Well, this one will either make you think I am nuts, out there or maybe I am smart, you can decide. :-)
Yesterday I was able to sit down and watch a little TV. I had on the Science Channel, a great channel in my mind, not so much on Kristen's. They were running some old shows on The Universe and the one I was able to watch was on The Planets. When I thought about it, I thought it was fitting for an end of the year show.
I have had this theory, and it goes against all scientific thought, I do not agree with the Big Bang. I also do not agree that everything in the universe was all just there, but maybe something in the middle. I can't get the idea to work in my head that one day some billions and billions of years ago, the big bang happened and nothing happened before it, NOTHING! How long did things stay that way before it started? What caused the big bang to happen? Why did it happen at that time and not before or after? If the big bang was the beginning of everything, how could it have started?
Now I am sure you are thinking how does this connect with the new year and the show I was watching. On the show, it reminding me that every planet, whether it is a gas or rock planet is a sphere (round, circle, etc).
A sphere has no beginning or end. So with that, maybe the big bang was just a very large supernova and there was another supernova that caused it to happen, on the same scale. Universes are huge, larger then we can imagine. What if there was something bigger? At one time, the earth was thought to be flat, the center of our solar system. Why could we not be wrong here, again? Isn't this part of learning and growing as a species?
We know so little about our planet and the universe, but the great thing is we learn every day. Keep in mind time is a unit of measure that we, as humans, invented that works well on earth, it is flawed. If it wasn't, then why do we have leap year and months that have more days then others? Time is what we all get hung up on. Think about a day without worrying about time...is it relaxing or stressful?
So the calendar is getting reset and the year is getting added by 1. A celebration to be had and I am all for a it, a great excuse to enjoy a beer. Yes it always comes back to beer! :-)
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Just what I thought....
Well, just what I thought would happen, has happened. I thought I had so much to write about, but now I can't come up with a single thing.
Well, I guess I could talk about my quest to make and have Ancient Egyptian Beer, like what was made when they built the Pyramids. Stay with me on this one. It has been studied that Ancient Egyptians had brewed beer with an unknown side effect. It had Antibiotics, but they didn't know it, no one knew it or what it was at that time. It would have 1000's of years before they were discovered. Think of where the world would be if they did understand it.
Squirrel: Check out "How beer saved the world" that the Discovery Channel made. Google it, I think it is on youtube. It will tell you all about how beer did great things in history for the world.
To think if you started to feel ill, you could just drink a beer, who needs to go to the doctor. :-) (Well you should go and see a doctor)
So I have been looking for the recipe to make Egyptian beer, and I haven't had much luck. I do recall seeing a show on the Discovery Channel where a University in California (I think) actually made it, but I can't find which one or how they did it. I am surprised none of the brewers in the world haven't really tried to do this (except for Dogfish Head, they tried some of the ancient beers and they were good.). What a market you could have, but then again, some lawyer would sue and it would be a mess, so maybe that is why it isn't being done. So, lets just leave this to the craft-brewers to find the recipe, share and enjoy.
So my quest is on to find the recipe to make the Ancient Egyptian beer. I guess we all need a quest in life, this is just one of the many I have! As the saying goes, "relax and have a homebrew!"
Well, I guess I could talk about my quest to make and have Ancient Egyptian Beer, like what was made when they built the Pyramids. Stay with me on this one. It has been studied that Ancient Egyptians had brewed beer with an unknown side effect. It had Antibiotics, but they didn't know it, no one knew it or what it was at that time. It would have 1000's of years before they were discovered. Think of where the world would be if they did understand it.
Squirrel: Check out "How beer saved the world" that the Discovery Channel made. Google it, I think it is on youtube. It will tell you all about how beer did great things in history for the world.
To think if you started to feel ill, you could just drink a beer, who needs to go to the doctor. :-) (Well you should go and see a doctor)
So I have been looking for the recipe to make Egyptian beer, and I haven't had much luck. I do recall seeing a show on the Discovery Channel where a University in California (I think) actually made it, but I can't find which one or how they did it. I am surprised none of the brewers in the world haven't really tried to do this (except for Dogfish Head, they tried some of the ancient beers and they were good.). What a market you could have, but then again, some lawyer would sue and it would be a mess, so maybe that is why it isn't being done. So, lets just leave this to the craft-brewers to find the recipe, share and enjoy.
So my quest is on to find the recipe to make the Ancient Egyptian beer. I guess we all need a quest in life, this is just one of the many I have! As the saying goes, "relax and have a homebrew!"
Sunday, November 20, 2011
To blog or not to blog
Ok, so I am late to the blogging world, there are many newer and other means to communicate now. I have been thinking of doing this for some time. The questions I've had about starting a blog are many. Can I actually have something to write about? Can I write? Can I keep it up or will it be a fad? What do I write about (that anyone will want to read)? Those are the main questions, to start with. I wasn't sure if I should have a blog and write about one subject and talk about the same subject (like my beer brewing process), or just have it be random. I guess over time I can figure this out....if anyone really will read this.
I can say one goal out of this is to improve my writing skills. They are well.....a little weak. I have trouble really describing what I am wanting to say. Over the last year I've had lots of changes in my life and one of those is a new job. The new job is GREAT, but I am losing some of my communications skills I gained when I was a manager. Let me say they weren't that great to begin with. So I thought a blog would help me improve that. Only time will tell.
When it came to subjects, that seems easy but then again hard. Anyone who knows me, knows I love, Hockey, Beer and Technology. I could write about all 3....and I times I might, but wondered if I should throw in anything else that might happen in life. I get inspiration from my wife, who is an amazing writer. She doesn't think she is, but she can really describe things so well. (Tangent...which I will call squirrel from now on) A couple years ago my wife spent the summer with my grandfather and she blogged about her trip. It was so well written it was like I was there each day with her. I also just could not wait for a new update each day. It was just something that was so cool and awesome! Back from squirrel. So her writing is what has inspired me to do this. I won't ever be as good as she is, but I will give it a try.
Just to set expectations about this, there will be lots of blogs about beer and hockey....with a little tech and life thrown in. I am sure there are going to be some who will be offended, some who won't care to read at all and many who are in between. I hope that whoever (if anyone) reads this will get a laugh and have fun with me as I learn to be better. That is what life is about, right?
I can say one goal out of this is to improve my writing skills. They are well.....a little weak. I have trouble really describing what I am wanting to say. Over the last year I've had lots of changes in my life and one of those is a new job. The new job is GREAT, but I am losing some of my communications skills I gained when I was a manager. Let me say they weren't that great to begin with. So I thought a blog would help me improve that. Only time will tell.
When it came to subjects, that seems easy but then again hard. Anyone who knows me, knows I love, Hockey, Beer and Technology. I could write about all 3....and I times I might, but wondered if I should throw in anything else that might happen in life. I get inspiration from my wife, who is an amazing writer. She doesn't think she is, but she can really describe things so well. (Tangent...which I will call squirrel from now on) A couple years ago my wife spent the summer with my grandfather and she blogged about her trip. It was so well written it was like I was there each day with her. I also just could not wait for a new update each day. It was just something that was so cool and awesome! Back from squirrel. So her writing is what has inspired me to do this. I won't ever be as good as she is, but I will give it a try.
Just to set expectations about this, there will be lots of blogs about beer and hockey....with a little tech and life thrown in. I am sure there are going to be some who will be offended, some who won't care to read at all and many who are in between. I hope that whoever (if anyone) reads this will get a laugh and have fun with me as I learn to be better. That is what life is about, right?
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