First Firkin Friday Vid

A few weeks ago we had our first Firkin Friday with Schooner Exact Brewing from Seattle. Here’s a blurry vid from my phone for your amusement.

This firkin of their 3 Grid IPA was totally amazing. The best IPA I’ve had from a cask. Insanely fresh tasting.

We’ll have a Firkin Friday every month, with planned visits from Hales Ales of Seattle, Diamond Knot Brewing of Mukilteo, and Walking Man Brewing of Stevenson, WA just to name a few.

3:20pm Today…

Skip out on work. Ditch school. Stop the presses. Forget about all the snow that’s been falling. Today is the official start of Spring…it’s opening day of baseball in the upper-left hand corner of the country. The M’s of Seattle are gonna take the field. Dirt, grass, beer and hot dogs. Crackly loudspeakers, sunshine, and over-roasted peanuts. Overpriced souvenirs, people yelling, and the 7th inning stretch. Hell yes, baseball is here.

I’m still a bit disgruntled over the M’s ditching Tacoma powerhouse Adam Jones for the guy who will toss the first pitch in today’s game, Erik Bedard…but let’s hopefully see him pan out to be worth it all. Ichiro is still first in the hitting rotation, Dave Niehaus throws the ceremonial first pitch, and the Rangers from Texas will be the first opponent of the season.

My oh my, it’s finally here.

Pierce County Community Shelters and Zombies

I scored some awesome shelter maps from a regular at The Red Hot. Set of 3 maps detailing where to go in case of nuclear fallout from the late 60’s. I hung the ones for Central and North Tacoma. From reading the back (pictured above), if nuclear fallout occurs, I suppose 50% of us will be holed up with pork and beans and canned carrots, and the other 50% will be really pissed off…and really tan. The one for Central tells us to “walk to Puget Sound College” to seek shelter. If we can’t make it, we’re all to dig ditches underneath cars and watch out for apocolyptic signs such as zombies and swarms of flying creatures. I’ll keep ‘em hanging in case we need ‘em again anytime soon. Maybe we can all drink beers and scarf hot dogs while contemplating whether to leave the building OR to make a stand against the hordes of nuclear zombies hell-bent on ridding the city of graffitti.

Reader Submission #1 / Hot Dog Cinema #3

I had this saved up for later, but faithful reader the jLo gets the tip o’ the hat: