Reading
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The Hombrewer's Garden
I want to grow my own hops someday. This book tells me exactly how. Now I just need some land.
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The Complete Joy of Homebrewing
One day I decided I wanted to learn how to brew beer. This book was recommend by a close friend as the bible of home brew.
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Learning jQuery
I used this book for an independent study on jQuery. This is a powerful technology. I wish I had known about this stuff for years.
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Watched
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500 Days of Summer
This movie has a great soundtrack and features Zooey Deschanel. Romantic comedy cliches aside, it is awesome.
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Up
There aren’t that many bad Pixar films out there (Cars), and Up does not disappoint. It is worth it to just see the opening sequence.
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Terminator Salvation
Wow. This was a mistake. Sam Worthington put in a really good performance. That was not enough to save this movie from being a disaster. Salvation had too many special effects and was way too long.
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Listening
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For Emma, Forever Ago
This is an old album, but it has been getting a lot of play from me lately. Listen to The Wolves (Act I & II).
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Helio Sequence
The single "Shed Your Love" on the album 'Keep Your Eyes Ahead' immediately stood out, and as I listened to more I realized that I had discovered another gem of a band from the Sub-pop record label.
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Old Crow Medicine Show
The album O.C.M.S. by Old crow medicine show has all of the old time string band that a person can handle. 'Wagon Wheel' is my favorite track from the album.
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