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I would be remiss if I did not start off with the Hurricane watch. Ike!!

Some interesting things are happening. It's zooming over Cuba and most models had it weakening more then it really is. The big worry is that once Ike has left Cuba the waters of the Gulf are very very conducive to major strengthening. There will be very little shear.

You might have heard the word shear a lot lately and all it means is the top of the Hurricane will not be blown off my strong winds. A hurricane is like a spinning top. If you blow on the top while it is spinning it is like shear, it will wobble and fall over faster. No shear and the top will spin with ease and get more stable and stronger.

Cuba is really getting crushed with 20 inches of rain, 160 mph winds and 50 foot waves crashing the beaches.

This is going to be another big one hitting the States.

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Oddly the hurricanes are effecting movies.

The weekend after labor day is always one of the slowest weekends of the summer for movies. College students are back in school, football has started, major tropical storms are hitting the east coast and another big one is coming at Texas, and toss in politics, movie going is not a high priority.

This weekend Bangkok Dangerous was the big event and I thought Nick Cage was finally going to win his Oscar he deserves but the movie only took in 7.4 million on it's opening weekend . . .still FIRST PLACE!!!!

Then there is Universal (the guys that destroy stop lights). Do you think that Public Enemies will be able to top their biggest movie this year? Mama Mia?

Don't laugh. Mama Mia has grossed $416 million world wide - WHAT'S UP WITH THAT!!

And speaking of Public Enemies.

I have talked to a few store owners and people visiting Columbus are still talking about Public Enemies. "This is where that movie was filmed" type conversations. We gotta get the train station thing up an running!! (clearing my throat).

I have heard some good rumors about sequels. Have any of you heard anything????

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Columbus news. There are a number of new businesses coming to town according to our Mayor. I asked what they were and I hope I will find out later today. Some are still secret but I have heard more rumors that one is a company that will store foreign nuclear power-plant waste in the quarry across from us. THAT WOULD BE SWEET!!!

A plutonium and uranium dump. BUT, Columbus would be $4 BILLION better off!! We could tear down all those old buildings and put up new steel and glass ones!!!!

I hope Nancy Osterhaus will let me know if there is a thumbs up or thumbs down on this one.

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FIELD TRIP IN THE WORKS.

How about a PEC field trip to a llama farm tour!! Yea - my people are IN CONTACT with other people and they are in negotioans (after a few . . . incidnets, at the Sassy Cow other places are now taking a much closer look into the PEC crowd and security).
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BEER

Grinders Island Brewery - Lazy Man's Porter (although it is not really a Porter) is DRINKABLE!!!

That's right. Saturday I popped open a bottle of LMP and poured a glass for my buddy Elweed and he said "This is good". I gave a littel to DJ and her comment was "It tastes like beer".

YEA BABY

IT TASTE'S LIKE BEER!!!

That might become it's tag line.

Anyway - I can not tell if it is to light tasting or am I used to drinking stronger beers ???? It's SUPPOSE to be a porter but I think I had too much water in the recipe so it's a little diluted. Still.

IT TASTE'S LIKE BEER!!!

So I'm thinking of bringing a couple 6-packs to the Kurth (I have their permission) some night.

The #3 brew (Columbus Carriage Classic Ale) is coming along nicely and yesterday doing the extemely boring (I wish I could have THOSE 3 hours back) NY Jet Football game I botteled a Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown Ale.

I still have a Double Chocolate Stout aging and a Fat Tire Ale in the carboys!

I have ordered the ingredients for a British MILD (Black Cat Real Lancashire Ale). I bet no one has ever had a British MILD. A MILD is what many pubs in England USED to serve. They are very tasty but have less alcohole then most American beers. Think, near beer but with flavoure (notice the spelling of flavor, a British slant). Typically the time from pitching the yeast to drinking is 10 days (longer for home brewers).

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Football.

I'm in 24 place in the money winners out of 190 in one pool so far with Green Bay and Denver to go. I went 9-4 against the spread.

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FLOWERS!!! Anyone want a vibrant Fennel plant?? It's taking over my garden. I'm going to dig it up at some point and plant it across the fairway if no one wants it.

We had hummingbirds zooming over the red flowers next to it Saturday. They are annuals and I don't know what they are but I purchased three and THEY took off!! I've never had annuals - I didn't know they spread so much!! Those are three 4 inch plants next to the fennel.

And the Sweet Autumn Clematis grew 11 feet in it's first year. Not to bad for 1 year. This is suppose to grow up to 25 feet a year and have the sweetest aroma and millions of tiny white flowers once it get's established.!


OH - Care Free Roses MY BUTT!!

Anyone know what is going on here? We have never had good luck with these. I sprayed them with some Rose bug killer when I saw some sort of many legged critter eating them. But I don't see them now. Grasshoppers????

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I had others things on my mind but they are gone now!

hmmmmm

o'well

Rod