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To me if you really think about it, the internet is a physical man-made manifestation of time, almost of the same level as a time machine.  Granted the major public part of the technology only goes back to around the 1990’s give or take, but there is a wealth of the past on there.  What where the trends in the 1920’s?  No need to ask Grandpa Joe, you can Google it.  Want to see 18th century Rome?  Well if someone can find enough pictures to make a 3D map of it you can practically tour it for free!  Want to see modern day France?  Load up GoogleEarth, it’s there.  It’s almost like your own time machine, and then some!

Back to the internet, time machine comparison before I get sidetracked.  Similar to a time machine you can only go back to the the instance of the first time machine (granted it still works).  Hmmm…similar to the internet, you can only go as far as…..well, as far back as people have information worth posting.  That could be from ‘ancient history’ (which everything we hold close will be someday) to modern day.  Now think of the time machine, you won’t even be able to go back that far as the technology needed for a time machine (particle based or vehicle based) does not even manageably exist at this present time.  But the internet can take you there and beyond, it can let you travel almost without leaving your city, learn something new without stepping foot into a school.  It is a modern day time machine, a foreign country, a school, a library, a ‘hangout’, and so much more all at the same time.  It is an amazing tool, yet a very dangerous and powerful one.

All I have to say is value and utilize it’s wealth of information wisely, for it (and your posts) might/will out live you.

“Music is the only blessing of this world, next to beer”
~ Me

Right now I just realized I have my own ecosystem going, almost.  I have ants in the trash can, beer gnats all around my coffee table, and a second (yes I said second) goddamn bee hive, this time close to home and in a tree in the backyard.  WTF, when did this turn into a nature preserve.  Especially with the honey bees, I thought that they where almost endangered.  I have a hive in my tree and another in the wall of a parking structure for an apartment building towards the back of the field, what the hell, is that a lie or is my house just a bee preservation.  WTF!

Beer Valley Brewing Co.’s Leafer Madness Imperial Pale Ale.  Poured out of a 22oz bottle into a glass.  Massive frothy head, disapates within minuted leaving a nice lace on the glass.  The aroma is of sweet hops and a hint of yeast.  Orange/amber cloudy hue.  First sips have a slight astryngent bitterness balanced by the malt in the finish.  So far it has alot more hop character than other Imperial Pale Ales I have had (Avery’s Ale to the Cheif for one).  This brew almost has a “chewy” mouthfeel, but not…rather medium bodied.  Sip after sip it starts to loose it’s hop profile a bit, going from Imperial Pale Ale to just Pale Ale.  Still leaves a lovely lace sip after sip.  After about mid glass the hops come back, almost with a vengeance, but to scared to fight with the malt.  All in all it’s not bad, one thing I must say is at 9% ABV it does a great job of hiding it, but for almost $9.00 a 22oz bottle, not worth it.  I’d rather go get a Moylan’s Hopsickle or a Left Coast/Oggi’s Hop Juice for under $5.00 and get a great ‘hop fix’ and enjoy myself, in my opinion this beer is just not worth it.

“The weird stuff isn’t as fun as people think it is.”
~ Me

“If it ain’t on Metacrawler, then it’s witchcraft!”
~ Vo

Well I decided to add a new category “Quote of the Week”. Since I did not post anything for the past few weeks I figured I would post a few on this blog for the week; just to balance it out. So here is the first of more to come, enjoy.

This is one of my personal favorites, period, hand down, no questions asked!!!

“There is nothing hidden that will not become revealed. Humans will recognize what is before their faces, and what is hidden from them will reveal itself when they search for the truth and the enlightenment of wisdom.”
~ Judas Iscariotes

“If it ain’t on Google, it don’t exist.”
~ Me, and I hope many others

“The internet revolves around a 72 hour day.”
~ Me

“Fruit juice doesn’t go bad, it just gets alcoholic.”
~ Vo

Here are a few photos from when I was going to El Camino a few years ago that I came across while going through the ‘archives’.

I dunno I had to snap this, one day when Cassie, Vo, and I went to Venice Beach, we stumbled upon this ‘tag’ outside a random vendor there. It speaks for itself.

I was stumbling around looking for some new brushes for Photoshop, and came across this site ‘Obsidian Dawn‘ which has a nice collection of grunge, vector, urban, and some other cool nature brushes.  I definetly think it’s worth checking out.  Plus there is always ‘GetBrushes‘.  Happy Photoshoppin’!

Well I didn’t really know what to title this so I figured call it what it is.  So here are a few photos from my backyard. I thought they where kind of cool.