Why Oh Why

Summer is coming so I thought I would bring this story back for your reading pleasure.

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Why oh why didn't anyone ever tell me about this little secret when I was drinking beer?

You want to know how to drink beer all night on 

New Year's Eve,

at a

Birthday Party,

or at your local

Bar,

and still be the designated driver?

First a little background.

What?
You can't wait to hear it?

If I told you everything right away,

I wouldn't be able to babble as much as I like to do.

And what would the fun in that?

Our sober guru,

Doctor Joe,

as he was fondly called,

was -

Educated at Harvard with a troika of degrees, a BA, a JD, and an MBA. The late-Joseph Owades was a flat-out genius. With a PhD in biochemistry from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and an early job in the fermentation sciences department at Fleischmann's, (Fleischmann's Yeast) Owades probably knew more about fermentation and alcohol metabolism than perhaps any man who has ever lived. In fact, he has been called "The best brewer who's ever lived." He used that immense knowledge to eventually become a consultant for most of the progenitors of America's early craft brewing movement such as Anchor Brewing in San Francisco, New Amsterdam Brewing in New York, and the Boston Beer Company in, you guessed it, Boston. There he became good friends with Jim Koch, helped perfect Boston Lager, and passed on to Jim his little yeast secret. "One teaspoon of yeast per beer, right before you start drinking." You see, what Owades knew was that active dry yeast has an enzyme in it called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). Roughly put, ADH is able to break alcohol molecules down into their constituent parts of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Which is the same thing that happens when your body metabolizes alcohol in its liver. Owades realized if you also have that enzyme in your stomach when the alcohol first hits it, the ADH will begin breaking it down before it gets into your bloodstream and, thus, your brain. "And it will mitigate – not eliminate – but mitigate the effects of alcohol!" By Aaron Goldfarb for Esquire

There you have it.

Jim Koch,

the guy you see on television all the time selling

Samuel Adams,

has been drinking this way for years.

So you can too!

Put some yeast into some yogurt right before you drink

and maybe,

just maybe,

we will have one less drunk driver on the road this

Year.

I had to quit drinking so there would be one less drunk driver!

I'm Not Bitter!

This is,

If You Decide To Carry White Powder Around With You

Make Sure The Bag Has A Fleischmann's Yeast Label On It,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.”

- Edgar Allan Poe -

 

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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The Surgery

I want everyone to know that I am going to be away from writing on my blog for at least

Four or Five

days as I recover from minor surgery I'm having tomorrow.

Nothing too serious,

but in my brain I'm thinking,

anytime you go under the knife you have to hope that the person cutting into you wasn't told by their companion that they wanted a divorce that morning from the now crazy

Surgeon!

I know,

it sounds like an episode from

"Criminal Minds."

Where the innocent victim is sliced into little pieces because the

Crazed Surgeon

is enraged because life has given them lemons.

This is,

A Lot Of Stuff On This Blog For Your Entertainment

So I Hope You Keep Coming Back Even Though I Will Be Away

Jim Hauenstein

And,

“Cutting out bad habits is far more effective than cutting out organs.”
- Herbert M. Shelton -

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An Adventure In Hiking

On Mother's Day,

which is always on a Sunday,

became a

life and death

situation for me,

two of my daughters,

and one of my grandchildren.

Sunday is the day my second oldest daughter,

her son,

and I go to a different

Southern California Trails

to go hiking.

This time my youngest daughter decided she would accompany us.

Looking on the

All Trails 

website,

we decided to try the

Tenaja Falls Trail.

It has everything you want.

Kid Friendly,

has a

River,

beautiful

Views,

a

Waterfall,

and

Wildlife.

The website states;

"Tenaja Falls Trail is a 4.5 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Lake Elsinore, CA that features a waterfall and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking and walking and is accessible year-round."

 It also states that the elevation is:

"Up & Down 416 feet."

It is very pretty,

very rugged,

very up & down.

Only saw one rattlesnake,

no mountain lions,

but I really didn't comprehend

"Out & Back"

portion of the description!

It is 4.5 miles in,

4.5 miles out,

on the same rugged mountainous trail.

You would be surprised how far 416 feet is when you have to climb it

up & down

seven or eight times!

This is,

Soaking My Legs In Epson Salt Still Ten Days Later,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity” 

- John Muir -

 

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Spending My Time

One of my

Grandchildren

stayed over this weekend

and if you have read my blog over the years you would know that I always say,

"Family comes first."

So instead of spending time on the computer,

I'm spending my time with him.

We had a really good time until he wanted to play

Monotony,

or I mean

Monopoly.

We still had a good time playing but I just don't like the game.

Ever since I was a wee little child.

It is the only board game that has been in every house that I have ever lived in

and I have never bought one of them!

I know 

Baby Yoda 

is really popular

but even he can't use his

Jedi Powers

on me so I like the game.

But,

I will play any board game with any of my

Children & Grandchildren

because it keeps them away from staring at their

Cellphones,

Computer Screens,

or playing endlessly on their

Game Consoles!

If

Silicon Valley Execs Are Raising Their Kids Tech-Free

and they are making millions by getting the average person looking at their tech,

there must be something wrong with it.

Yeah,

It's called

ADDICTION!

 

This is,

I Would Be Scrolling On My Phone Right Now

While Typing On My Computer

But My Phone Needs To Be Charged

TwoBuckHowie

 

And,

 

I Am Not Addicted!

"Silicon Valley is no longer the valley of innovators who solve problems, it has turned into the valley of resourceful stupidity. They are a bunch of people wasting resources on creating products that do nothing more than fuel the predominant neurosis of consumerism."
- Abhijit Naskar -

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A Few Observations

During the early years of the internet the most common word for people to use as their password was, password. Now that most companies say you need to use at least one capitalized letter, at least use one number, and at least one symbol, it seems most people are now capitalizing the letter P, using the number 1, and exclamation point as their symbol! (I have my sources!)

Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, is one of my latest heroes. Everything I have heard or read says he is 

a good human being. I also thing he has a healthy attitude about God.

"God protects me from nothing, but sustains me in everything."

 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has written four Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes books for your reading pleasure.

 

Phil Plait is still the Bad Astronomy.

 

With the COVID-19 pandemic, my Doctor's and Dentist's office no longer offer magazines in their waiting rooms. This has hit the print media hard. Which ones will survive to print another day?

 

YouTube decided to turn off "Comments" on some of my songs that I put up. They say it could be detrimental to children. Unfortunately they turned it off for my song about nature and one about love. The songs about Sex and Drugs and Rock n' Roll they left alone.

There are so many apps out there today for buying Bitcoin and Stocks that I no longer have to pay an agent a commission. I just use a crystal ball to choose which ones I am going to buy!

 This is,

Buying Low And Selling High Is My Motto

Jim Hauenstein

And,

“October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.”
- Mark Twain -

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