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It's not really as exciting as all those exclamation points would have you believe. I haven't really gone anywhere... I've just been going through some personal things... I got promoted at work to the position of supervisor... and after 3 months, I voluntarily demoted two places back to mere customer service rep because I was miserable. Still underpaid and keeping my job only because it's a rough market and I'm not ready to start looking yet...
SWMBO lost her job with the same company I work for. She's still looking after 2 months. It's a rough economy. I demoted because third shift wasn't working well for us and the pay cut wasn't very significant (primarily because my pay RAISE wasn't very significant... but it sure was a lot of extra BS...)
But I've been to the Two Brother's taphouse and I must say that their beers are EXCELLENT. Much better than in bottles. And I had a Mephistopheles and picked up a couple 4-packs of 2008 Bourbon County Brand Stout (Goose Island). I haven't brewed in a long while. My housing situation is up in the air what with SWMBO unemployed right now and looking all over.
Which leads me to the cause of my return... I've been writing a book now for quite some time. The topic is motorcycle risk management... I hate the term "motorcycle safety"- it's sort of an oxymoron, don't you think? It's just over 100 pages with lots of pretty pictures. I've gone through two technical content reviews by two good friends who are avid motorcyclists (one a very experienced MSF and TEAM Oregon instructor, the other a motorcycle statistics freak) and with just a few tweaks here and there, they both gave my content their blessing.
I'm nearing the point that I'm going to hire a professional editor to get my material into perfect shape... but before I do, I thought I'd ask whether any of my HBT brethren with experience on two wheels would be interested in taking a gander at the manuscript and offering any criticism... After all, I've never known HBT members to be short on opinions and I could use all the input I can get.
In other news, I haven't brewed in probably 8 months, but dang... I have 5 gallons of barleywine which is just OUTSTANDING now!!!!! I lost track... I think it's just over 12%ABV with about 70 IBU's.
So... what've I missed around here?
SWMBO lost her job with the same company I work for. She's still looking after 2 months. It's a rough economy. I demoted because third shift wasn't working well for us and the pay cut wasn't very significant (primarily because my pay RAISE wasn't very significant... but it sure was a lot of extra BS...)
But I've been to the Two Brother's taphouse and I must say that their beers are EXCELLENT. Much better than in bottles. And I had a Mephistopheles and picked up a couple 4-packs of 2008 Bourbon County Brand Stout (Goose Island). I haven't brewed in a long while. My housing situation is up in the air what with SWMBO unemployed right now and looking all over.
Which leads me to the cause of my return... I've been writing a book now for quite some time. The topic is motorcycle risk management... I hate the term "motorcycle safety"- it's sort of an oxymoron, don't you think? It's just over 100 pages with lots of pretty pictures. I've gone through two technical content reviews by two good friends who are avid motorcyclists (one a very experienced MSF and TEAM Oregon instructor, the other a motorcycle statistics freak) and with just a few tweaks here and there, they both gave my content their blessing.
I'm nearing the point that I'm going to hire a professional editor to get my material into perfect shape... but before I do, I thought I'd ask whether any of my HBT brethren with experience on two wheels would be interested in taking a gander at the manuscript and offering any criticism... After all, I've never known HBT members to be short on opinions and I could use all the input I can get.
In other news, I haven't brewed in probably 8 months, but dang... I have 5 gallons of barleywine which is just OUTSTANDING now!!!!! I lost track... I think it's just over 12%ABV with about 70 IBU's.
So... what've I missed around here?