It has been an interesting month since the last Weekly Zekely to say the least. Amazing amounts of work and fun, a gkobal virus, and a good amount of blockchain drama. I expect them all to sort themselves out for the better but will simply keep blogging as long as I have people enjoying the stories.
So, here's to reflecting on a busy month and remembering what I got up to during nights with too many cups. Actually, lemme spin this a little different and let you know, with accompanying pictures, some of what I learned this month.
I learned that a trip to the brewery CAN earn you wife points. You know....wife points. You either are earning them by being good or you are spending them on being bad, or having a blast away from the family. A brewery trends to be a healthy double expenditure of wife points based on the time away from the family, and consumption of alcohol.
During this trip, I brought my better half with me and custom designed a flight of beer I knew she would enjoy. Not a small task as there are only so many good light ales and wheat beers and Cowbell Brewery https://cowbellbrewing.com/ had me covered. Would go back again.
I learned I come across some strange folks in basements. I discovered both of these fine fellas underneath a few of the old restaurants in town. They are creepy enough and I might put together a post of the strange places my wiring technician gig takes me. It is a recurring theme and hopefully the next one won't give me the shock the guy on the left did.
I learned that hand-made, vegetarian beef wellington is fantastic. So many of the traditional meat dishes I have had recently converted to the plant-based ingredients have been so much better. Make no mistake, I am no vegetarian but man am I enjoying more and more dishes without meat! Come to Stratford and I will point you in the right directions.
I learned how much fun it is to perform Huey Lewis songs with the boys. We have a show coming up where we are tasked to convert a hockey team into a live stage show and the census was, Hueys Lewis and the Groove. Hueys because we have 4 singers alternating the leads, and The Groove is the name of said hockey team.
To give you an idea of what kinda group we are talking about, one of the Hueys illustrated the lyrics for I Wanna New Drug. If you don't know this song for whatever reason, you are welcome.
I learned that I spend a good amount of time around professional mixed martial artists. In the same month, training partners competed in separate live events where there was a 100% chance of violence. Chris, up there, fought a full fight to the end where the judges had to decide the winner. It was close but his opponent did just a little more and took the victory. Awesome fight.
Down there, Jorge was returning to the cage after an pro MMA hiatus though he kept active training students every day and competed up to the worlds in BJJ. I was so excited to see this match as I watched the last one so many years ago and remember it ending prematurely because Jorge broke his arm on the opponent's skull. This one ended equally as thrilling when the ref had to stop the fight because of a cut that developed from an old scar.
So proud of both fighters who are a couple of the toughest and courageous guys I know.
I learned that the oldest computer in the house can come in very handy when it comes to recovering data from old hard drives. Pretty boring except perhaps for my fellow IT nerds who remember what IDE, AMD and crazy heat syncs look like.
I learned that impromptu, performance-based comedy can be pretty damn funny. This clown-like comedian spoke in an outrageous french accent and pulled her co-star from the audience. The line that keeps making me chuckle went something like, "Oh sure. There are some people here who were hoping for a live sex show. I can almost hear it now. A great show where some nice guy from Edmonton fucked a clown!" I didn't actually go to this show on purpose but I am sure glad I did!
I learned that I like beer. Now that I have your attention, I actually mean I learned that I like this beer which is a Farmer Strong imperial IPA by Great Lakes Brewery http://www.greatlakesbeer.com/. I love hitting this brewery when I am in the big city and discovering a new brew I hadn't tasted yet. Especially when it is an IPA.
I have bigger Beerology news than this having developed last month. That will have to wait for my #beersaturday post tomorrow but here is a spoiler for my legions of followers.
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What did you learn in the last month?
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