Monday, September 6, 2010

Day 174 – You Know Who Your Friends Are When

My personal email account was hijacked yesterday by a Viagra spam program. Everyone on my contact list received an email from me with no text and a single hyperlink. Clicking on that took the person to a website where Viagra can be purchased.

My wife wondered if I was sending her another kind of message.

Really, honey, I told her. It wasn't me. Properly notified I sprang into action, sending out an email to my entire contact list to not open emails from me if they contained no text and a single hyperlink.

This is one of those situations where you find out who your friends really are. I'll give you a hint. They are NOT the ones who ask you to remove their name from your contact list.

Fine. I should have removed you a long time ago anyway.

For the second week in a row, I've exceeded my quota, opening up my cushion once again. I'm now three weeks ahead of schedule. Before then I had six straight weeks of subpar performance which took me from more than five weeks ahead down to two. It's good to see the needle move in the right direction.

So what's been good since the last blog? Lots. A hefeweizen from Stiegl, an amber lager from Abita, an oatmeal stout from Anderson Valley, and two Belgian Whites, one from la Caracole and another from St. Barnardus. All were given high marks.

What hasn't been good? The worst was New World Porter from Avery. If you like IPA's then this dark beer is for you because it is dry hopped. Porters are not supposed to be really bitter. This one was so bitter, I couldn't finish it.

Life is good and so is beer!

"Oogy wawa" which is Zulu for...well, heck, what else can it be? Say "oogy wawa" in a bar after taking a long pull on your first beer and everyone will understand what you're saying. No translation necessary. I guarantee it.

Goal...............524.....365
Progress.........280.....174
Remaining......244.....191

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