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Welcome Bjorn William

As many of you already know, Meghan and I had the incredible joy of welcoming our little boy, Bjorn William Anderson, into the world a few days ago on Thanksgiving evening. He is such an incredible, beautiful creation, and Meghan and I have been filled with such joy. At his birth, Bjorn weighed 9 lbs, 4 oz, and was 21.75 inches tall. Not a small guy! Thank you all so much for your calls, visits, and prayers. Mom, dad, and baby are all doing very well…except for a bit of fatigue on my and Meghan’s part. ;-)

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Bravia LCD commercial

Provided by my co-worker Kyle. Pretty cool video.

Bravia Commercial

Behind the Scenes

nice ad

Logic has a small office out in Vancouver, WA. When I was out there during the summer of ‘04, I very much enjoyed the wares of the Widmer brewing company. After seeing this ad, I respect the company even more:

Widmer Hefe Ad

when percussion students have too much time on their hands…

Mario Bros’ soundtrack on marimba.

Awesome.

Cider #2

Since my first attempt at making a hard cider turned out very well, I decided to take another hack at it. This time, the recipe’s a bit different:

Fermentables

  • 4.75 Gallons store-bought apple cider (cub brand)
  • 4 Cans Welch’s Frozen White Grape/Raspberry Juice
  • 2 Cans Old Orchard Frozen Cranberry Juice

Yeast

  • White Labs 570 - Belgian Golden Ale

Notes

  • 11/18/05 - Gave a 1-minute shot of oxygen and pitched yeast at 8:00PM. OG 1.060.
  • 11/19/05 - First signs of fermentation at 1200 today. Thin coat of foam covering the top of the cider at 2000.
  • 11/20/05 - At 1850, all the kreusen is gone, but fermentation is still roaring away. It’s bubbling about once every second and a half or so.
  • 12/6/05 - At 2130, racked to secondary. Current gravity is 1.006, making the current ABV 6.8%. Tasted pretty good, though there is still a ton of suspended yeast that skew the taste of the cider.
  • 03/24/06 - Bottled. Used 3/4 cup of corn sugar to prime. FG = 1.002, making this puppy 7.6%. Not too bad.