Beer is not recession proof!! We are all doomed.....

I read an interesting article that basically said that the sales of beer has gone down with the economy. http://grizzlygrowler.com/?p=397 The types of beer mentioned in this article are high end drinks that are to be savored. The article does refer to the rising prices of hops and barley. However, with the price of gas significanlty down, I wonder this must not be enough to offset the costs?

Yikes! I don't know what to think now that we don't have enough money to spare to drink a bit of happiness after a stressful day at work. As I live in Wisconsin, the beer drinking capitol of the US, there are dozens of small family owned craft breweries that will be affected by the shrinking economy. Most of these brewereis market regionally and are affected directly what is happening around them.

Hopefully the economy will pick up and beer will be back on its feet again.

Technology is good......

Today I was running on my treadmill in our 66 degree basement (compared to the 2 degree outside world) while listening to my Ipod touch. I was hitting up my usual songs as I ran at my easy pace. I suddenly got sick of my outdated running songs, so I jacked the treadmill down to 4 mph and started a brisk walk. I then logged onto to our house's Wi Fi network and got on Itunes.

I then browsed the Itune's store top ten and searched for some other artists that I thought would make some good running music. I found what I liked, hit purchase (@ 99 cents a song), and entered my password. Two minutes later I'm head bobbin to T-Pain, Lil Wayne, and Akon at a steady 8.5 mph pace. I love technology!!!!

It's So Cold That...

I've just got to do a "You Know it's Cold When..." post. I love David Letterman's Top Ten lists about cold in NYC (which, compared to Wisconsin, is balmy) because, well, I understand them.

It is so cold that I drink hot tea at work in the morning, purely to revive my fingers from the drive there. The drive is ten minutes, heat blasting, thermal mittens included.

It is so cold that schools are canceled. Kids standing outside for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus? Not a chance--flesh starts to freeze after ten.

It is so cold that after five minutes outside, you can feel the insides of your nose and ear canals freezing. That strange feeling my friends, is one only a person living in the tundra knows.

It is so cold that yesterday I wore leggings, thermal socks, a hooded sweatshirt, and a down vest. All at once. All to an office job in a heated building. Just to be comfortable.

It is so cold that my living room patio door has frost on it...on the inside. That's with my heat on overnight.

Temperatures are supposed to rise this weekend, but I'll believe it when I see it...