Beer Tasting
Last night Madalene, Billy and I went out with several members of the Beer Advocate webpage, a source of information for all things beer and home brewing. We went to the Tap Room, which is the brewpub of local brewery Schlafly. Their beers are good, and their food is quite nice. I enjoyed the magical combination of a portabella mushroom sandwich and a pint of oatmeal stout. Unfortunately, this combination seems to give me gas. It was a small price to pay though, for such tasty vittles. Darts were played, beer was sampled, food was enjoyed, and a good time was had by all.
Today, Dennis came by to wake us up. That wasn’t his intention of course, since he had made the wild assumption that we, being of sound mind and body, would be awake by 2:30pm. I was not however, and I greeted him quite bleary-eyed.
In case you were wondering, it wasn’t due to being hung over or anything like that. After arriving home from the Tap Room, I promptly got engaged in a project involving photoshop, and stayed up far later than I should have. That and I have no internal alarm clock, so without a buzzer to wake me, I will sleep until I either get so hungry I wake up, or I need to pee. This can easily make me sleep for 18 hours or more, unless someone or something intervenes.
Needless to say, Dennis did intervene, which is fine by me. We ate some ramen together, and watched FLCL, one of the more bizarre anime productions ever made. However, I would expect nothing less from the creative minds at Gainax. Then we watched Matrix: Reloaded, since we are hoping to see Revolutions soon (maybe Saturday?) and it is good to get all primed up by refreshing one’s memory.
I have spent some time continuing in my quest to encode various and sundry videos into SVCD format, for easy viewing. The process is not simple, since, unlike audio, the video world is fraught with hundreds of different codecs, numerous conflicting formats, uncertain documentation, and confusing results. However, things are now progressing at an acceptable rate.
Thursday 06 Nov 2003 | Sam | Personal
Main Entry:1vict·ual
Pronunciation:’vi-t&l
Function:noun
Etymology:alteration of Middle English vitaille, from Middle French, from Late Latin victualia, plural, provisions, victuals, from neuter plural of victualis of nourishment, from Latin victus nourishment, way of living, from vivere to live—Date:1523
1 : food usable by people
2 plural : supplies of food : PROVISIONS
i didnt think that “vittles” was correct.
(Merriam-Webster online dictionary)
shit…you better never read my site then barb…..ha
I don’t think so, barb!
vittles [ vítt’l ]
plural noun
food: food or other provisions (archaic or humorous)
[Variant of victual]——
Verified by Merriam-Webster.
Here is some suggested usage for the word ‘vittles’. “I am going to spank up some tasty vittles.” “Ted, did you remember to pack all of our tasty vittles?” “Who ate my tasty vittles?” “My, aren’t you a tasty vittle.”
I love vocabulary.
i bow to you oh verbal master….hehe just kidding…better watch out billy!