Triple Crown Winner?

There have been over 1 million foals born in America since the last Triple Crown winner, Affirmed in 1978, but today may be the 10th Triple Crown winner in history. Aleady nicknamed "Little Red" after the immortalized Secretariat "Big Red" whose statue stands in front of Belmont Park, Smarty Jones is still my pick for today. Slop, how about a monsoon? Distance, his Jockey holds him back until the 3rd turn anyway... This could mean the most paid out for a horse ever, over $10 million.

Hootie and Train

Got to see a little Hootie and the Blowfish as well as Train this weekend and Jubilee Cityfest in Montgomery. Saturday night Hootie was okay. My favorite part of the concert is when Darius (lead singer) said that "I Go Blind" was about a guy who when he broke up with his girlfriend couldn't even stand the sight of her;) and all this time everyone thought it was a love song. See lyrics. The beer flowed like H2O and the entertainment and company were great.

Ever Wonder If..

Vermillion was just "A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment"? Well it isn't. This was another beauty pulled up by Caleb D. and the only one able to be kept of its kind. So someone got a bag of specialty meat to themselves;(

Another Species From The Trip

The Gag Grouper was a huge beast pulled aboard weighing out at about 12-14lbs, the fishing hole was so hot at the time we couldn't stop to weigh it!! Poor Rusty had one that may have gone about 30 or so pounds snag his Pogy and back right back into the wreck he shot out from.

Brew Batch #2

How about some nice American Amber?? Well that's what was brewed tonight without a hitch or single hint of a boil-over. Since I finally got that lb. of Amber DME in from ass-head at mariettahomebrew, I have been itching to use it and finally cut ties with that dry, impatient prick. So here's to you, Chris, and your limited means of communication and 3 failures at getting things right on only 8 orders!! Tried allowing the wort to cool over night so that I would have that perfect pitch (actually pitched on 5/26/04). It was sealed by the 3-piece airlock anyway and worked very well. Will also try the ice-batch for the lautertun next time to see if it cuts the cooling time and then pour over an ice batch/ice alone.
OG 1.042+0.002@74F

What's Red, Slimy When Dead and Great to Eat?

It was a great time this year on the trip. We caught a nice load of fish and have all been officially named into the Mozambique Mafia. We stayed at a hotel close to the marina this year and it was awesome for only $20 a peep. With the inlet just behind in the backyard and the Gazelles running through the common area (where we wore a $3.50 frisbee from Old Navy out, nice buy Rusty), we were more than entertained. Looked a bit "ghetto" from the outside but I felt a little embarrassed about saying anything to the woman at the desk when we actually got inside. For the next few posts I'll try to highlight the fish we caught because we really raked in the species this year. And of course the Red Snapper were plentiful..

T minus 40 hours and counting..

TnDC DeepSea 2004 is almost upon us and final preparations are being made. Got a great deal at The Gulf Breeze/Harbor Lights Hotels for all of us. Talks are still in the works for another trip for the end of August. Guess we could make some TnDC 2.5 t-shirts up;)And for those of us who want to buff up on their salt water fishing identification check this out: BIG FISHES