Sunday, January 18, 2004

Had a good day today. Went to church, last day at Marriot, next Sunday We'll be back at SDSU. Todays sermon was about dating and Marriage. Miles introduced a couple points that I thought Melissa should hear so I got the Disk of the sermon. It'll give me a reason to head over to her apartment and visit her and Dominic.
After church I headed over to Oggi's for a beer or two, or four, and watch the Colts lose to the Patriots. I actually wanted the Colts to win, but that isn't how it went. I got there at the half and the colts were down 15 to 3. When they got back to playing the Colts made a good push and made their only TD in the entire game. It was petty pathetic actually after last weeks performance when opposing team couldn't do anything to stop the colts offence. When they tried to blitz the Colts would adjust their play and still make the first down. This week however they were on the dirty side of the stick, there wasn't anything they could do to make more than a yard or two. Toward the end Manning kept getting caught behind his line, rule of thumb if it takes more than 3 seconds to get rid of the ball then get rid of it. I however think it would be better if he just ran with it.
After the disappointment that the colts will have to wait another year, or 20, to get to the superbowl I was off again. I had to get to Ballast point brewery I had to get some supplies, malt, hops, and yeast to make some somemore beer. I thought about buying another carboy because a freind of mine changes his beer out to another container when the airlock's bubbling slow to about 1 bubble every 30 seconds. He says he does it to help clarify the brew, and so the flavor won't be affected by the yeast that fall to the bottom as they floculate, that means flock together and fall to the bottom of the carboy. The staff at the brew supply store agreed. Of course he said he doesn't bother when working with Hef, which is suppose to be cloudy, or Stout, which is opaque anyway. I was going to buy American Hefewiezen again and add steeping malt. one of the staff said that I should try a light malt if I'm going to add steeping malt. Said something about how the darker color would hide the colors brought on by the steeping grains.
On the way home I had to stop off at Ralphs to pick up some groceries for my dinner. I always wanted to make butterfly chicken since I saw Alton Brown cook it on Food Network before I left for 'pac. I was suprised to actually accomplish it with out screwing it up to much. I had to put the chicken back into the oven when I noticed that it was a little pink on the bottom but that was about it. I didn't try the au jus thouh but maybe next week.

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