which would make the exclamation point a tramp stamp, or maybe an urgent warning? a tramp stamp for people with extremely poisonous butts? like a monarch butterfly, but for tramps? with stamps?

the circle around the outside looks like an aura, or a halo.

in conclusion: “warning, extremely spiritual butt, do not touch”

http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/smallbusiness/health_savings_account_HSA_reform/index.htm

http://www.hsafinder.com/How-Healthcare-Reform-May-Affect-HSAs

I heard another report from someone who tried it both at the Bistro and at 21a that they thought the tap at 21a was much tastier.

“The Green Fields of the Mind ”
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, October 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone.

I’ve not read this myself (on my very long list – but not being available on Kindle keeps it further down the list) – but his “Killer Angels” sits comfortably in my top 25 of all time.

-js

Anyway, thanks for bringing Goldhill’s well-reasoned points into relief. Let us hope that the views of market-controlled costs and healthcare as required maintenance rather than emergency service catches on!

And it *used* to be that it was cheaper to order from them and have it shipped than to buy at shops in California – especially since you pay nearly 10% extra for tax when you buy locally. But no more – often cheaper in California these days. I’ve been surprised to see how quickly and how high Binny’s prices have risen in recent years.

now that buffalo trace is 19.99 at my local, it looks like it is going to be a very bourbon 2010.

Pinot in general has such low yields that I think it’s really difficult to produce well at an affordable price.

I’m glad to read that this review of the new set was on a good system. I think mentioning it, even in a footnote, would go a long way to supporting that point, especially since the only other reference was just to the PC source.

As I told you, I use AUX speakers. Which are professional level speakers, the identical ones used for concerts. The fact that they’re hooked up to my computer makes my opinion irrelevant?

I’d be stunned if these speakers aren’t better than any stereo you own, and they’re certainly better than the speakers the “hoi polloi” own.

Read about AUX here: http://www.auxout.com/Shop/

Wet Hop beers are the exception to beer clarity rules if you will almost every brewer uses a different way to extract the hops/lupilin from the wort.
Cheers.

I’ve always showed up at opening time at the dozen or so festivals I’ve attended at The Bistro. But I wonder if some beers find their character after settling down or getting some time.

One year – I think it was a Wet Hop Festival – I had the first pour from a one-off Lagunitas brew (pouring at the bar, not in the tent). It was almost indistinguishable from orange juice. Color, taste, texture, even had pulp! Absolutely fascinating, but probably not what they were going for.

I stopped in later that afternoon, tried it again – almost a different beer, much more “normal” on all those attributes (but excellent – I think it even won in the judging).

(And it shouldn’t keep going without saying – the Bistro Festivals are sensational. *Love* the Wet Hop and Barrel-Aged especially.)

I’m still eager to try some Fifty Fifty beers. Think I’m going to have to drive to Truckee to have them at the source.