A Bearded Newbie

My ascension to becoming a god (lower case "g") has started. I now have a follower. So starting from last week to now: I finished my student teaching, which is nice. I got hired at the school district to substitute teach. I also am in the process of getting hired at a tutoring center where I'll be an independent contractor, they will give me students and I will go to their house to tutor them. I also am going to work at Bootleggers Brewery , doing some work to help out the master brewer. Speaking of beer: Saturday January 24th, was the second anniversery of Sky Scrapper Brewing Company in El Monte. I had previously met Phil and his wonder wife (sorry I forgot your name) at the Mammoth Festival of Beer and Bluesapalooza, where Bootleggers set up their table across from theirs. Cara, Danny and I showed up about a half an hour after it started and there were already about 30 folks there. We paid our $10 and got a cup. The event was running smoothly with music for ...

My wonderful girlfriend and I went to have an early morning, 6:15 AM, breakfast this morning. I had a breakfast sandwich, egg, ham, cheese. We also planned out the day. I will look for jobs, she watch TV and then we will go to the 2nd anniversary of Sky Scraper Brewery in L.A. I will post again, with pictures, of that event! Also, The Siebel institute is having a give away for a beer course. This is big serious stuff. The Seibel Institute seems to be the premier brewing education location. Draft magazine is giving way a two courses . It is a written entry form of 250 words or less. I am doing it! Here is my small essay: I want to win this contest because I am a life long learner. I am a teacher of English and I will never stop learning. I am also a home brewer, with about 20 batches under my belt. I want to win this contest to simply learn more. With teaching I have found the best way to learn something is to teach it and share it. What is better in life than to share beer...

Last Sunday, watching football, I used my smoker to smoke some salmon and trout. The salmon was a maple orange zest brine and the trout was a simple brown sugar brine. I smoked about a pound and a half total and have lots of left overs. This morning I made a quesodilla with egg, monterey jack cheese, avocado, and the smoked fish, in a flour tortilla. Mmmm it was good.