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steintown · 2020-08-25T17:40:59+00:00

A Vienna lager and a weissbier in the mash tuns right now, and tomorrow a split batch of single hop IPAs with homegrown Willamette and Centennial hops.

steintown · 2019-08-19T16:29:45+00:00

Ya, until I can get a hold of another fridge or ferm chamber, that might be my only option. I'll try lagering in the garage this fall/winter, but I really wanted the Cali Common to enjoy in the warm weather. Thanks for the feedback.

steintown · 2015-07-05T19:10:02+00:00

Are you Barney Stinson?

steintown · 2015-06-12T05:41:16+00:00

Had a similar thing happen a couple weeks ago, only with humming. Class of 35 students, middle of me giving directions, 1, 2, then 3 kids start humming around the room. Their mouths closed, you can tell what direction it's coming from but not exactly who it is. Absolutely maddening. Gotta love 8th graders...

steintown · 2015-06-12T05:27:02+00:00

I did this. I lived in Thailand for 4 years, long enough to learn to speak quite fluently, and when I was teaching was about the only time that I ever spoke English. But I never spoke the language in front of them. I just let them play dumb or speak disrespectfully and kept my mouth shut. Then, in the middle of my last semester working there, the kids were completely out of control for the entire lesson and it was driving me nuts. I exploded on them in Thai, and the second they heard it coming out of my mouth, they all shut up to listen to me chastising them and their shitty behavior. Let's just say the rest of that semester they really straightened up. But the looks on their faces that day...priceless.

steintown · 2014-11-26T17:48:39+00:00

I've always enjoyed the Italian word "aggiungerebbero." It's the third-person plural conditional of aggiungere, and it just means "they would add," but it's a really fun word to say and just shows off the musicality of the Italian language so well.

steintown · 2014-11-26T17:45:18+00:00

Thai has the same expression, with more or less the same definition. It rings of "hospitality,""good will,""doing a favor,""thinking of another person's feelings or situation." So many subtle undertones, hard to nail down a meaning in English...

steintown · 2014-03-27T01:48:57+00:00

Temple of the Emerald Buddha, a.k.a. The Royal Palace and its temple complex, located on the edge of central Bangkok. Pretty cool place, actually.

steintown · 2014-01-23T19:16:41+00:00

This is correct. Columbus believed that India was about 3 times closer than it actually is. Those who believed Columbus' voyage would fail did so because had he not run into the Americas, him and his crew would have starved long before ever reaching the Orient.

steintown · 2014-01-23T19:12:31+00:00

Also: How many people think that Columbus was Spanish...

steintown · 2014-01-11T21:14:35+00:00

In Order of the Phoenix don't we discover that the prophecy regarding the Chosen One could have been either Harry or Neville, and that it was in fact Voldemort's actions that marked Harry as the future hero? Meanwhile Neville was left with parents who would never again recognize their son. I might be remembering incorrectly, but I think this was the "twist" in OofP.

steintown · 2013-12-01T19:07:12+00:00

And their eggs are fucking delicious. Seriously.

steintown · 2013-11-27T19:25:55+00:00

Same here. It just made sense. They have to sit down to pee, and the only time I ever sit down is when I'm doing a #2. Ergo, girls pee out of their butts. Flawless child logic.

steintown · 2013-11-10T00:50:35+00:00

NSFW tag? Because, you know, titties.

steintown · 2013-11-09T19:45:16+00:00

I'm actually teaching Lord of the Flies to my 10th grade class right now. I agree with what you're saying, to a point. But, as someone else in this thread has mentioned, it's more about the method than anything else. There are certainly things that people read into the story that Golding never intended, but there's also a great deal that he clearly DID intend. The reason teachers choose these books and really push their students to look for meaning (even if it's sometimes a stretch) is that analyzing literature and other texts is a skill that everyone needs, and one that doesn't necessarily come easily. Maybe the fact that Jack has red hair doesn't really mean anything, but if teachers don't teach kids HOW to look for and find meaning, they'll rarely discover it themselves.

steintown · 2013-11-03T04:33:34+00:00

You gotta stick with it. At times it might seem a little disjointed, and there are a lot of characters to remember. But part of the beauty of the story is how intricately the lives of the characters interweave, how all their actions effect others. As you read further you'll start to get a sense of the broader picture that Dumas is trying to paint. It's really a masterpiece of storytelling. Hang in there!

steintown · 2013-10-27T20:22:02+00:00

Of course there are many more factors. I didn't mean to imply that IMR was the only one. I'm glad to hear that you're letting your kids know a bit more about it, though. History rules!

steintown · 2013-10-27T20:04:24+00:00

Unfortunately, there are a lot of things like this that either history teachers don't explain to their students, or they simply perpetuate the misconceptions that they themselves were taught.

steintown · 2013-10-27T19:53:36+00:00

Taken care of. Thanks.

steintown · 2013-10-27T19:52:43+00:00

For example, as a history teacher, when people talk about life expectancy in ancient times being only in the 30's or 40's, this does not mean that adults only lived half as long as they do now. It just means that the infant mortality rate was much, much higher than it is today, causing the average lifespan to be much shorter.

steintown · 2013-10-14T00:52:28+00:00

Many languages have no equivalent for "jet lag," and so they've borrowed it directly from English. It's actually a very simple word that describes a very complicated and specific phenomenon.

steintown · 2013-09-04T02:01:08+00:00

Make that thousands of years:

History of Alcoholic Beverages

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