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  • Up early; to work.
  • Took an early/long lunch break to bring Hunter to the V-E-T to check on some stomach troubles he’s been having. All appears to be well; the only thing we might need to do is change his food.
  • Emily brought home some take-out from S&D Polish Deli in the Strip. The kielbasa was tasty and the potato dumplings were delicious. I believe there was a Groupon involved in the transaction somewhere…
  • Finally got around to washing bottles and putting my beer in them. I don’t have high hopes for this one, but it’s my first so it’s not the end of the world if it sucks. I took a swig of some of the unfinished stuff and it was drinkable, if a bit sweet.

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  • Up early; to work.
  • During my lunch break I walked over to Murray Avenue and got a haircut at Darlene’s Place. Then as it began to storm I ran over to Kristopher’s for a burger. The burger was pretty tasty, enough so that I’m interested to go back and try their deli sandwiches.
  • Went Me Lyng for dinner with Emily. The Pho Xao there is to die for. In all a good day for the part of me that’s all gung-ho about supporting local businesses.
  • Moved my beer to a secondary fermenter. Now we play the waiting game. Again.

P.S. This video is awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYEgwwCYWw

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  • Up early. Happy World IPv6 Day!
  • Found out that I may not have Broken The Build™ but just uncovered an existing bug in the build. Will know more tomorrow.
  • More research. Learning how to write browser extensions.
  • Bought some new toys, which I’ll claim are for work. One of these, one of these, oh, and one of these!
  • Grilled up some steak for dinner, while Emily made mashed potatoes. Starting to get the hang of grilling, though I think I left the steaks on a bit too long this time.
  • Fermenter is still bubbling, but it seems to be slowing down.
  • Watched Brazil, the “Love Conquers All” cut, from Netflix. Now I want to go back and see the original cut to find out what the studio messed with.

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  • Up early; to work.
  • Humming along on some research regarding one of my tasks when I found out I Broke The Build™ yesterday. Never a good thing to hear, especially when you’re the new guy. Spent most of the afternoon trying to figure out what went wrong, but came up empty. Perhaps sleep will bring clarity.
  • Fermenter is still bubbling.
  • After work it fell to me to finish installing the plumbing for the bathroom sink while Emily went to folk orchestra rehearsal. I trimmed about a quarter-inch off of a pipe and after some blood, sweat, tears, and a bit of plumber’s tape everything is in place and carrying water where it needs to go. A rare successful plumbing project.
  • Rewarded myself with a grilled cheese sandwich and some Mass Effect before bed.

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  • Up late; to work.
  • Call with project team landed me some more concrete tasks with something resembling deadlines. Getting into the groove.
  • Fermenter has started to bubble. Glub, glub… there’s beer in the… bucket.
  • Emily made a nice halibut dish with potatoes for dinner. There may have even been tomatoes in it but it was tasty enough that I didn’t care. Yum.
  • Did some cleanup around the basement after cutting a stopper for Emily’s bathroom sink project.
  • Finished the night with what else but Mass Effect.

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  • Up late. Went grocery shopping and picked up some last-minute supplies for beer brewing.
  • Brewed my first-ever solo batch of beer. For the most part it went fine, but I was a bit rushed toward the end when transferring the beer into the fermenter since we were running late to a concert. The starting gravity was a bit below what it should have been but it was still within the acceptable range though. Only time will tell how it will end up.
  • Emily and I raced out to Hartwood Acres to see Josh Ritter perform. We took a picnic of cheeses and crackers plus some old wine we needed to get rid of. The music was great and the crackers very garlicky.
  • Home to a kitchen full of brewing equipment still needing to be cleaned, but that can wait for tomorrow.