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Hurray! I think I will go drink some beer to celebrate.

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Here are my two favorite pix of Janis. Please let me know which one you prefer.

This is number one.











This is number two













Vote now for one or 'tother

I have been putting off visiting the doctor because before I could return, I had to go in for a blood test first thing in the morning. This is before I had eaten or drank anything for the past 16 hours or so. I had finally had the opportunity to do it last Thursday. I was being tested specifically for elevated liver enzymes (meaning my liver is mad at me for drinking too much) and elevated cholesterol. The last blood test I had taken, back in January, indicated my liver was somewhat pissed at me. I had been drinking my homebrew, plus Grand Marnier, and various assorted Liquors on a regular basis. I was celebrating our "Empty Nest" I guess. Well, I quit the hard stuff and more importantly, I quit drinking anything Monday- Wednesday, and sometimes Sunday. An average of exactly half the week not having a beer. It hasn't been easy, but I 've managed to maintain it for 3 months or so and, as a result, my liver enzymes are back to normal, meaning, what I have done has been successful. Therefore, I shall continue to abstain from any adult beverages from Monday to Wednesday, with every other Sunday in there for good luck. Also, as a benefit, I have lost almost 20lbs. Because of this, my back has never felt better, thank you very much.
I can't tell you how happy I am that I can still enjoy beer on a regular basis. I was worried that what I was doing, ie:just cutting back, was not going to be enough. It seems it was just enough. An awesome thing for me, seeing as my entire social life revolves around beer.
As for my cholesterol levels, I already eat healthy most of the time. Doc says to exercise to bring it down to an acceptable level.
Well, I just wanted to say YeeeeeHaaaaa. I'm awful HAPPY!
Love you all!
Leave a comment even if it is just to say "OMFG Please Help me with th.sdff....sdfgsdfa

A couple of weeks ago I was able to acquire a huge industrial freezer for a very reasonable price (free). It was used in a hospital to store medical related stuff, I'm guessing. You know, blood, body parts, stool and semen samples etc. A friend that works at the hospital told me about it and even picked it up and delivered it to me, again for a reasonable price (free). I stuck it in the garage, hosed down the blood and other interesting stains, hooked it up to an external temperature regulator and now own the biggest beer cooler ever!
It stands almost 7ft tall and is over 5 feet wide.

















The bottled beer is fresh from the local brewery that I get for a reasonable price (yes free).
The kegs are my home brewed beer, ready to serve.
There's forty gallons here with another forty gallons in process.
Next entry I'll write about Friday nights at the Brewery so hurry back.

I have a bunch of different posts ready to write about. In no particular order here they are:

1: The Yoshi account.
2: My Enormous Beer Fridge, No really, it is Huge!
3: Fridays at the Brewery
4: Brewing Sundays
5: Victory Gardens!
6: Eat Shit and Die!
7: Consume feces and expire!

OK, lets just say I was away on a covert mission. I'm back now and ready to start posting. I must warn you, due to my extremely short attention span, you should expect a series of short blunt entries rather than a long rambling one. I'm thinking I am done with this one. The next one may or may not address a specific issue. Film at 11.

It's the perfect gift for any man!
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We have a toilet, a sink and a bathtub. All functional. There is still work to be done like the shower doors, medicine cabinet and things like towel racks and soap holder etc.





Imagine being able to shit without it involving a shovel!













I miss the vice-grips but I can adjust, I guess

Please, no worries mate, unless your name begins with
X, yes of course you will be on the list.

This is the first post of a series I have planned called well, look at the Title. My life, the first part of the series is a short bio of each of my friends and aquaintaces. The first on my list, is Detlef, or Lestar, as he uses as his alias. I'm going to use first names only and they can be real or made up. Detlef will be my first because he is special. We have known each other for I think seven years now. We share drinks and our thoughts about our family's, our jobs and our struggles with life. Our time together is very special to me. Our backgrounds are so different but our lives are so close to each other. The bond between Detlef and I is like no other. We have never met in person. We have only chatted online and, the kicker is, neither one of us are speakers of the others language. Detlef was born, grew up and currently lives in what was once East Berlin.
He has a job with a software firm, in a nice office in Berlin. He is married to the beautiful and kind Carola and has a loving daughter in her teens. I think he misses Lenin. He is a very special friend and I thought he should be first. Someday we will meet.







Detlef is in a "Happy Place"

Welcome, wilcomen to the home improvement update. You recall that my bathroom was in dire need of repair.
http://sofakingawesome.blogspot.com/2005/07/fourty-five-thousand-for-soap-dish.html
Well, not only did the renovation begin, it's going along quite well. I hired my friend Bill to do the job. Now before you assume you know who Bill is, it's not the one you think it is, regardless who you think it might be. It's my friend Bill, the contractor, not the Bill the Proctologist, not Bill my bro in law, not Bill the weird guy at work.





First was the dumpster in the side yard.












Then things are torn down to the bare studs.
This is where my bathtub / shower was.













Remember the sink and the hole in the wall?
All gone...












I put together this makeshift shower in the basement.












Yes, I'm really taking a shower here.










This is our commode. Under the seat, is a removable bucket with a lid. We don't use it to pee, that's what the back yard is for. Yes, we have to poop here. I use the facilities at work during the week. The weekend however, is a bit too long to hold it.










We have to empty the bucket somewhere!

OK, I deleted the post that was here. Why? Well it was stupid. That's why. It added nothing to the texture or body of the blog. It was just stupid.