1. It was much cooler today and Shawn began a two day job over at Christy and Everett's and he took care of a few things at our house: our hot and cold water taps were accidentally reversed in our bathroom sink and that is fixed, our lazy Susan glides more smoothly now, and some insulation that needed to be put back in place is where it belongs upstairs. It was fun having Shawn around, especially because we had a Beer Club meeting planned tonight.
2. I had already purchased beer for Beer Club, but I went to the store and picked up some pita bread, hummus, salami, smoked oysters, apples, and red pepper and returned home to make a platter of finger food to snack on while we sampled some beers. I was especially curious to find out if we would enjoy the smoked oysters. I have these indistinct boyhood memories of Mom and Dad serving smoked oysters out of Bumble Bee tins around Christmas Eve and I indistinctly remember that the smoked oysters were regarded as a special treat, served only on special occasions. Shawn, Teresa, and the Deke all liked them, as did I, and that made me more happy than a guy should be -- I mean they are just smoked oysters after all!
3. We sampled Series 009 of Firestone's Luponic Distortion, Superfuzz, a Blood Orange Ale from Elysian, Mango Mambo, a Hefeweizen from 12 String, Redd's Blueberry Ale, and we ended the night with a small sample of Founders' Double Trouble, their dynamite Double IPA. We were sipping out of six ounce glasses and we enjoyed the variety of our samplings. We sat on the deck where it was remarkably cool and comfortable and had a great time yakking about everything from the glories of the beer, food, mountain biking, and golf in McCall, Riggins, Kamiah, and Worley to mathematics and engineering.
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