Week 12 in 2013 - Something that begins with M

Week 12 in 2013 - Something that begins with M, a photo by MichEric248 on Flickr.

One of my resolutions for 2012 is to use less of this.

Week 7 in 2013 - Food or Drink

Week 7 in 2013 - Food or Drink, a photo by MichEric248 on Flickr.

A salad I made while in Providenciales.

Week 44 of 2012 - Cold

Cold beer in a cold mug on a Sunday afternoon.
Mmm-mm.

(The beer HAD to be opened on a Sunday afternoon for the photo opp!)

Week 30 of 2012 - Based On A Song Or Book Title, Lyric, Quote, Idiom,Or Figure Of Speech

Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall,
Ninety-nine bottles of beer.
Take one down, pass it around,
Ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall.

Week 27 of 2012 - Water

Ice + water + 100 degree summer day = no ice.

Week 3 of 2012 - My Passion

Had to buy a new frig yesterday. After today's delivery it needed beer.
(Passion for beer. NOT for buying new appliances!)

Week 1 of 2012 - New

Christmas brought me a NEW hobby for 2012 - beer making!

Week 46 of 2011 - Mainly One Color

Many Oberon during the summer of 2011.

Week 43 of 2011 - Macro

Mmm... wine.

28/52 of 2010: Circle or Round

A circle is a simple shape of geometry consisting of those points in a plane which are equidistant from a given point called the center. Being trained as a draftsman I had an instrument to make such a shape. So I did.

I then noticed that the lunch I was frying was round in the middle. Two pics for the price of one this week!

Square hamburger history

Today in 1969 Wendy's first restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio.
Frostys soon to follow.
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Others things that turned 40 this year:
NASA moon walk.
Sesame Street.
Woodstock.
Conclusion of 'no UFO evidence' by Project Blue Book.

An entire month

It's National Pomegranate Month!

Yes, an entire month dedicated to this antioxidant.

Hallow-haiku

My pumpkin face grin.
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Glowing in the hallow night.
Keep away spirits!
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Entered this just now in a contest to win big!
Well, big as in $25 at Whole Foods.
Yum-O-lantern!

Speaking of Whole Foods: I found this water conservation video on their website. Seems that drinking beer SAVES WATER! And I don't even think they took into account that a pint is much MORE than a glass!!!

Satisfied goals

Nothing like taking a long vigorous walk on a crisp autumn evening through the fallen leaves...

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to the drugstore for a (limited edition) candy bar.

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What makes a good goal?

Traditional goal-setting wisdom states a good goal must be:

a) written - I wrote about it here in This is Eric's Blog.

b) challenging - It was a long walk in the dark.

c) believable - Does anyone not believe me?

d) specific - Walk, buy, eat

e) measureable - 1.9 miles out and 250 calories in

f) have a specific deadline - before primetime television starts

Lots of green

19 to be exact.

The last of Homely Homer before he goes into the compost bin.

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What to do. What to do. Sure you can fry them (like the movie name) but I have already done that a few times this summer. You can also pickle them (like my sun tea jar pickles) but I tried that already this summer. They seem to not be bad in a stir fry either. But do they have the same nutritional value as a ripe red tomato?

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What else? How about Trick or Treats?

Poke a stick in them and cover with caramel?

Yumm!

Harvest moon night

The harvest moon is:.
the first full moon on or after the autumnal equinox
and signifying the end of the growing season.
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That'll be tonight...




Do these
come in
pumpkin?

Get ready for pumpkin

October = Pumpkin everything.
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Already had pumpkin waffles and pumpkin pancakes. What else is to come? pumpkin pie (or is that a November thing), pumpkin bars, pumpkin custard, pumpkin beer (no thanks - made that mistake once), pumpkin chocolate-chip cookies, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin doughnuts, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin...
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UPDATE 10/6: pumpkin butter (no fat and a ton of sugar)

Rainy days and nachos

A cool rainy fall day
calls for deep fried
Mexican food!
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Olé!

Patriot Birthday Day

Today in 1722 Samuel Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts. An American revolutionary patriot, statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Or you may know him from The Boston Beer Company.

My own private Idaho

It was spud harvest day today and I found that your spuds should be sown earlier than Memorial Day-ish. They sprouted near the end of June (click for post) and were in full green growth by the end of July (click for post). But today I found the spuds were sparse.

Still YUMMY though.

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