Every freshly-minted software engineer yearns for a time when they can throw away all that crap code they’ve been asked to work with and start all over from scratch. Every experienced software engineer yearns for a time when they can throw away all the old crap code they wrote when they started over from scratch […]
Things we forgot: Roy’s trailer keys. Spices for the galley. Spare growler. Beano. Share on Facebook
At least we hope it isn’t. If it is, we’ll be trapped on a man-made island at Lake Havasu, AZ. And we’d have to swim across the man-made channel to get to the other brewpub that isn’t on the island. (Currently at Barley Brothers (really malty IPA has me slightly stunned), going to Mudshark Brewing […]
After we left the Sugarite campground in northern NM, we drove quite a while. I was hoping that we’d be able to camp in the Petrified Forest National Park, but they’re only open during the day–no camping. So we drove on to the next outpost of civilization: Holbrook, AZ. Once we got into town we […]
On this trip, I have had the pleasure and occasional discomfort of explaining the origin, purpose, function, construction of the magnificent Shorty. Having a teardrop is not for the shy…and if you are (as I can be), it forces you to Deal With It. When I sprinted to the bathroom at Sugarite State Park, I […]
We went with my parents back to the Third Base brewpub, and I’ve discovered that my father does indeed turn up past eleven. But you just can’t take your parents anywhere: “I’ll take that with the potato wedgeies” he tells the waitron and mom responds “I’ll give you a WEDGIE!” We left on Saturday, drove […]
Yesterday we went to the Pleasant Creek “lake” which is also emergency water in case the nuclear power plant melts down. It’s about 10 miles from where I grew up and went to school. We walked some trails, mostly because all we’ve been doing is sitting in the car, sitting in someone’s house visiting, sitting […]
While we were in Indiana, we stopped twice at Three Floyds Brewpub in Munster. We’re both investors in the brewpub and like to ‘keep our eye on our investment’ and we also brought our “free pint a day” cards for their rare use. Courtney spotted the Zeitgeist sticker behind the bar (Zeitgeist is a bike/cycle […]