a few samples - this place looked more like a coffee house than a brewery. There were business men and students scattered around the industrial looking building, working on their laptops and sipping a pint of ale instead of a latte. The Scottish Holiday was probably my favorite, although their beers were all well above average.
Roots was quite interesting, it was decorated inside like a Tiki hut, complete with surfing videos playing on a flat screen in the bar. A few beers worth mentioning were the Berghead Heather which is ’seasoned’ with heather flowers and no hops making for a very different flavor. They had a toasted coconut porter that was a little gimicky but interesting - another one that is great for a sample but might be a little much over the course of a pint. My favorite named beer was their ‘Festivus’ served on cask - this was smooth and sweet with a nice hop balance, and not nearly the alcohol heat of the other barleywines we had on the trip.
We also went to the Holiday Ale Festival downtown one night and tried a whole host of strong, old, and imperial beers. It was a good event but the tastes they served (for $1 each) were a little too large given that most of the beers were 10% ABV or more. If only I was disciplined enough to pour them out rather than downing the whole thing…Some of the ones we tried were:
We had some great Thai food and a really good Indian meal on our last night in the city. Downtown Portland felt extremely safe, and we walked across nearly the whole downtown area after our dinner on the last night.
Two more breweries to mention that we hit on our last day, New Old Lompoc and Bridgeport. NOL was a dark and cozy pub that looked to be filled with locals. I gave their Holiday Ale a must miss, it had an overpowering taste of cinnamon. Their Condor Pale Ale was nice and hoppy. Bridgeport had a lot of good but not great beers. Their facility was very chic, lots of exposed brick and mood lighting. The last beer I tasted was my favorite of the trip, called Hop Harvest - served on cask. It was smooth and creamy from being on the hand pull, and had an incredible fresh hop bouquet.
Here are some pics @ shutterfly. Enjoy.