Rundown

November has hit. It's raining hard in YVR -- El Nino year -- and we are getting regular warnings from the weather office about dressing up warmly. I've taken this to heart by wearing two hoodies at a time, because apparently I'm getting old and need some soup.

Speaking of which, it has been 18 months since I've brewed. I've got some hops grown in my in-law's garden that I need to use up, and I'm thinking of doing an extract version of my Dubbel recipe. Not sure when I'll brew it -- Saturdays are getting filled up in advance at an alarming rate, by which I mean more than 0 -- but it would be nice to have some nice homebrew for the winter.

Random thing: My youngest son had soccer practice yesterday. He likes it a lot. Last night there were fireworks going off near the park where his team was playing. During a break, he tried to tell some of the other kids that the people setting off the fireworks weren't allowed to do that...but they were too busy clobbering each other to pay attention. He tried to tell them again, but the fistfight was too interesteding. It reminded me of my own childhood, not being able to talk to other kids -- not having anything in common.. Then I thought about how we see what we want to see in the world, and maybe that was why I saw this. Then I thought about how this is exactly the sort of thing I think, so of course I think it. That way lies recursion.

Couch: delayed. Will: still on track. Oncall: NOT GONNA JINX NOTHING.