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Nerd Alert from Spaceweather.com (Shuttle flyby)

The shuttle (ISS-Discovery) and the Intl. space station will appear as moderately bright stars—moving quickly across the sky. I'm told thay good binoculars may allow you to see some definition.

The link allows you to put in a ziop code and get precise time and degree of elevation. At 80 degrees (for Hampton) it may well be high enough in the sky to actually see.

http://spaceweather.com/flybys/

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Space Weather News for June 10, 2008

http://spaceweather.com

Sunday sales

ajc.com > Metro
House revives bill allowing Sunday alcohol sales
House Committee unanimously passed law allowing Sunday beer sales at Gwinnett's baseball stadium, tack on legislation for Sunday alcohol sales

By JAMES SALZER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/12/08

The bill to allow package sales of alcohol on Sundays in Georgia was revived Wednesday afternoon when it was attached to Senate legislation allowing Sunday beer sales at Gwinnett County's new baseball stadium.

State House approves bill allowing Georgians to order from farm wineries; Senate will get a shot

http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/search/hb393.htm

Internet wine sales closer to becoming legal
State House approves bill allowing Georgians to order from farm wineries; Senate will get a shot

By JAMES SALZER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/28/08
The state House overwhelmingly approved legislation this afternoon that would let Georgians buy cases of wine over the Internet from farm wineries.
House members also passed legislation letting wineries in Georgia sell beer and liquor as well as wine in their tasting rooms.

How one's taste changes...

I was just reading my brew log from one of my early batches back in 2001. The recipe is pasted here. The funny part is the last line. Maybe Will and I have something in common besides our politics... (grin)

EDME Red Ale
08-13-01 Ingredients: Red Ale kit
3 lbs malt syrup
1 oz. Willamette hop pellets (30 min)

08-18-01 Moved brew into the secondary fermenter.
08-28-01 I’ve had to postpone the bottling. Life keeps getting in the way.
09-01-01 Bottled
09-15-01 This is a good beer, but not really to my taste. The hops are evident and somewhat over-powering.

Big ESB

Made an ESB yesterday. The starting potential alcohol is 8%. (WOW) It's not going to be very hoppy since it only has an ounce of Target (60m) and an ounce of US Goldings hops (0m). (Sure, I could have added more... but I prefer to make this one per the recipe the 1st time). I suppose this is typical for English beers, other than IPAs? Since I've never made a beer as 'big' as this before I'm worried that the yeast will give out once the alcohol level gets too high. That'll make it too sweet for my taste, with so little hops anyway. I can always re-pitch it, I suppose.

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