Scooter Chronicles

Over the last few days, I have tried two beers that are new to me. Though neither of the brewers are new to me.

Unibroue Blanche De Chambly
THIS beer is a white beer. For those that have some knowledge, but don’t know exactly, this is like Hoegaarden. Not quite as good, but still very delicious. White beer is usually opaque, even though it is very light in color.

Dogfish Head Punkin’ Ale
As the name would suggest, THIS beer is pumpkin flavored. It has a lot of spices to it, which are literally...

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The Wizard of Oz wears the Winged Wheel again!

The Red Wings won the second of three games in a row against the Chicago Blackhawks. It was their eighth straight win in this young season. Again, they looked shakey at times. Even getting down 2-1 early in the second period. But they did what they do best. Keeping at it and wearing down a weaker opponent. Though no thanks to Nikolai “The Bulin Wall” Khabibulin. He played great despite losing.

Chris Osgood makes one of his 23 saves in his re-debut with the Red Wings.

Speaking of goalies playing great, Chris Osgood didn’t play bad...

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But not with Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor or Al Borland.

I helped my brother-in-law Rick yesterday with some home improvement tasks. One, the last of the two that we did, was something very easy. That was trimming the tree out front of their house. I had done this quite a few times when I had a house. I had even ripped up shrubs and other living plants, as well as a whole tree. So that was nothing new.

But the first task was one that scared me. Replacing the storm back door. I had never done something like this. And if you don’t get the thing square, it can turn out awful. Rick had never done this before either, so it had me even more nervous.

So how did it turn out? Great! I...

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