My most recent brew. It's a Belgian Dubbel. Should be ready to bottle in about a week.

I have an Irish Stout conditioning in the bottles that I am pretty happy about. Really dark in color, like coffe.

Candy Mountain

I win.

I wrote the previous blog before YouTuber's put their Lite Brite/Boston video on. I rock.

All a Bunch of Silliness

I was listening to the radio yesterday on my way home from work, and within the daily news report was a story about suspicious devices placed around Boston that posed some kind of security threat. I immedietely perked up and thought, "Tell me more, tell me more," but I found it strange that it was not covered more in depth. This threat to our national security was swept over just as any other news story of the day to be never heard from again.

So I get home and do a little research and come to find that it was no threat at all, but mearly a mareting campaign of small Light Brite type devices placed around the city to market Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Now I thought, "Oh how silly, nothing to worry about." I look at a few other websites and realize that even though the Boston PD know what these things are they procede to remove them as though they are volatile substances that could explode if exposed to a whisper. In some cases bomb squads even exploded these LED marketing wonders, "just in case."

Now, I am no expert on homeland security nor have I been to the police acedemy or interned with the bomb squad, but I would think that after you discover what the "suspicious" devices are that you would wipe your brow and move on. Not in Boston. Instead of letting it pass, the fine government up there proceded to propagate fear, and now is not willing to accept any responsibility for all of the silliness. They realize they made a mistake by riling up the populous but intend to hold the Turner marketing department responsible. NY Times, "'It is outrageous, in a post-9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme,' Mr. Menino said in a statement. 'I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred during the response to today’s incidents.'"


I know they look scary; almost a resemblence to terrorists. NY Times, "The devices are dotted with blue and purple lights and are shaped like “Aqua Teen” characters, mooninites. One character, Err, seems angry, with slanted eyebrows and what appear to be raised middle fingers." Ha. Only the facts. I made scarier looking things with my Erector set as a kid. Glad I didn't take them outside.

The real reason for writing this is that I only wish to save the harmless Lite Brite. Being that these devices so resemble the wonderful toy, I feel as though they are going to get a bad rap. I fear they will be pulled from the shelves for being "too scary," and parents will refuse to buy them because they do not want to raise the next unibomber. "Is little billy building bombs over there?" "No, he's making a flower." "Well it looks like a bomb to me!"

Help me start the Save the Lite Brite Fund

The Beginning of a Blogtastic Future

It’s about time I made use of the blogging and gave you all a glimpse into my immensely deep and intelligent mind. This is not a pompous statement, as someone of my level of intelligence is humble by nature and not capable of such ostentatious thoughts of ones self. But really, I am the greatest human alive.

I haven’t blogged seriously at all so here is a catch up:

Life is good in Northwest Jersey. I have attached a map of the state so you can all see our precise location. Feel free to Google Earth it. I cleaned off the roof when I heard that the Google bot was coming to take a shot.



Along with the house came great responsibility. Some we were prepared for and could see coming and others surprises. Having not been handy in the past, the house has given me a crash course in repairs. From drywall to copper piping, it has all been a great learning experience. I went from having hardly any tools, to setting up a workshop in the basement in about six months.

The area is very rural and not what one pictures when they think of New Jersey. The neighborhood is very quiet and there are only about 5 houses on our street so there is little traffic. Why do I mention traffic you ask? Well one side of our house is only about five feet from the road. There is protected state forest to our south, along with a lake for fishing and swimming. They stock the lake every spring with trout as some sort of DNR experiment, and everyone says the fishing is good. There is also the Delaware Water Gap about ten miles north that has swimming, fishing, hiking etc. We tried to go up there once last summer but it was shortly after major rains and was closed due to flooding. I consequently had to close my basement for the same reason. The house is old (built before 1900) and the basement is constructed with slate stone and over the years has felt the wear, letting a little water in when we get big rains. So if anyone knows how to build a proper French drain or has any other suggestions let me know.



Work is great. We had a successful 2006 and are looking forward to a better 2007. We revamped the web-site and have created many new marketing materials to aid us this year. We are currently developing a quarterly newsletter to distribute to clients and potential customers with industry news, tips & tricks, new technologies etc.

I have been reading the papers (online) quite a bit and that has consequently taken away from my book reading. I will hopefully find a good balance soon. I just started For Whom the Bell Tolls, so I will try to limit my news intake. Politically I have much to say, but I will save that for a future blog.

OK, that is enough. I will try to do dis thang once a week.