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opening move
Last night I gave H. his first lesson in chess. I taught him on the board and with the pieces that my grandfather used to teach me. If I recall correctly, the board and the pieces were hand made by...
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quick thoughts on the GDI TA experience
While the thoughts are still fresh in my mind, I wanted to quickly jot down a few things about what it was like to be a TA for the Burlington chapter of Girl Develop It (GDI). Most of what I’m feeling...
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Vermont Code Camp 5 round-up
Vermont Code Camp 5 (#vtcc5) was a blast this year. As much or more fun than last year. I’m impressed how little ol’ Vermont can attract such a big crowd for an all-day-Saturday tech event (and on such...
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reading a thing on 2/1
If you missed it today on Facebook or Twitter or any of the other places this went: Geek Mountain State Presents Vermont Science Fiction We are pleased to announce that Geek Mountain State and Phoenix...
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Vermont Science Fiction – wrap-up and thanks
A big thanks to Andrew, the team at Phoenix Books, and everyone else involved in making the Vermont Science Fiction event happen. And many more thanks to everyone that came out to support me and the...
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reading at Vermont Tales of Science
Oh by the way, I’ll be part of the Vermont Tales of Science reading on Saturday, March 14th at 4pm at Quarterstaff Games in Burlington, VT. You should come!
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personal milestone: first 5k
Yesterday I hit a personal milestone, and cajoled myself into running my first 5k. It was the Craft Brew Race in Stowe, VT. I enlisted two friends to run the race with me and though they beat me by...
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a year of solar
I got a little braggy about this on Twitter earlier this year… Our little solar project is doing pretty well. 4376.89 kW/h total yield. Thank you, @suncommon pic.twitter.com/ewezOB8LDj — Rob Friesel...
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Homebrew #11: Honestatis (mk. II)
My eleventh homebrew is a slight variation on my ninth. In that vein Honestatis (mk. II) is the first recipe I liked enough to make a second time: Right out of the gate here, full disclosure: I brewed...
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Homebrew #13: Flaming Hessian
Homebrew session #13 was an experiment on all fronts. How to create a novel take an oft-loved-yet-also-oft-derided seasonal variety? I’m talking of course about the Halloween pumpkin beer, but figured...
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Vicious H-Bomb: a second place winner!
When I brewed Vicious H-Bomb, it was just to satisfy two things: H.’s lament that he should have a beer named after him; and My desire to experiment with some Belgian yeast. In other words, I never...
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Farewell, Vermont
Our original plan was never to stay. We came for Amy’s graduate school, with every expectation that we would be gone in four or five years so she could chase a post-doc and then a tenure-track role...
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Vermont in 10 Beers (and one mead)
Seventeen years in Vermont. My tasting notes don’t go back far enough to give me a beer for every year. But between my memories and the notes that I do have, there’s enough to work with to give it a...
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the long drive home
Precisely why we decided to move back to Vermont from Washington is a story best reserved for a separate and more thoughtful blog post1 but needless to say: I felt compelled to capture a few notes...
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on coming home to Vermont
No burying the lede here: we knew that moving cross-country would be hard, but the pandemic threw a wrinkle into the mix that resulted in the worst social isolation we ever experienced and it was...
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book review: Just Ride
At the age of 41, while living in Bellingham, WA, I decided to “spend too much money” on a mountain bike. It had been about 2 years since I’d owned a bike, and (if I’m being honest) probably about 10...
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2023 recap
Part year-in-review, part brag sheet, part best things and stuff, part tap-the-microphone “is this thing on?” life support post for this, my much-neglected blog. It’s been a few years since the last...
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Earlier this year, my friend Kyle organized a mead study group which was not unlike the 2017-2018 BJCP study group. 1 And while this study group did discuss aspects of mead judging, it was more like a...
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