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I thought this was amusing.

Out of boredom I did a google image search for "casey phillips" just to see what was out there. Second image was a pic of a hand holding a beer. No, not my hand, but, oddly James' hand. It was from a post back in July on his site about football, and I guess since he links to my site, this image was indexed.

I just thought it was kinda funny.

Thankfully, my search failed to uncover any actual pictures of myself.

UPDATE

Upon further investigation, the same image appears with the following google image searches:

• Benny Cornett
• Buster Collings
• Andy Stockwell
• Tim Tipton
• James Maabadi

Yeah, I was really bored. . .

As some of you know, I was into hombrewing beer several years ago, but because of circumstances I lost most of my brewing equipment and haven't brewed a batch in about 6 years. Well, as luck would have it, the homebrew supply store I actually used to order via a mail order catelog is only a 30 minute drive: Bacchus and Barleycorn.

A couple of weekends ago, Tammy and I went and picked up some fresh equipment and some ingredients, but I've been waiting for some free time to actually brew the stuff. Well, guys, today was the day. My batch of "Nutcastle Brown Ale" is bubbling happily in it's fermenter. Now, this is no "Mr. Beer" kit (tried that, not horrible but not good either), this is the real thing. It's alot of work to get it all together, and takes several hours (just the brew day, this doesn't include the racking and bottling later on), but I have a great time doing it, and it makes me appreciate and enjoy the end product all the much better. Kinda how great barbecue is alot of work, and time consuming, but always seems to taste better if you actually cook the stuff.

Anyway, I'll give you guys a tasting review in a couple of months when it's all ready to drink (of course it'll be a raving review). I want to try to brew a batch about once a month, at least for a little while, until I have a nice little stockpile of brew. In case you're wondering, a "batch" makes around 60 12 oz. beers, give or take a few.

Cheers, L'Chaim, Slainte!

Working for the Government, we get to take advantage of every national holiday.

Sort of.

The company I work for (Triple I) does not recognize all of the holidays that my true employer, my employer's employer (U.S. Army) does. This means that although the building I work in will technically be "closed" for a holiday, I cannot take the day off. Our boss, who I must say looks after our best interest very well, gives us the freedom to work from home on days like these. I don't know about you, but working from home is almost as good as having the day off. You get to work in peace without having somebody come to your desk every 5 minutes. You get to work in your boxers if you want. You don't have to drive around for 30 minutes searching for a parking space and then walk half a mile after you find one. You don't have to fight traffic leaving one of only two exits along with 5,000 other people (I typically sit through one particular light for 3 red/green/yellow cycles).

So, after what pretty much amounts to a 4 day weekend (the Army takes the Friday following as a "training day"), I feel pretty much rejuvenated. So I decided to sit down and do a blog. I honestly was shocked that it's been over 2 weeks since I last posted anything. I couldn't believe it, have I been that busy? Tammy hurt her back pretty badly during Christmas and was completely confined to bed until around Wednesday of last week, so I've been trying to do the things around the house she usually did. We even had to make a run to the emergency room one night at 3 A.M. because she was having terrible muscle spasms. I never want her to go through something like that again. This weekend was her first chance to get out of the house (except for the E.R. trip) since returning from Oklahoma City on Christmas day.

Truth is, I haven't even thought about this blog in the past 2 weeks, although I still kept up with reading everyone else's. Maybe I'm getting burned out, but I don't even want to look at a computer outside of work except maybe when Tammy and I play World of Warcraft (something else she was unable to do while her back was injured). Looking back at my past posts, I think I do most of them (at least write them) while I'm at work (shh, don't tell my boss!). I just can't seem to bring myself to sit at a computer at home and do the same thing I just got through doing all day at work.

Anyway, see ya in 2 more weeks! (just kidding, I think)