Hee. I'm sitting over here at Frosti's, read him your reply and he cracked up. I'll make sure he gets right on that, he agrees to send you a copy - on the return receipt requested form for the coffee. Heh.
P has pack-like tendancies, like he says "there's two types of people in the world, the ones on my team (in my pack) and all those other motherfuckers out there."
I think we all do this to some degree. Not all of us state it quite so eloquently or forcefully as P, but what the hey. I find myself doing it all the time, thinking that if everyone else would just wake up and smell the friggin' coffee (which I of course have brewed) everything would be so much easier/better/less fucked up. Then I laugh at myself for thinking I have clue one about the big picture. Heh.
CHINESE BEER DRINKERS CLOSE ON AMERICANS The United States continued to lead the world in beer consumption in 2002, but China could grab the No. 1 spot by the time 2003 figures are totaled. Japan's Kirin Brewery reports global beer consumption was up 2.1% in 2002, the 17th consecutive increase in the 17 years that Kirin has collected the statistics. U.S. beer drinkers downed 23.8 billion liters, with China just behind at 23.5 billion liters. Sales in the United States were up 1.4%, while they surged 4.7% in China. Germany is a distant third at 10 billion liters, and Brazil is fourth. Russian surpassed Japan for the fifth spot, with Japan falling to sixth.
WHY WORMS GET DRUNK University of California-San Francisco researchers have isolated a gene responsible for drunkenness in worms and hope to apply it to fight alcoholism in humans. It is believed that alcohol affects all animals similarly, so humans may possess a single gene responsible for drunkenness. "Our end goal is to find a way to cure alcoholism and drug abuse," Dr. Steven McIntire said. "We hope to develop effective therapeutics to improve the ability of people to stop drinking." The drunken worms moved slower than sober ones, and they laid fewer eggs. Teetotaler worms formed a neat S shape to power propulsion while the bodies of drunken worms were straighter and less active. Researchers found during the six-year project that the sober worms had a mutated version of the gene, which appeared to make them immune to alcohol's intoxicating effects. The natural job of the gene they found is to help slow brain transmissions. Alcohol increases the gene's activity, which slows down brain activity even more. But if the gene is disabled, as it was in the sober worms, the brain never gets the chance to slow down. McIntire and other addiction experts caution that the findings don't apply directly to humans. "Humans are a lot more complicated than the worm," said neurobiology professor Steven Treistman of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
GERMAN BREWER SEES BEER IN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Germany's Neuzeller Kloster Brewery has developed a beer containing vitamins and minerals it says are designed to slow the aging process. The brewery plans to introduce its "Anti-Aging-Bier" this year and sell it in grocery and drug stores. "It tastes like beer more than it tastes like anything else," the spokesman told Reuters. The brewery said the beer contained a host of added ingredients that promote good health.
Hee. I'm sitting over here at Frosti's, read him your reply and he cracked up. I'll make sure he gets right on that, he agrees to send you a copy - on the return receipt requested form for the coffee. Heh.
Who's side are you on, anyway?
Hfmpth
Well, right now he controls the beer fridge, so... Heh.
So far we've had Mackesons triple stout, Guinness as a control, and an Aass dark lager from Norway. Whee!
Frosti asks, "What, does she think I have nothing better to do than burn CD's and mail them to Columbia?" Hee.
I'm jealous of this beer-drinking afternoon.
You tell Frosti, uh, nevermind. I'll enjoy telling him more.
Pretty sure he was kidding. Hope I didn't just get his ass kicked for him. Heh.
Every once in a while you do have to have a beer or three. Beers are beautiful, wish you were here!
I'm sure he can take it.
Y'all have fun now, I gotta go get Groceries. Ugh.
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CawCaw!
Both pretty accurate, imho.
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Hail hail, the pack's all here!
Mine was pretty accurate, I think.
Sparky, do you agree with yours?
P has pack-like tendancies, like he says "there's two types of people in the world, the ones on my team (in my pack) and all those other motherfuckers out there."
Empathetic Bastard, ain't he?
I think I like this P fellow.
Yeah, I think it is fairly accurate, as far as it goes. I'm thinking that these things need to take your top three answers though.
P sounds like he has definitely gone through the military attitude adjustment process. Heh.
Y'all would probably get along pretty well.
Sparky, he's always felt this way, but I'm sure his time on an A-team reinforced it. Perhaps too much.
As long as P thinks I'm on his team, it's all good.
You needn't worry about that. I'll protect you.
Hee.
I think we all do this to some degree. Not all of us state it quite so eloquently or forcefully as P, but what the hey. I find myself doing it all the time, thinking that if everyone else would just wake up and smell the friggin' coffee (which I of course have brewed) everything would be so much easier/better/less fucked up. Then I laugh at myself for thinking I have clue one about the big picture. Heh.
Then I laugh at myself for thinking I have clue one about the big picture.
You haven't? But, you're my spiritual guide! Now what am I to do?
What's that quote about wisdom means recognizing you don't know a daggone thing?
True wisdom comes from knowing that you know nothing?
Something like that. Ask your spiritual guide.
But he knows nothing. How will I learn anything from him?
Consider the sound of one head beating against a wall. Hee.
<bonk bonk bonk>
Gently, grasshopper, you must begin gently.
<snicker>
Aw man, spoil all my fun whydoncha.
<innocently> Who, me?
Hee.
Gently, got it. Now what??
find a hot dog vendor, and tell him to make you one with everything.
And get one for me too, wouldja'?
<rubs growling tummy>
One step closer to enlightenment...
Or at least closer to lunch.
time is an illusion, lunch-time doubly so.
See? He's fulla wisdom. Or fulla something I'm not sure.
Am I leaking again? Shit.
time is an illusion, lunch-time doubly so.
I'll tell the boss that, next time I decide to take an extended lunch.
Heh. Ted Nugent injured in chainsaw accident.
Poor Ted. Heh.
I saw the first 5 minutes of the reality show "Surviving Ted". Without a doubt the lamest excuse for television I have ever seen.
There's no doubt, he's a loon. But, Cat Scratch Fever is still a great album.
I concede the point to my esteemed loon from St. Paul.
We're #1
CHINESE BEER DRINKERS CLOSE ON AMERICANS
The United States continued to lead the world in beer consumption in
2002, but China could grab the No. 1 spot by the time 2003 figures are totaled. Japan's Kirin Brewery reports global beer consumption was up 2.1% in 2002, the 17th consecutive increase in the 17 years that Kirin has collected the statistics. U.S. beer drinkers downed 23.8 billion liters, with China just behind at 23.5 billion liters. Sales in the United States were up 1.4%, while they surged 4.7% in China. Germany is a distant third at 10 billion liters, and Brazil is fourth. Russian surpassed Japan for the fifth spot, with Japan falling to sixth.
WHY WORMS GET DRUNK
University of California-San Francisco researchers have isolated a gene responsible for drunkenness in worms and hope to apply it to fight alcoholism in humans. It is believed that alcohol affects all animals similarly, so humans may possess a single gene responsible for drunkenness. "Our end goal is to find a way to cure alcoholism and drug abuse," Dr. Steven McIntire said. "We hope to develop effective therapeutics to improve the ability of people to stop drinking." The drunken worms moved slower than sober ones, and they laid fewer eggs. Teetotaler worms formed a neat S shape to power propulsion while the bodies of drunken worms were straighter and less active. Researchers found during the six-year project that the sober worms had a mutated version of the gene, which appeared to make them immune to alcohol's intoxicating effects. The natural job of the gene they found is to help slow brain transmissions. Alcohol increases the gene's activity, which slows down brain activity even more. But if the gene is disabled, as it was in the sober worms, the brain never gets the chance to slow down. McIntire and other addiction experts caution that the findings don't apply directly to humans. "Humans are a lot more complicated than the worm," said neurobiology professor Steven Treistman of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
GERMAN BREWER SEES BEER IN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Germany's Neuzeller Kloster Brewery has developed a beer containing
vitamins and minerals it says are designed to slow the aging process. The brewery plans to introduce its "Anti-Aging-Bier" this year and sell it in grocery and drug stores. "It tastes like beer more than it tastes like anything else," the spokesman told Reuters. The brewery said the beer contained a host of added ingredients that promote good health.
Beer in the News thread today. Hee.
Hee.
Hey dude, there was a book of medicinal brews at Northern Brewer that I wanted to get. Sounds a lot like the last article.
I remember that book. I also remember the scathing look your wife gave you when you told her you wanted to spend money on it. :)
Thanks for reminding me.
That's what I'm here for. :)
For those who haven't a spare 3 1/2 hours to watch Return of the King (or refuse to, like Sparky) I give you the three minute summary.