Northland Brewtrip

In the middle of last week, I sent out an invitation to a bunch of friends to please please attend an informal tour of the beer-related destinations of the stark northern suburbs of Kansas City. I called it the "Northland Brewtrip." After a couple of days, and an …

2007 In Review

A number of things happened to me in 2007.

• I resolved to lose fifty pounds. I lost three. Better luck next year.

• I resolved to take steps toward opening my own brewery/beer bar. I did this, and found that the more I learned about what it would take the less …

Economic Indicators

I got off the phone with my brother yesterday afternoon, secure in the knowledge that I'd be heading right home after work, with a brief stop at the leasing office to pick up a package or two. These thoughts were ripe in my mind when, while celebrating the light …

Work Boat

I got to work a bit late today, as apprehension about the inch-deep layer of the previous night's snow drove any desire for haste out of my head. After I'd been here for about an hour and a half(about 10:30am), my boss walked into my cube and invited me to have lunch at …

A Slow Christmas

I had a quiet Christmas, during which I unfortunately discovered my first MMORPG, World of Warcraft. So, I have little else to report from the last five days, besides the following bits:

I went to Harrah's with Jeff and the other Jeff on Christmas Eve, where I(in order) …

Free Thursday

I was bitten by the urge to get out and about last night. At around 2pm I sent out a email to a couple friends, proposing an informal get-together at the Zoo Bar for happy hour(and beyond). By quittin' time, I had received lukewarm commitments from Matt, Brad, and Jeff. …

The Girl from Wallasey

I woke up this morning refreshed from a full night's sleep. When I was in San Francisco, my snoring problem prompted my friend Callie to prompt me to invest in some Breathe Right strips, which I had never tried before. I met with limited success using them there, though …

Elephants and Maintenance

I went to Erp's house on Friday night for a going-away party for Erik that was being combined with a sweater party and white elephant party. We didn't have time to also make it a housewarming party, as Erp had wished.

Nevertheless, it was a great party. In the white …

Pictures From California

I've uploaded the California pictures, though they still need some touching up. My camera is hosed at the moment, and Jeff generously donated the use of his camera for the trip, but for some reason, it takes much darker pictures than the viewfinder/screen lets on in the …

I'm Back

I got back from San Francisco yesterday afternoon, and I've since been arranging my thoughts on the trip. I have a mess of pictures for you, but I still need to process and upload the pictures from the wedding over a month ago first. And I need to get ready for a big …

Almost Gone

With no warning(to me), Kansas City got hit with its first real snow today. It started some eight minutes after I completed entering my previous post. To celebrate, all the idiots in town decided to go outside and drive around, comically running into things for the sake …

Print Boarding Pass

I'm leaving later today for San Francisco, and so last night at about 7pm I remembered that since I was within 24 hours of my 3:30pm departure, I could check in online. I went to Southwest's website, and pulled up my ticketless confirmation from my "Plane Tickets" label …

Lunch at my Desk

In between getting a little work done at work, and working on the future of this website, I've been getting the occasional lunch in. When I want to have a short day at work, I'll bypass the lengthy trips to sitdown restaurants for lunch, and instead I'll just pick up …

Trip Tomorrow

I'm leaving tomorrow for a long weekend in San Francisco. It's going to be electrifying. At least on paper.

I'm flying nonstop into Oakland from KC, so barring unliklely weather problems, the trip should go without a hitch. The big problem, as I see it, is getting out of …

Friday Cold

During work hours yesterday, Chris and I decided that we wanted to give KC's least-known brewery a try. Inside the Ameristar Casino there's a brewery called Amerisports. I'd been there once before, and was entirely unimpressed. However, that was before I'd developed my …