Broken Bottle Blog

Man, I have strep again. Add allergies too that too. I feel terrible.

I don’t know about this online gift registry stuff. I mean, yeah it’s convenient for me to see what the happy couple wants, I can even order online if I want. But I don’t think the happy couple should be able to see what has been bought and what hasn’t. I know they picked everything out, but it still should be a little bit of a suprise. Not that Mike and Brennen are doing that, but I’d never know if they did.

I’m stuffed! Went to Cafe Roma tonight, Italian food. I had the spaghetti, pretty self explanatory. I’ve ate here before and everything is good. I didn’t ride my bike though, I drove. It was 104 today, in the shade, couldn’t muster the energy to ride. But, I went and picked up the new Todd Snider CD on the way home, listening to it now, so far so good. I also picked up the new Sick of it all CD. They’re a hardcore band from New York, been around for like 20 years.

Well, kinda a let down today. It was soooo hot today and I was exhausted after work, so I just went to Firehouse subs today. I still rode my bike, but it’s not far away, you could walk if you wanted. I got the Firehouse “hero” sub, roast beef, turkey and ham. Topped it off with some Jalapeno chips. I had to do laundry and I’m just tired today, probably from so much bike riding, so I just went there.

So, I got home from work today and did the normal routine, and noticed Blackjack (Roger’s dog) was barking, not to unusual. Well he kept barking and barking, so I went to see what was up. There was a big Shamu pool floatie in the backyard, fully inflated, and Blackjack was scared of it….. or protecting us from it. Who knows how long he was barking. I went to get it and moved it a little and he really freaked out. It was quite humorous. So now I have a big shamu floatie in my house.

This may atest to how fat America is getting, but I can’t find a belt small enough to fit me. I’ve only been to Target and Wal-Mart and the majority are 36 waist or bigger, and I know they weren’t just out of my size. I guess if the majority buy the bigger belts why stock the smaller. I guess it’s off to the mall tomorrow. Roger’s sister Julie is getting married Saturday and I need a belt. Maybe I could be like the guy on America’s Funniest Homevideos whose pants fall down at a wedding.

Energy conservers take a idea from homebrewers for fridge.

I came across the idea of converting a chest freezer into a hyperefficient fridge while trolling the Internet. All you need to do is bypass the freezer’s internal thermostat with one set at a higher temp (around 40 degrees). It’s efficient because cold air is heavier than warm air, and it settles naturally into the freezer cavity. Very little is lost when you open the lid. I bought a secondhand, 8-cu.-ft. Vestfrost freezer for $200 and installed an external thermostat (at left) purchased from a home-brewing supply Web site. Turns out, home brewers have been pulling this trick for years because chest fridges allow them to ferment their goods in kegs at the ideal temp. The upshot? Our Vestfrost fridge draws a mere 1/8 kilowatt-hour per day–a pittance compared to our conventional fridge.

This is from Popular Mechanics magazine, they have a family living off grid that they are following. Here’s the link to the whole story link

I want to get on of these controllers so I can have more control over my homebrewing temp. In my efforts to save energy I turned the house thermostat up a little, still comfortable but if move around alot it gets a little warm. So it’s hard to keep my beer below 70 degrees.

Been kind of a bum lately, not much going on. Don’t really have any goals right now. I remember a few parties around the holidays, parties where I didn’t know anyone, and people try to strike up small talk. They say, “So what do you do for fun?” Honestly, I don’t have a real answer. I always come back with “Hang out at bars” with a fake laugh after it. Lame I know. There are things I enjoy doing, but when they say that, I take it as what do I do as a hobby, or often. I like to brew beer, ride my bike, etc.. but nothing I strive to do everyday or on a regular basis. Nothing that makes me want to hurry up and get home from work to do. Video games used to do that for me, but not anymore. Games change to quickly for me to buy the next new thing, in order to keep up with the online friends, maybe I should get back into it, of course that would require an XBOX 360. Which I can’t afford. I need some goals, something to work for. Off-grid living has been inspiring me lately, not only because it’s good for the enviroment and for me. But the technology, the DIY attitude, and the fuck the man inspiration is just plain cool. Plus, if we don’t change things soon, as a world, I think we’ll be forced into off-grid living anyhow. Mainly because there won’t be a grid to speak of. Goals, hmmm……Get back to ya on this one.

Farting, funny or not funny, that is the question. I got into a discussion with a friend about farting, he claims that farting or the act of a fart is always funny no matter what, to someone. I think in some situations it not. Like if you’re in a burning building with a group of people and fart, catching your ass on fire, that’s not funny. He claims someone in the room would laugh. Or if you’re falling from a building and fart on the way down, that would not be funny. He said he would laugh. I guess if I were falling from a building and all I can think about is a fart, I might chuckle. But, and I just came up with this while typing, what if you fart while sleeping alone, and no one heard it. No one would laugh at that. How is that funny Roger, I think I got you on this one. So, a question to my readers (I’ve been assured there are four now) When is a fart not funny?

This whole global warming thing seems to be heating up, no pun intended. I think wierd shit at work, or anywhere really, like today I saw some news stories about global warming. Well, my mind strayed at work and I thought, what if all the other animals went extinct, how long could we survive eating each other. This global warming thing ain’t so bad, soon we’ll have year round summer, and we won’t have to drive so far to get to the beach, yes!