About my red converse all-stars...

Here's the deal: I couldn't wear my all-stars at the brewery. I can, however, where them to my classes. Since I couldn't afford new shoes (not true) I had to quit and do something else.

Here's the real deal: I think I got pretty burned out really fast. Four months of recovery time has been nice, and college classes are super easy when you are twice as old as everyone else in class. I miss the brewery a lot, but I'm ok with that.

Q: What the hell are you doing now?

A: I'm not going to med school - It's occupational therapy school... and no, it has nothing to do with career counseling. So I spend a lot of time volunteering at a school and have recently started hanging out at a nursing home. Occupational therapists make sure brewers can put their pants on and drink beer... you should all be so thankful.

It's quite possible that in my time off (winter and summer) I'll be able to do some part time work at the brewery. They have been gracious enough to offer me that opportunity... and I'd be brewing... no bottle-monkey business for me!

We will see how it pans out... who knows. A year from now I might again be brewing gold medal winning beer. We shall see.

Here's a question for Kari: Are you alive? Did Enterprise, OR get blown away in that crazy storm? Are you one of the missing mountain climbers? Have you brewed as much beer yet as Stoneboogie makes in half a day? And what's with this bottling operation?

Hey Hawkeye, lookout! Here come those Badgers! (the showdown is at noon, 1/28/07)

Darren/Jeff/Tex: What's up?