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I don't know if I could be married to someone who doesn't understand the seductive power of bacon fat.

Everything is better with bacon fat! I used to make a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich. Fry up the bacon, put it in the sandwich with the cheese and use the bacon fat instead of butter to grill the sandwich. Probably two days worth of calories in one sandwich but I don't stress over stuff like...

So Dan,where are you planning on building this place? I would suggest somewhere with definite seasons, where it is cold part of the year. Keeps the slackers out. And also requires wood splitting, which will fit in nice with your fitness regimen. Naturally fertile soils, adequate rainfall so no...

I made coffee too. And bacon and eggs. Butchered a hog and hadn't tried the bacon yet. Fried up a whole pound and didn't hardly render enough enough fat to fry a couple eggs. That is some meaty bacon.

Here's a little something from a local boy who made it big. And then walked away. I don't spit, and my money is on the possum.

Back when I was a kid was before all the crazy tractor pull nonsense of today. Just the plain old everyday farm tractors right out of the field. Maybe weight them up a bit but that was about it. All in good fun and no prizes other than the bragging rights until next year's County Fair.

It's the outliers that define the bell curve. That's what I keep telling myself, anyway.

Once you get to four you have it all figured out. Or at least that is what you tell yourself.

I should get out my heatstick and do an extract batch on the stove. My wife was just saying today the air in the house is too dry and we need to get some moisture in the air. That would do the trick. :) Off to work now, have a good night.

So I take it they haven't banned smoking entirely in NYC? Or do you have to bend the rules in order to enjoy a nice stogie? Edit: Ops, looks like this has already been covered, that's what I get for not keeping up.....

There are a lot of small minded and self righteous people everywhere. The problem is that they don't see themselves as small minded or self righteous. Like it or not we all have to deal with them everywhere. They have little regard for history or tradition and can only deal with issues...

I'm glad I'm not alone. They say drinking alone is a problem..... The temperature here is sitting right at 0, don't think I'll be going for a stroll any time soon. Good thing the big guy listens even if you are sitting in front of the computer. Now that I am working on my second pint and have...

Decided it was too late to sleep. So I decided to open a Samuel Smith India Ale instead. Going to have the Nut Brown next. Beer for breakfast. My Norwegian Lutheran relatives would recoil in horror!

Think it's time for sleep. Not much music posted tonight so I will leave you with something mellow from the 70's.

I bought a Top cigarette maker and buy my tobacco in bulk. I've tried rolling them by hand and I just don't seem to have the knack for it.

Will do. We have done most of the "touristy" things so this time with no kids we will be just exploring to see what we can find. We want to go to the Cloisters, haven't been there and it sounds interesting. Nothing else on the agenda yet. Except the view from the top of the Empire State Building...

Those kinds of tolerances are hard for me to imagine. Any of the ham handed machining I do as long as things kind of fit that's all I am looking for. At work I have a third of a mil, but that is furniture so not quite so critical.

I'll have to try and remember this. Probably won't so I might have to hit you up later. We are planning on being in the area the end of August, my wife's nephew is getting married. The wedding will be in New Jersey but we are planning on staying a couple nights in the City when we are there. A...

I can't figure out how something so small as a mouse can stink so much. Anyway, just doing some middle of the afternoon posting, but when you work third shift this is the middle of the night for me, sorta. Just headed off to get some sleep, thought I would leave you with one of my...

For the most part I buy locally. The LHBS is fairly reasonable with their prices and have a pretty good selection of base malts and specialty grains. I have done enough business there I get 10% off and they have a grain card program where you pay in advance but can get your specialty grains for...