From google video.

If you have any interest in economics at all I have to recommend the Bloomberg on the Economy podcast.  Tom Keene is the Charlie Rose of economics.  His guests are top notch and they talk about the latest issues from the perspective of economics.

Anheuser-Busch is jumping on the organic food bandwagon with a couple of new beers.

People who might buy Wild Hop and Stone Mill are “more affluent, highly educated, more high-end shoppers” who buy organic, says Patrick McGauley, a vice president for product development at the St. Louis headquarters.

“I’m not describing a Bud Light drinker,” he says. “I’m describing a new customer.”

Seems more like a knee-jerk reaction to the organic food fad sweeping the nation.  Hopefully the beers will taste better than the rest of the product line.

Male drivers waste six million hours a year

I always ask for directions when necessary btw.  But that rarely happens since I diligently print out a map before we leave.  In color.  At high resolution.
Damn this belgian pale ale I’m drinking is good….

Silly Yahoo! news stories

Woman Gets Beer From Her Kitchen Faucet

Here is a good analysis of how Battlestar Galactica and BitTorrent have destroyed the economics of broadcast TV. The vast majority of my TV consumption is via Tivo and occasionally DVD. This has actually conditioned me to get upset when I’m subjected to advertising. On the rare occasion where the Tivo missed the broadcast of a show or it’s taking too long to come out on DVD I have downloaded it using BitTorrent. And I don’t feel guilty one bit. In my mind the 30 second spot is just something to breeze right over. I find authors suggestion for using the bug as advertising payload, while not novel, to be the best hope that producers have to monetize their content.

Why didn’t I think of this?!

It should be ready fully carbonated in about two weeks, but since I’ve got a couple other kegs to finish first it will be a while before it gets tapped.  This batch was kind of experimental since I used a off beat malt extract (english light) and warrior hops instead of magnum.  I had some of the previous batch a couple weekends ago and from what I can recall it was better than this one.  Maybe some time will allow the flavors to mellow a bit.  We’ll see. 7.5% ABV

You know a movie is bad when the only positive thing a reviewer can comment on is the belly button of the lead actress:

Otherwise, the music is hideous and the acting is flat, but there is one interesting thing: Jovovich has her midriff exposed throughout the movie, and the girl has an absolutely fascinating belly button. Her navel is an innie, not an outie, but just below the surface it suddenly pops up; it’s like a raised fist in the belly button world. Defiant.

Anyway, we saw Ultraviolet so you won’t have to. It was awful. Next time, you go, OK?

Several reviewers commented that this movie was a ripoff of Equilibrium which was actually a pretty good movie.

After a few late nights at work this week we decided to treat ourselves with a dinner at Greens last night. I’m pretty sure we sat at the exact table we had when we went the first time seven years ago (on the left in the pic below).

Since we went at night the view was slightly less spectacular but still rather romantic. Anyway, the food was great and surprisingly light. The highlight was the strawberry shortcake dessert which was divine.