article archive - 07/2014 - all archives
JR:
Toledo Weather - Mon, Jul 7, 2014
- Today is at least the fifth day in a row of comfortable weather with temps mainly in the 70s to around the low 80s during the afternoon with pleasant humidity levels. It has been more like late May, which is very nice.
This morning is cloudy, low cl...
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- Jul 07, 2014
- #toledo #weather
JR:
July 6 links
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- Jul 06, 2014
JR:
Cicada wing
- On Jul 5, 2014, I found this cicada wing on our driveway. The Scissor-grinder Cicadas began singing around our West Toledo home on June 30. Time to transition from birdsong to insect song.
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When the Scissor-grinder Cicadas begin ...
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- Jul 07, 2014
- #nature #insect #home #blog_jr
JR:
My marathon running times
- October 1992 - Columbus - 3:43
January 1993 - Charlotte Observer - 3:19
April 1993 - Glass City (Toledo) - 3:04
June 1993 - Grandma's (Duluth) - 3:00:15
October 1993 - Detroit Free Press - 3:12
#running - #history
- Jul 06, 2014
JR:
Toledo Blade's UglyTruthToledo Coverage - Summer 2014
- Toledo Photo Gallery
North
South
East
West
Central
https://storify.com/toledoblade/the-ugly-truth-about-toledo
#toledo - #media - #home - #business - #politics - #activism
- Jul 05, 2014
JR:
Notes - Sat, Jul 5, 2014
- relaxed outside this morning.
assembled a pizza dough that contained some spent grains from our imperial stout beer that we brewed in the spring.
attended the beer tasting at The Andersons Market in Sylvania
they were out of the Stone Belgi...
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- Jul 05, 2014
- #food #chocolate #sylvania #business #beverage #beer
JR:
Making pizza from spent beer grains
- On Jul 5, 2014, I made a pizza dough that used some spent grains from our Dark-eyed Junco Imperial Stout that we brewed on Mar 30, 2014. It's probably the ugliest pizza crust ever made, but it turned out surprisingly well. The addition of the spent g...
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- Jul 07, 2014
- #beer #pizza #home #food #beverage #recipe #blog_jr
JR:
Beer Tasting - The Andersons Market - Sat, Jul 5, 2014
- WEEKLY BEER TASTING
Saturday, July 5, 2014, 2-4 pm
NEW AND RECENT ITEMS ON OUR BEER SHELVES
Samples are priced individually or $5.00 for
the flight of five.
Avery Twenty-One
$7.99/22-oz bottle, $1.00/sample
Stone Quadrotriticale
$8.99/22-oz bo...
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- Jul 05, 2014
- #beer #beverage
JR:
Notes - Jul 4, 2014
- WTWS reported 76 degrees at 1:00 p.m. Today's weather is amazing. Sunny. Light to moderate wind. Temps in the 70s. Low humidity. Ideal.
Today, we bottled our one-gallon batch of Belgian trippel that we brewed on June 4.
Late this aft and eve, we ...
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- Jul 07, 2014
JR:
Batch beer making with brew in a bag
- One gallon batches with BIAB (Brew in a bag)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFCjf4lt4Y4
Brew Tutorials: BIAB (Brewing in a bag)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlz_858ooWE
#home - #beer
- Jul 04, 2014
JR:
03/26/2002 Archived Entry "Snowfall"
- Our winter season is packed into these last two days. Yesterday it snowed four inches, bringing the official snowfall total for Toledo to 14.3 inches for the 01/02 season. About half of that has occurred this month. Today, the forecast was for 2-4 mo...
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- Jul 03, 2014
- #toledo #weather #home #bird
JR:
03/26/2002 Archived Entry "Comedy Club"
- Last Friday night, Dan, Mike, Doug, and I attended the 8:00 P.M. showing of Hayward Banks at the Connxtions Comedy Club. The 8 o'clock Friday show is smoke-free which is real nice. This is the fifth time I've seen Hayward but the first in several yea...
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- Jul 03, 2014
JR:
03/22/2002 Archived Entry "Thursday Night Outing"
- CP was at her Grandparent's, so Deb and I, along with Dan, had dinner at the Maumee Bay Brewing Company. We covered a wide array of subjects including music, religion, philosophy, and politics. After dinner we went to the Bronze Boar for a couple of ...
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- Jul 03, 2014
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02/26/2002 Archived Entry "Red-Winged Blackbirds"
- Things are obviously slow bird-wise when the discussion on the listserver is focused on red-winged blackbirds. I don't understand it. I wonder if I should make a posting about starlings in my yard? A grackle was at our feeder over the weekend, how ab...
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- Jul 03, 2014
- #bird #home #toledo
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02/02/2002 Archived Entry "Mujadara Recipe"
- Comes in different "sizes" if you will. From "fine" to a very coarse grind. I've only seen three grinds (fine, medium, and heavy/coarse). I use the heavy one for mujadara. You can also use brown rice instead of the bulgar (it's call mudardara). Also,...
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- Jul 03, 2014
- #food #recipe