Disqus - Latest Comments for rick

Re: Bremen

rick — Sun, 11 May 2003 01:58:17 -0000

mmm...beer. It is mostly quite good here. I love it.

Re: Jever Pilsener

rick — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:00:46 -0000

the German bier info here and in the near future are from my trip to Germany earlier this year...just getting around to putting them up. I have photos of most of the beers but couldn't find any of this one.

Re: Jever Pilsener

rick — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:21:07 -0000

yeah...I do like the beers. Every now and then I get a little caught up in blahblahblah to get in enough reviews, but I hope to get more done, along with the prerequisite beering.

Re: conservative characteristics

rick — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 02:41:00 -0000

just seeing if you're still out there ;) It's mostly just fun that such an article is out there. While I don't agree with the strength of your argument, it wasn't one that I found convincing so much as interesting. It does feel like a retrofit job though, doesn't it? Still...it's a good read, a different way of looking at the 'problem', and strikes me as having a bit of truth.

Re: funky day

rick — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:37:36 -0000

that's too bad...I thought it might be a weekly tune-in for me. I'll drop a line, tho. Yeah, I got a fair amount done around the house also, but nothing of play-structure magnitude...more like switch replacement, cleaning, blind fixing, and a bunch of yardwork.

Re: He’s a Winter

rick — Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:32:20 -0000

whoa, my blogging s/w whigged out and posted like 10 copies of this (must've really thought it was good ;). So I delete the spares, there were no comments but if you were in the process of commenting they may've been lost if it was one I deleted.

Re: new me

rick — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:06:27 -0000

I'll give it ago...it's one day only, and a pretty full one at that, but I think I might be able to squeeze a little beer in amidst the coachin kiddies, company picnic, and house-warming I'm s'posed to go to on saturday. mmmm...beeer

Re: Bumper Sticker Philosophy

rick — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:06:01 -0000

I had my alma mater 'round my license plate for awhile, and even salvaged the frame when the car threw a rod, but haven't stuck it back on. But that's not why I'm replying. I'm replying because I really really want a 'Dog is my co-pilot' bumper sticker so if you know where they are or just want to mail me one, you'll be a butt-kicker either way, and I'll happily hook you with a pint of my favorite beer, or yours, whatever. cheers.

Re: no time

rick — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:57:49 -0000

brett...I'm sorry, this time your comment was deleted...totally accidentally tho! Someone was kind enough to leave a useless list of porn keywords and links right below yours, I went to delete and blammo, wrong one. So sorry!

Re: meat product

rick — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:08:11 -0000

funny...I actually had cut this post somewhat shorter than its original, in which I would have made a few of those points, though I don't agree with all of them:
1) true
2) true. One of the earlier arguments against spam was that it levees the cost of advertisement onto the advertisee though. This is not as apparently true in this time of aol and netzero static pricing, but we still do pay a price. And in other countries where the internet is not as prevalent there is a more noticable bandwidth and cost issue.
3) true, amazingly
4) I agree completely. Mostly. I don't recall cold-calls to the effect, do you enjoy candlelight dinners? Well, how about sticking a candle...? Really. I used to work as abusemaster (best title ever!) for an ISP, which is where I got many of my views on spam. There were some people who would go through the trouble of forwarding all of their spam to me. All five per day.
So I'm in agreement about the elitistness of the anti-spam movement. Honestly, I believe that unsolicited email is one of the great instruments that could be used by small businesses to compete with the conglomerates. Unfortunately, as it stands now it is horribly targeted. Sending viagra ads to kids, penis enlargement ads to lesbians, spam is totally without prejudice.
The reason that people don't get worked up about a large visible company sending mail is that they know that they most likely signed up for it. Also, there's some assurance that a request to be removed will be honored. On the other hand, there are so many scams and false ads, the nobodies out there are damaged because of tactics like using unsubscribe lists to verify email addresses.

Re: pink meat product

rick — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:46:49 -0000

I had never gotten blog spam before yesterday...oh, maybe a few here and there, but holy crap, this is frickin outrageous. I've gotten two complimenting this post already, which, whilie I appreciated the irony, was just too much.

Re: maybe?

rick — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 02:07:53 -0000

heh. say the headline out loud ;)

Re: snow crash

rick — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:31:40 -0000

you two are next. punks.

Re: Concordia Ale House

rick — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:54:53 -0000

yep, no smoking there. I think that's a good thing too!

Re: Concordia Ale House

rick — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:49:38 -0000

The Mash Tun, eh? Is that going in where the Ole Ole Cafe was at? That's such a great location, too bad the cafe didn't meet standards...they had very poor planning on their beer and liquor permits, and I felt the menu didn't offer much excitement.

Re: Concordia Ale House

rick — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:58:19 -0000

That's too bad...I think they're still ironing out a few wrinkles in their service, but it's probably just a result of being super new. I happened upon them again this evening and was pleased to find Stone's Ruination (double) IPA added to their tap list. Holy crap that's a good beer. But anyway, I'd recommend hitting the bar to make your beer orders for the time being, they are very knowledgable about beers and more than happy to offer up samples. Also, I had a burger there last week, the firehouse or something, and it was f'ing fantastic. The service wasn't bad either...like I said, a few wrinkles, but well intentioned.

Re: Everyday Wine

rick — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:52:51 -0000

cool! I'll certainly link you. Maybe we should grab a pint at one of the local spots and figure out how/if a collaboration would work...browsing your site, it looks like we have some similar interests. cheers.

Re: Elysian Avatar and Pelican India Pelican Ale

rick — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:43:17 -0000

heh. They're in Seattle, I've enjoyed several of their beers in the past. I hope y'all got out there, cuz my local New Seasons sold out of 'em tonite when I walked out with a case and 2 chilled bottles. That's the on on 33rd and Killingsworth, just so's you don't waste your time. And yo-manda, I'll hook you up.

Re: Zaytoon’s

rick — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:39:13 -0000

I don't understand why alberta is constantly targeted as a place of gentrification when its development has happened organically, whereas Mississippi whose development has been forced never has that word attached. Of course we can always debate whether taking boarded up shops and turning them into nice places is a bad thing. Also, the WW really pissed me off in their Finder, because that's all they talked about in reference to Alberta (I think they've maybe made some amends in the latest issue but I haven't read it), with this classic statement (roughly) -- 'what kind of diversity is it to have Earl's barbershop next to a make your own pottery place' . Well if you have to ask that question you're a friggin moron and should go back to being a sophomore because you were probably a better writer then. Not ranting at you Bill, but you reminded me of a sensitive spot the WW poked awhile ago.

Re: lunch soccer

rick — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:24:53 -0000

I'm no keeper, but I know 1 or 2. Keepers are like drummers in some strange way...totally different breed, a bit mercenary, in demand. I will recommend Craig's List, I've gotten replies very quickly. Also, I'll float it around to the few I know.

Re: Roller Friggin Derby!

rick — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:51:30 -0000

I don't know of any homepage that they have, but I do have a friend in it, so I can keep you posted about the Rose City Rollers. cheers.

Re: Broomball bday

rick — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:33:57 -0000

isn't that always the best part?

Re: The Sandy Hut

rick — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:47:01 -0000

have I seen you there before?

Re: Arrested Arrested

rick — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:43:45 -0000

jimmy jojo, I couldn't view it through your website, but it's a wmv and I just downloaded it from them directly: http://www.transbuddha.com/7GXf5D9YIFHQmlh/alph...

Leave a comment if that fails y'all too and I'll make it available from here.

Re: GDST D-2 Champs!

rick — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:00:33 -0000

you know it toots!

Re: Windows Tips I - users and security in XP

rick — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 22:12:21 -0000

My point is similar, but a bit more subtle perhaps. I'm not worried about others accessing your files by sitting down at the computer, but more about your computer accessing files on your computer, or you accessing your files without realizing it. Basically a worm (or other green meanie) executed on your computer is a lot less damaging if it is not executed as an admin user, so use the admin user as little as possible.

Re: Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale

rick — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:28:41 -0000

quite tasty...I saw some bottles left at John's Markey out in Multnomah Village.

Re: Windows Tips II - software roundup

rick — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:42:47 -0000

amazingly, several of these tools (openoffice, ad-aware, firefox, thunderbird and more) work just like you'd expect a windows app to work, easy UI, functional, but with the additional bonuses of being cheaper/more powerful/more compliant. Give them a shot, you won't be disappointed! I tried to be clear where an app might require a bit more of a learning curve.

Open source applications have made huge strides over the last several years, as commercial office apps have been experiencing diminishing returns. Plus, having been built on open standards, the open source software is far more agile.

Re: Windows Tips II - software roundup

rick — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:05:26 -0000

wow. punk. I'm looking forward to being astounded now ;)

Re: The Pig-n-Ford

rick — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:06:33 -0000

sorry, not sure. the link in the article, www.pig-n-ford.com was the best that I could find.

Re: Rick’s busy day

rick — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:32:18 -0000

sweet nader! Honestly, skiing is really quite fun, but I like to play hard, and good falls are a common outcome of that. Hangovers tend to be also ;)

Re: wax job?

rick — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:48:10 -0000

test

Re: wax job?

rick — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:55:44 -0000

test2. testing various spamblocking tools.

Re: Czech vs. Italy tickets!

rick — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:53:23 -0000

lucky I guess, my German buddy knew someone who knew someone who had two tickets they weren't going to use, and they were good enough to sell them at cost. Sweet seats too, AOL stadium, at the half line, fairly high up but a great view of the field.

Re: Abstract probability and the World Cup champion

rick — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:36:20 -0000

don't cry for yourself argentina! That will be a helluva game and a battle of two very different sides that are high quality. Germany is looking pretty strong as well and I am confident that they can shut down Argentina's offense long enough to sneak in a goal.

Re: scared kitty

rick — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:51:50 -0000

alright, so I'm now the #1 repository for "You make kitty scared" and it's taking quite a bit of traffic. Beer drinker gets plenty from the internet community, so I'll keep holding onto it. BUT I've lowered the quality of this pic...saves me about 10KB per transfer which is more than it sounds like. You can still get the original at http://www.beerdrinker.org/scared_kitty_orig.jpg. Don't tell the myspacers ;)

Re: Disaster Strikes

rick — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:30:41 -0000

links to this picture are eating too much bandwidth as explained here.

Follow that link if you'd like the original, but you'll have to read it.

Re: Bum toe

rick — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:51:55 -0000

wow. This post was a doozy...hopped up on vicodin was right. Doing a lot better now, a lot less pain, so a lot less medicine.

Re: Concordia Ale House

rick — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:52:14 -0000

I actually just ate there the other night. It was late, so we were limited to the bar menu, which is pretty good. Once again, I was pleased. N and I split a club sandwich with onion rings. The club was excellent, and the rings were crispy and tasty. But I was really hungry, so who really knows...all I can say is that I've always had good food experiences there, though I've heard some complaints.

Re: on the size of government

rick — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:02:14 -0000

It's not nonsense at all. Look at what's happenened to radio. Insufficient regulation has led to massive consolidation of stations into a tiny handful of parent corporations (primarily Viacom and Clear Channel).

Maybe it would be a bit easier to stomach with a sports analogy. Sports have rules. Say football, which has tons of them. The rules exist for many reasons, but primarily they exist to promote competition. If they broke Peyton Manning's knee every time he stepped on the field, or if the Raiders put 150 receivers on the field, it wouldn't be very competitive.

And we need to pay the referee to show up and blow the whistle.

Monopolies are the outcome of deregulation, and they are the antithesis of competition. Just like cultural anarchy, economic anarchy is a beautiful ideal but one that cannot be successful on any but the smallest of scales.

Re: I broke my wrist

rick — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:46:52 -0000

It really took this to convince you? btw...I think I saw you driving south shortly before the event.

Re: Full Sail LTD Limited Light Lager

rick — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:16:33 -0000

I'm pleased with it. Session is aptly named, and suits me when I'm in the mood for a commodity beer. The LTD is a pleasant lager, a lot less dry than a european pilsner, and pretty drinkable.

I also think it's a timely move for them in Oregon's competitive brewing industry. Session was well-positioned after Olympia short-sightedly discontinued their stubbies, and it paved the way for additional lagered efforts.

Without the lagers, I feel that Full Sail was falling beihind. Their ales don't stand out much among all the newer breweries, though we all seem to have at least one Full Sail old standby.

So it's a good move, though I'm with you and like the Oregon norm. It's nice to be able to step outside it.

Re: still light

rick — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:29:06 -0000

It's off. Still kinda funky. Wrist no worky, gotta go to PT.

Re: Cool Runnings Cafe

rick — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:29:44 -0000

You let me know when you do, I'll be looking forward to it! Thanks for the good times and the great food.

Re: Lagunitas Kill Ugly Radio

rick — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:57:05 -0000

yeah, I picked it up in Portland, OR.

Re: Upgrade!

rick — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:57:39 -0000

woops....looks a lot like yours, except for the 3-column. After a fair amount of theme-search, it was the cleanest one that did what I wanted.

cheers!

Re: Bigtime rollout

rick — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:46:40 -0000

it worked fairly out of the box for me. Create a new page with template archive. If that doesn't work , maybe the archive.php file you have is buggy. Let me know I'll send you the one that came with mine.

Re: Broom freakin ball

rick — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:05:21 -0000

I'm in ;)

After you comment, I have to approve your comment (helps prevent spam) so it won't show immediately.

And your email address stays private.

Re: Bigtime rollout

rick — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:50:38 -0000

thanks ;) I'm the guy with the unicorn hat. And that's my dog (augie) with the sweet brown eyebrows.

Re: St. Peter’s English Ale

rick — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:23:44 -0000

thanks! I'm planning to feature at least a beer a week. This photo wasn't as good as I'd like, but I think I captured the beer pretty well. Still working on that a bit.

Re: Is google losing their edge?

rick — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:06:52 -0000

I suppose based on their stock price today most of the world would disagree, but I don't usually call financial firms for computer advice.

Re: NaNoReMo

rick — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:23:19 -0000

heh...I'm already behind too, but I did manage to get through chapter 1.

Re: It always has to be the wrong way

rick — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:44:38 -0000

she must have seen you channeling the accident faerie. I think we'd be safer if more driver's could talk on their cell phones more so they don't have to crane their heads to yell at somebody.

Re: It always has to be the wrong way

rick — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:32:18 -0000

I agree, it would be nice to have dedicated bike paths off the road. They have them all over Europe and in places in NYC. But that's not really feasible right now, since for some reason people complain even about their tax money going to the paint necessary to create bike paths.

I feel that I'm against the grain on compaints about cyclists "running" stop signs and red lights. I do not think that is the problem, and I would bet that only a tiny fraction of bike-related incidents are a result of this. Stop signs should work like yield signs, and stoplights should work like stop signs.

My feeling is that bikes are more like pedestrians than cars, since that's where they reside on the kill or be killed scale. In a similar vein, I feel that slow moving bicycles on busy roads have no place there. In other words, don't impede traffic unless it's necessary.

Re: Imagine this

rick — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:51:38 -0000

well look who's back...and hitting the ground running I see.

Re: Further adventures of the Kentucky Colonel

rick — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:22:58 -0000

I like Ricky just fine. funny you just dropped by, I was over on yours just now.

Re: Winter beerfest

rick — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:05:50 -0000

yeah, I got there at 5pm yesterday, and it was packed. I got a mug and some chit against my better judgement, the line was terrible. The beer (Holy Diver) was tasty, but I drank it and left.

Re: 28 hours in Juneau. (part three: the Alaskan Brewing Co.)

rick — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:39:55 -0000

and be sure to drop a line if you're ever in portland, we'll help you find some tasty beers!

Re: Ignite Portland

rick — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:14:21 -0000

Yeah, it's pretty neat. Sorta like Paidea on speed (Reed thing). N's got her finger on the pulse of stuff like this all over PDX, and I try to stay fairly abreast of tech stuff, so this one wasn't too much of a stretch.

VF- totally. Or we could even checkout some eastside joint for vegan-friendliness...I like food. There's the vegan pho joint I mentioned, but many many other places.

Re: urban iditarod stalks beerdrinker

rick — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:01:05 -0000

believe me...I was tempted. But I was downtown to get things done, and I was on a roll. Plus I was still a bit sore from playing soccer ;)

Re: About beerdrinker.org

rick — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:00:01 -0000

broke my wrist last year, so it's just a shot of me being dumb. Thanks on the SJ shot, I thought it came out pretty neat ;)

Re: Moist Coalition

rick — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:40:28 -0000

I think I'll get the recap up tnite. Tons of photos!

Re: Minister Rick

rick — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:06:51 -0000

yep...ears of corn from the clam bake we did over the weekend.