http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com Welcome to my opinion. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:10:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Owning a house in a neighborhood with kids changes your perception of Haloween.  Sure, I've had bowels of candy before to hand out - but this seems different. I'm a huge tech nerd - so I lit the house. We carved pumpkins - I did a portrait of Joe. And Joe absolutely terrified ... http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=40 My parents were kind enough to come down and lend a hand painting the house. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Before"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="During"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="AFter"][/caption] It's just the front, but it's a start - and very exciting. http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=34 I ventured over to the Groveland Tap to get some Surly Wet. Hops. Surly Wet was brewed back on September 11th - I know becuase I was at the brewery tour that night.  The smell was absolutely spectacular.  It was one of those fantastic pungeant smells that sticks in your nose.  I ... http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=32 It has been 1.33 years since I wrote an entry - that's a pretty long time. Anyway, since I last wrote things have happened.  My brother's wife gave birth to a lovely girl named Mara (she's .208 years younger than the last post.)  My wife and I celebrated our third ... http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=26 Just returned from a trip with high school students to perform at the largest theatre festival in the world - the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - and I'm beat.The results: 70 students, 10 chaperons, 4 sold out shows, one great review, one student hit by a car (he's fine), a ... http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=23 I was looking at the most emailed pictures on yahoo news. These two were right next to each other. I thought it was funny. http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=22 warming - this is pretty gruesom. ouch.  click http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=21 Apparently the Bush administration is trying to find someone willing to take the roll of War Czar and run all of the misguided conflicts.  Not surprisingly, they're having a hard time.... From Reuters: "Retired Marine Gen. John "Jack" Sheehan, a former top NATO commander, was among those who rejected the job, the ... http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=20 I'm very amused... - quoted from an AFP article by by Glenn Chapman - "One gamer told of arriving home from a booze-infused Christmas party to notice his girlfriend struggling against an enemy in the Wii fantasy fighter quest game "Zelda." "In my inebriated state, it was instinctual to become her knight ... http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=19 I believe that the earth is warming. I've seen plenty of good evidence - including from my very intelligent brother who happens to be a Doctoral Candidate working on forest ecology at the U of M. I've never heard a good response to the argument. The Supreme court ... http://bryceblog.sicandbryce.com/?p=18