Archive for September, 2007

September 24, 2007

Goodreads Blurb — Kavalier and Clay

by Josh at 10:10 pm

I’m going to see if I can put together a few words for all of the books that I read.  I’m planning to post them to the goodreads site and this blog to keep some small record of the things that I read.  To start, I have a few sentences on The Amazing Adventures of [...]

September 21, 2007

Third Brew Day

by Josh at 11:11 am

For my third brewing attempt, I used a northern brown ale kit from Austin Homebrew Supply.  The kit came with everything including liquid yeast that was shipped with a cold pack.  I thought this might be a bad idea, but i was curious to see if it would work.  By the time I got everything, [...]

September 20, 2007

Audiobooks on eMusic

by Josh at 8:20 pm

I’m generally a big fan of the eMusic service.  It’s a music downloading service, similar to iTunes with a few major differences.  It’s cheaper (tracks cost about 25 cents each.)  You download mp3s which will work on any player whereas music purchased from iTunes will only work on an iPod.  The files tht you download [...]

September 10, 2007

Once More With Feeling

by Josh at 6:36 pm

On Saturday Night, Susannah and I went over to the Plaza Theater for a “Buffy Sing Along.”  This is, apparently, a nation-wide phenomenon where people gather to watch the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “Once More With Feeling.”  The audience is encouraged to sing along, dance, or do whatever really.
We had talked about [...]

September 3, 2007

Second Batch

by Josh at 3:44 pm

The second batch of beer is complete, and the general sentiment is that it turned out better than the first. For this batch, I used a Brewer’s Best wheat beer kit and, to spice things up, I added some coriander and orange peel. These are traditional ingredients for what is often called a [...]