The beer he brewed was an American Wheat with a european style yeast that has many of the same spicy characteristics as a belgian yeast

Ooh, sounds nummy. How did I not know that Tom was a brewer as well as an afficionado? Is this a recent thing?

House and Offer~ma Sparky!

Happy Birthday, Erika!

Yesterday I bought a book for my mom that I might seriously have to get for myself, called Small Batch Baking. Hopefully we'll test some recipes when I go visit my parents.

What kind of calculus to business majors need?

Well, the business calc class here is the basics of the first semester of calculus, but without any of the trig stuff. So that's limits, derivatives, power rule, product/quotient/chain rules, derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions, implicit differentiation, related rates, integrals of polynomials, integrals of exponential functions, integration by substitution, and finding the area betweeen curves. And the textbook has more of an emphasis on word problems with "real world" applications than the regular calc book does.

Oh wait - I think I recall the existence of business calc at UW-Madison. Gawd, I'm surprised at how much stuff back then I've forgotten....

Happy expletive-laden birthday erika!

I just think it's hilarious that by "real dad" I mean her legal owner.

A dog park friend presented her new arrival last night with the story that the pooch had been liberated from his 'owners' by family members who were disgusted with the neglect he had suffered.

Who buys a Chinese Crested and then lets it get sunburned (to the point of extensive blistering) and malnourished? Apparently, the husband bought it for the ever-so-trend conscious wife who then ignored it.

Thank goodness, other family members scooped him up and gave him to my dog park friend who already has the world's ugliest little dog. Miles is a Chihuahua mixed with something truly wiry and underbity and really, really ugly. The new family member is bald all over, with black spots on pink skin and an Andy Warhol (on a bad day) 'do.

He's got scraggly white wiry hairs on his back...about 30 total. My buddy she said could have the random hairs shaved off. All I could ask was...does she honestly think that would improve the dog's look. I mean really.

How did I not know that Tom was a brewer as well as an afficionado? Is this a recent thing?

He's been doing it for about a year now I think... He just brewed his second Birthdays Brown Ale this past weekend- the first Birthdays Brown was his first beer- came out of a beginner's box kit. (Birthdays because both of our birthdays are in early/mid Sept.)

Lessee... he's done ... the first Brown Ale, a crazy ass porter (for Thanksgiving) a holiday spiced mild (which we weren't too crazy about at first but aged into something half decent toward the end), an Ordinary Bitter, an American Pale Ale dryhopped with Amarillo hops, the American Wheat, and 2 Rye IPAs. I feel like I'm forgetting something there though.

ETA: his recent session-strength Saison, just bottled, and the Belgian style "not-so" pale ale.

Who buys a Chinese Crested and then lets it get sunburned (to the point of extensive blistering) and malnourished?

That's so sad. I'm glad to hear the dog is now in a good home.

I just think it's hilarious that by "real dad" I mean her legal owner.

Our neighbors (who have adult children) have a bassett hound named Leo. This morning, the husband was sitting on the step and Ellie said, "Hi, Leo's daddy!" I don't think he caught it because he doesn't speak English, but I thought it was cute.

"Hi, Leo's daddy!"

hee!!!!!

Tom placed 2nd in his category of American Wheat/Rye Beers

That's so cool! I don't generally like beer, but we had a friend who brewed his own when we lived in Washington and it was so good.

Advice por favor - Joe and I are having a Halloween/Housewarming party. A friend emailed and asked if kids were allowed. I don't know how to say No in a nice way.

How I say?