Breathe

Stand before your fear and breathe God into that still quiet moment

Gravity

By being a Christian am I damning all unbelievers to hell? Let’s say we are on the very highest story of the Shanghai World Financial Center (the highest space able to be occupied in the world). For some strange reason you have no concept of gravity. You decide to break out a window and walk outside. If you do it after I explain gravity to you is it my fault you fall?

I am blessed

The other day I took Mack to a park - Wooten - very close to our neighborhood attached to a school. There were groups of parents sitting at several picnic tables watching kids run around on a playscape. Are area of town has a very large Mexican population. The first thing I noticed when we walked on the playground was we were the only white folk. Everyone sitting watching the kids was obviously Mexican. As we played and wandered around I noticed something else. I was the only man. All of the husband/father’s were at work. They have to work all day. They probably see their kids for a couple hours before they go to bed.

Sometimes I get frustrated with my life. I have practically no time for myself between working and watching Mack. Sometimes I forget how blessed I am to be spending those couple hours in the afternoon with my daughter.

Beer Beer Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink!

I’ve added several beers to my list while I was been away from blogging. Thought I’d give a quick synopsis just to bring things up to present.

Over a couple weeks I tried Live Oak Big Bark Amber, Samuel Adam’s Boston Lager, and Trader Joe’s Vienna Style Lager. All three are Vienna Style Lagers. The taste reminded me of Fort Worth and my original attempt at 200 beers. It’s hard for me to distinguish between them but they all get a great rating. Good beer.

What can I say about Shiner Bock? I’m sure all totaled I have drunk in excess of 200 different beers in my life. When confronted with a choice between Shiner and any one of them most times I will go with Shiner. It is just a really good beer.

As it is getting cooler here in Austin – sort of – I’ve turned to darker thicker beers. I had two of the best, Murphy’s Irish Red and Young’s Oatmeal Stout. All reds, including Murphy’s, have a bit of a bite. I certainly wouldn’t suggest it for someone that is not really into the taste of beer. I like that bite though. I rated it good. Young’s Oatmeal Stout is like Guinness but better in my opinion. I gave it a great.

The next time I was at the Saucer I tried Boulevard Lunar Ale. It’s a wheat beer and I was looking for something like the oatmeal stout above. It was not good. I actually rated it bad - which is rare for me. Wheat beer is kind of particular so I’ll probably give it another chance later. In case I just wasn’t in the mood for wheat beer.

Happy Drinking!