On the topic of beverages, you needn't feel obligated to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Science is fun!
Before anyone writes me to tell me that coffee is going to dehydrate you, research shows that’s not true either.
I'm not sure that the science is the important takeaway from this one...
I'm intrigued by the body's ability to regulate, and it's good to know it isn't necessary to drink so much that I'd be having to pee every 45 minutes.
In seriousness, I have a 6-year old who is prone to headaches, which lends to worries about for how little she tends to drink, and I can probably remove dehydration from my list of concerns.
I am so tired today, and I don't know why. I actually stayed in St. Paul this weekend, so it wasn't the traveling.
When you stop moving, you take a bit of a hit.
Makes sense. But I suppose that'll mean I'm in for a rough time when we go back to our parentses' next weekend.
At least being in town this weekend meant I finally got a receiver for my turntable. My vinyl is out of cardboard box purgatory.
Oh I can do a good news, bad news!
Good news: I'm really close to finally graduating!
Bad news: Of the three required courses I need only one is offered online in Spring semester.
Good news: One of those classes is offered at another college in town, at night, this Fall, and I should be able to get in.
Bad news: I'll have to work 7-4 prior to the class, and then after the class I have a standing appointment making my Tuesdays 14 hours.
Good news: Next semester I only have two classes, one which should be easy and one which I want to take, and I only have to take my Capstone in the summer?
Bad news: School starts tomorrow and summer is over.
Heyyyyy...
HBH writeups and all that if people are still interested.
Huh. That deadline was quicker than I anticipated.
I think I can get this done Tuesday night.
I enjoyed a whole bottle of Schell's Dawn of Aurora Berliner Weiße (from their Noble Star series) last night as accompaniment to Mrs. Hayes' mustard-crusted roast pork tenderloin with braised apples & onions. I'm a big fan of the Berliner Weiße style (and sours in general), and Schell's was every bit as wonderful as the best BW examples I've had in the past.
It's considerably more potent than your typical 3.0% ABV BW – BA says 7.5% ABV, but I've read 9.0% elsewhere, and it felt much closer to the latter after I finished the bottle. Apparently Schell's was going for a starkbier Berliner Weiße. I'm really glad I bought a few bottles when I was in Minnesota. Run out and grab some, folks.
Damn, that sounds good.
This is a much more eloquent & comprehensive* write-up, but I agree.
*no surprises there.
PunMan's Board Game of the Week
Today I'm going to talk about Steam by Martin Wallace. This is a reboot of Age of Steam. The premise of the game is to build a rail network across a country (I played the Germany map), and ship goods to earn money and/or victory points. I got to play a five-player game, and folks it was great. Everyone at the table kept talking about how so much was going on in the game, and I commented that I loved that about it.
Each round starts with a bidding for turn order (Bidding order determined randomly at the start, based on previous round's order after that). You could choose to first, or settle for lower in the order but get a nice bonus, like getting to build rails first, going up on your locomotive track (which determined how far you could ship) or, my favorite, build a new city from a smaller town on the map. Once you have the turn order, players take that order to build 3 rails. In this game "links" are more important that just straight rails. Like any good bureaucracy, you get more money if your goods ship along multiple links between cities, rather than the shortest route between two cities. After you build your rails, each person get to ship goods (twice). For each link you ship a good on, you get either money or points. Money isn't a big deal until the end. You can always borrow money if you're short, but if you owe at the end of the game, you'll lose points. Number of rounds depends on number of players. The game we played only went 4 rounds (and still about 2 hours, but that included teaching time).
The game was complex and heavy and thinky, but I loved every minute of it. If you like Ticket to Ride, but want something a little more in depth, this game is great.
hmmm. More money for more links instead of shortest route? You lost me there.
Still a fan of the old Rail Baron board game, although at this point it's probably too much like work.
Eh, was more of a joak. You could arrange it so that you could ship a good through 6 different cities to a nearby cityfor more points, where in real life you could've shipped it to that closer city more efficiently, but you wouldn't get as many points.
I still can't decide on getting Haggard/Kristofferson/Simpson tickets or not. I'm also quite surprised they're still available. Future Wife said she'd go if I got them, but didn't seem to thrilled about the prospect.
We get to see our name in lights once again from finishing up last week's quiz. Can we keep the streak going? Here's this week's Invisibles Quiz. I managed to get the first two and the last two:
#1 was filmed in my current place of residence. When we moved here two years ago they still had a big "Welcome to Calumet" billboard on the main street. (The town is not named Calumet)
I only came up with #1, #2, #7, and #8 this week, same as you.
On the topic of beverages, you needn't feel obligated to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Science is fun!
I'm not sure that the science is the important takeaway from this one...
I'm intrigued by the body's ability to regulate, and it's good to know it isn't necessary to drink so much that I'd be having to pee every 45 minutes.
In seriousness, I have a 6-year old who is prone to headaches, which lends to worries about for how little she tends to drink, and I can probably remove dehydration from my list of concerns.
I am so tired today, and I don't know why. I actually stayed in St. Paul this weekend, so it wasn't the traveling.
When you stop moving, you take a bit of a hit.
Makes sense. But I suppose that'll mean I'm in for a rough time when we go back to our parentses' next weekend.
At least being in town this weekend meant I finally got a receiver for my turntable. My vinyl is out of cardboard box purgatory.
Oh I can do a good news, bad news!
Good news: I'm really close to finally graduating!
Bad news: Of the three required courses I need only one is offered online in Spring semester.
Good news: One of those classes is offered at another college in town, at night, this Fall, and I should be able to get in.
Bad news: I'll have to work 7-4 prior to the class, and then after the class I have a standing appointment making my Tuesdays 14 hours.
Good news: Next semester I only have two classes, one which should be easy and one which I want to take, and I only have to take my Capstone in the summer?
Bad news: School starts tomorrow and summer is over.
Heyyyyy...
HBH writeups and all that if people are still interested.
Huh. That deadline was quicker than I anticipated.
I think I can get this done Tuesday night.
I enjoyed a whole bottle of Schell's Dawn of Aurora Berliner Weiße (from their Noble Star series) last night as accompaniment to Mrs. Hayes' mustard-crusted roast pork tenderloin with braised apples & onions. I'm a big fan of the Berliner Weiße style (and sours in general), and Schell's was every bit as wonderful as the best BW examples I've had in the past.
It's considerably more potent than your typical 3.0% ABV BW – BA says 7.5% ABV, but I've read 9.0% elsewhere, and it felt much closer to the latter after I finished the bottle. Apparently Schell's was going for a starkbier Berliner Weiße. I'm really glad I bought a few bottles when I was in Minnesota. Run out and grab some, folks.
Damn, that sounds good.
This is a much more eloquent & comprehensive* write-up, but I agree.
*no surprises there.
PunMan's Board Game of the Week
Today I'm going to talk about Steam by Martin Wallace. This is a reboot of Age of Steam. The premise of the game is to build a rail network across a country (I played the Germany map), and ship goods to earn money and/or victory points. I got to play a five-player game, and folks it was great. Everyone at the table kept talking about how so much was going on in the game, and I commented that I loved that about it.
Each round starts with a bidding for turn order (Bidding order determined randomly at the start, based on previous round's order after that). You could choose to first, or settle for lower in the order but get a nice bonus, like getting to build rails first, going up on your locomotive track (which determined how far you could ship) or, my favorite, build a new city from a smaller town on the map. Once you have the turn order, players take that order to build 3 rails. In this game "links" are more important that just straight rails. Like any good bureaucracy, you get more money if your goods ship along multiple links between cities, rather than the shortest route between two cities. After you build your rails, each person get to ship goods (twice). For each link you ship a good on, you get either money or points. Money isn't a big deal until the end. You can always borrow money if you're short, but if you owe at the end of the game, you'll lose points. Number of rounds depends on number of players. The game we played only went 4 rounds (and still about 2 hours, but that included teaching time).
The game was complex and heavy and thinky, but I loved every minute of it. If you like Ticket to Ride, but want something a little more in depth, this game is great.
hmmm. More money for more links instead of shortest route? You lost me there.
Still a fan of the old Rail Baron board game, although at this point it's probably too much like work.
Eh, was more of a joak. You could arrange it so that you could ship a good through 6 different cities to a nearby cityfor more points, where in real life you could've shipped it to that closer city more efficiently, but you wouldn't get as many points.
I still can't decide on getting Haggard/Kristofferson/Simpson tickets or not. I'm also quite surprised they're still available. Future Wife said she'd go if I got them, but didn't seem to thrilled about the prospect.
We get to see our name in lights once again from finishing up last week's quiz. Can we keep the streak going? Here's this week's Invisibles Quiz. I managed to get the first two and the last two:
Damnit, Mike. I got all excited for knowing #7, but of course you already got that one.
#1 was filmed in my current place of residence. When we moved here two years ago they still had a big "Welcome to Calumet" billboard on the main street. (The town is not named Calumet)
I only came up with #1, #2, #7, and #8 this week, same as you.
Joe Vavra will be the manager of the Melbourne Aces this off-season.