human brushstrokes on a sirrus sky

brushstrokes slash across
the organic flow of a sirrus-painted sky.
a hack display of amateurish cloudmaking,
or genius juxtaposition
with an ethereal medium making rigid forms?

inflight photos from this morning's wonderfully sunny commute

finishing the workday on the front porch

sole searching

photos of a long drive home from colorado

on the road to the race

a little hackathon downtime

more hackathon supplies

hackathon supplies

Lift bridge hop dish

Excellent

one helluva copter

my parents are visiting and they brought my birthday present with them. pretty cool, eh? i might bring it into the office and challenge people to some helicopter dogfights.

baked eggs in bread cups

pretty good. i made baked eggs in bread "cups" with chives, cheese, and a cherry tomato on top. i baked them until they were fully set. everyone here liked them. totally easy and i'd try it again.

i based my recipe on this recipe (minus the bacon)

trying another from olvade farm

brynhildr's gift. it's a minnesota farmhouse ale brewed with juniper berries. it has that wild taste that you get with auroch's horn, but it's lighter. a sour-ish start but it goes tart quickly. fun. i'd buy it again.

today's training ride

and... another near 50 mile ride on the 1x1. this time, it was just a long ride ending (nearly) with 5 laps in battle creek park that included 2 pretty intense hill climbs.

and then it was time for a nap...



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trail riding (a little dirt and a lot of tar)

took my 1x1 out, today with the intention of riding both battle creek and theo wirth trails. i did that, but i'd hardly call this a mountain bike ride. two small strips of dirt and a ton of tar in between. oh well, awesome day for a ride like this.

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beer with an old friend

split a bottle of epic's elder brett over stories about our recent trips to Colorado. This is an awesome, summer-story-tellin beer. i'm sure a glass of this made my stories (a little) less painful to listen to.

stone russian imperial stout

oh, heck! it was cold enough this eve for a bottle of russian imperial stout to be an impulse buy at the liquor store. evil, evil store manager for putting this next to the register!

breezy, bright office

weird... thai chilis grow upward

most other chili's I've grown hang down. not so with the Thai chili's (at least not yet)

Post color run

ran the color run 5k this morning. crazy event. too many walkers, but it was really cool to see that many people out for a run. love to see the fairgrounds used for fitness instead of deep-fried candybars.