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La Tortuga
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 posted Apr-05-2006 11:13 AM
  
Hey! "Chicks" isn't PC - watch it!Speaking of chicks though, I dyed Easter eggs with friends last evening - funny thing is kids are not included in this annual event - we use hot wax and well that's another story. But - the hostess had available Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA - it was truly delicious.
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randymar
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posted Apr-05-2006 11:26 AM
You doing that Amish wax-resist tie-dye thing??? Sounds too work-intense for me. Or maybe I need more immediate gratification???It's almost time to put the Peeps in the microwave isn't it??? Have you had the DFH ApriHop yet??? ... it's almost #9-ish, but of course - being DFH - hoppier. ------------------
Life is Short ... Make Fun of It. 400 Beers
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therealman
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posted Apr-05-2006 01:27 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
Hey! "Chicks" isn't PC - watch it!Speaking of chicks though, I dyed Easter eggs with friends last evening - funny thing is kids are not included in this annual event - we use hot wax and well that's another story. But - the hostess had available Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA - it was truly delicious.
A little early isn't it?
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-05-2006 01:35 PM
morn's first rosey light
vie to you cream and sugar
my love peep au lait
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randymar
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posted Apr-05-2006 01:48 PM
 Tish!!! That's French!!!
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-05-2006 02:06 PM
"Your eyes are like a cesspool of dirty water.
Your hands like cement - so rough and hard.
Your breath like a feted swamp."
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randymar
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posted Apr-05-2006 02:08 PM
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Originally posted by therealman:
A little early isn't it?
Yeah I don't think hard boiled eggs have a shelf life of 10+ days. However, some "crafty" (and I don't mean "clever") people use just the shells. A small hole can be drilled into each end of a raw egg, the inside all mushed upwith a toothpick or such, and the the goop expelled by blowing in one end, and the gunk squirting out the other.* The eggs can be decorated (sometimes quite elaborately, thank you, M. Faberge [although he didn't use REAL eggs]) and strengthened & sealed with a few coats of polyurethane - or as Fabby did, with lacquer.
*If I had known, I would have paid good money to see LT do that!!!
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randymar
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posted Apr-05-2006 02:14 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
"Your eyes are like a cesspool of dirty water.
Your hands like cement - so rough and hard.
Your breath like a feted swamp."
That's "fetid" my dandellion, unless someone threw a very elegant party for the swamp.
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MikeMills
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posted Apr-06-2006 09:59 AM
Oi. Just got back from watching Boston get womped at Ranger stadium - the only game of the three they lost. Of course!
Anyways, did anyone else see our Michael Jackson on Conan last night? I personally love Conan, and I love the "no guest is safe" attitude they adopt on the show - it's part of what makes it fun. But man... poor old Michael Jackson. First of all, he's looking more and more like the beer's winning every time I see him (I once read that he drinks the equivalent of 7 beers a day - and receives twice that in the mail every day - just to keep up with reviews). But even though he's obviously a good sport about it, the bottom line is that he's always treated like a comically eccentric weirdo - maybe one click above Richard Simmons on the laughable-guest scale. Just like the last time he was on, he tried like hell to take the subject matter as seriously as he possibly could, but just about nothing got through the barrage of jokes and weird sexual jibes other than the fact that beer made with chocolate malt doesn't actually taste like chocolate. (Lucy Liu described that same beer - a Belgian chocolate bock I'd never heard of - as "certainly fresher smelling than a golden shower"). By the end of it it seemed like he'd figured well, once again, I won't be getting through to this crowd so I might as well start getting drunk early - and just sat and drank the precious stuff himself (which got a few more laughs before all was said and done). Like I said, I'm not naiive to the occasional and essential comic-brutality of late-night tv, but it was a bit sad, I thought.
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randymar
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posted Apr-06-2006 10:24 AM
If they still replayed Conan, I'd catch it, but no.
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-06-2006 10:52 AM
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Originally posted by MikeMills:
Oi. Just got back from watching Boston get womped at Ranger stadium - the only game of the three they lost. Of course!
Whatever - this is the BEER thread not ESPN Anyways, did anyone else see our Michael Jackson on Conan last night? I personally love Conan, and I love the "no guest is safe" attitude they adopt on the show - it's part of what makes it fun. But man... poor old Michael Jackson. First of all, he's looking more and more like the beer's winning every time I see him (I once read that he drinks the equivalent of 7 beers a day - and receives twice that in the mail every day - just to keep up with reviews). [/QUOTE] Oh that Michael Jackson But even though he's obviously a good sport about it, the bottom line is that he's always treated like a comically eccentric weirdo - maybe one click above Richard Simmons on the laughable-guest scale. [/QUOTE] Hey - watch it - I happen to have a huge crush on Richard Simmons - I tried to emulate his pinnacle of fashion in the 80's. Just like the last time he was on, he tried like hell to take the subject matter as seriously as he possibly could, but just about nothing got through the barrage of jokes and weird sexual jibes other than the fact that beer made with chocolate malt doesn't actually taste like chocolate. (Lucy Liu described that same beer - a Belgian chocolate bock I'd never heard of - as "certainly fresher smelling than a golden shower").[/QUOTE] This is the term that causes me to shy away from Golden Monkey - bad marketing - really. By the end of it it seemed like he'd figured well, once again, I won't be getting through to this crowd so I might as well start getting drunk early - and just sat and drank the precious stuff himself (which got a few more laughs before all was said and done). Like I said, I'm not naiive to the occasional and essential comic-brutality of late-night tv, but it was a bit sad, I thought.[/QUOTE] The few times I have gone back to visit Dave Letterman have left me nostalgic and blue. To think that man helped me get through nursing school and look where he is today.
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therealman
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posted Apr-06-2006 11:00 AM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
Oh that Michael Jackson
He did say "our Michael Jackson".
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-06-2006 11:05 AM
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Originally posted by therealman:
He did say "our Michael Jackson".
Yes - if there was a smiley that could communicate the awe in my voice as I type his name, I would use it - but alas.
"Oh that Michael Jackson" will suffice.
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MikeMills
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posted Apr-06-2006 11:16 AM
What's up with Dave Letterman? He got me through college, too. Sometimes, when things were really getting me down, I had but to play a game of "Stop Calling Me Chief" with someone and all was, once again, well.
Are you upset because he isn't running the Tonight Show?
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randymar
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posted Apr-06-2006 11:28 AM
I have no idea what y'all are talking about:a) I only watch TV shows that involve welding like Monster Garage, American Chopper or MythBusters. 2) I'm in bed by 11:00 at the latest. 3) All talk shows are infomercials anyway. "Do you have a clip???"
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-06-2006 12:30 PM
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Originally posted by MikeMills:
What's up with Dave Letterman? He got me through college, too. Sometimes, when things were really getting me down, I had but to play a game of "Stop Calling Me Chief" with someone and all was, once again, well.
Are you upset because he isn't running the Tonight Show?
He used to have quirky and interesting guests - now they are just glamour folks out there pimping their latest movie. Stupid human tricks - remember the guy that squirted milk out of his eye? The forgotten heroes of a forgotten war.
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-06-2006 12:34 PM
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Originally posted by randymar:
I though he was looking for a way to get into Trillian's pants.I'm just a romantic, though.
Aren't you though
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randymar
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posted Apr-06-2006 01:21 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
He used to have quirky and interesting guests -
Two Words: Brother Theodore Three Words: Larry "Bud" Melman
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therealman
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posted Apr-06-2006 02:42 PM
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Originally posted by randymar:
Two Words: Brother TheodoreThree Words: Larry "Bud" Melman
Is Larry Bud still with us? 10 Words - Chris Elliot as the panicky guy living under the stairs.
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-06-2006 02:56 PM
Oh - you guys are making me blue.
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La Tortuga
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posted Apr-07-2006 08:50 AM
Hey - Randymar - you got the A B@stard?
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randymar
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posted Apr-07-2006 10:05 AM
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Originally posted by therealman:
Is Larry Bud still with us?
No, he is "intellectual property" and belongs to NBC.
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randymar
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posted Apr-07-2006 10:12 AM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
Hey - Randymar - you got the A B@stard?
I can neither confirm nor deny that at this point, Princess.
Okay, yes, I did. But after a couple HiPA's and a 22 oz. Ruination IPA, I cannot give an objective review of the ArrogantB at this time. Let me just say that my head hurts, and ... well ... um ... I'm ... huh? ... having a tough time, um ... uh, ... oh, ... maintaining a clear thought. Hey, Mike!!! Yo, Design boy!!! Word to the wise. Although gold silkscreeen on a brown bottle looks really, really good; it's a b!tch to scan the UPC at checkout.
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randymar
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posted Apr-07-2006 12:48 PM
<<< For those on travel in New England this week-end >>>Moat Moutain in North Conway, NH is having what looks like a scrumptious beer dinner tomorrow! There is both a Meat Lovers and a Vegetarian Menu. Dinner is at 6:30 Call them for info and to make your reservations: 603-356-6381 Here is a glimpse Meat Lover's Entree:
Mustard-Rosemary Seared Lamb Chop Over Leeks, Pancetta, Diced potato, Roasted Red Pepper & Red Wine Demi Glace Vegetarian Entree:
BBQ’ed Tofu
Rice Both served with Smoked Porter
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randymar
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posted Apr-10-2006 08:19 AM
Okay kids, let's get brewin'!!! quote:
from realbeer.com
Radical Beer OpenTHE BASICS
Who: America's most innovative brewers strut their stuff. All commercial breweries are eligble to compete.
What: Radical Beer Open.
Where: Albuquerque, New Mexico.
When: May 19-21. Entry deadline May 5 (beer must be in Albuquerque).
Why: Because some of the most innovative beers in the world are now being brewed in America. Because it's American Craft Beer Week. How: Judges will be asked to pick the best three beers on the table (in preliminary rounds and the final). That may sound basic, but we want them to have as much room to work with as the brewers do. We won't be looking for the "most radical" beer but the best of the radical beers. We wouldn't be surprised to see judges reward innovation. We will provide feedback from the judges. WHAT'S RADICAL?
In a world in which nine out of 10 beers sold are international lagers, traditional style beers seem radical. We welcome those, but also an astonishing range of beer from American brewers who've gone far beyond the traditionally, Basically we defer to Randy Mosher, author of Radical Brewing: "The only requirement for being a radical brewer is to pursue the art with passion." The categories
1) Beers with 5% abv or less
2) Beers 5.1%-7.5% abv
3) Beers 7.6% and above
4) Wild beers Beers using wild yeast may be entered in any category, but those where wild dominates should be entered in the fourth. HOW TO ENTER
If you are a brewer interested in entering beer, please drop us e-mail and we'll get entry information back to you. You don't have to be a packaging brewery to enter - plain bottle bottles are fine. The entry fee is the low, low price of one piece of swag (such as a T-shirt) per entry, with a maximum of two entries. We'd like comparable to a six-pack of beer to judge. BEFORE YOU ASK
The competition is held in conjunction with the Enchanted Brewing Challenge, a homebrew competition, which in 2006 features a special "Radical Brewing" category. We "invented" RBO as an incentive for judges to travel to judge the homebrew competitition, since the better the judges the better the competition. We've already got a few judges lined up who've judged at the Great American Beer Festival or World Beer Cup. RBO since took on a life it its own - even before the Brewers Association decided this should be American Craft Beer Week. We've lined up sponsors so the top three beers in each category will receive appropriate trophies. Bottom line: We want to make sure every beer entered is evaluated fairly, that winning is meaningful and that we publicize/praise the winners to the high heavens.
Now I know y'all have some weird sh!t laying around. Send it in and let's see what we can do!!!
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