Brads World Land

Posted By Brad on July 2, 2009

El Ten Eleven - My Only Swerving.
Good Morning BWL’ers! (is that even a word)? How about good morning Brads World Landers?! Yeah, that’s much better. Well it’s New Music To Me Thursday’s and today I’m going to showcase a cool little diddy by El Ten Eleven and their song My New Swerving. I have to warn you though, this song contains no words. It’s something you might hear in a documentary or a surf movie showing a bunch of surfers driving down the coast of Africa in search of that perfect right. Oh, and did I mention it’s just two dudes putting this all together? Pretty cool shit.

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Tags: El Ten Eleven, Music, My Only Swerving

Posted By Brad on July 1, 2009

So my first attempt at home brew has not turned out so great(or at least I think). After a talk with some people and some research on the web forums I’ve determined that I left the wort in the carboy for too long. The dude at the home brew store told me 21 days, but everyone else says 7-10.

Since this is my first batch, of course I listened to the home brew guy and left the beer in the fermenter for 21 days, then bottled it. Next the guy tells me to bottle the beer for 7 days then it’s ready to drink. So 7 days later (yesterday) I open the bottle take a swig and it smelled like stale beer (although it was carbonated well), and tasted like it’s been in the carboy for way to long.

So long story short, don’t listen to the home brew supply guy. He’s got everything backwards. Let the wort ferment in the carboy for 7 days and let beer sit in the bottles for 21 days before drinking.

Also, I think I’m going straight for the keg next time. No more of this bottling crap. To much hassle, time, and sanitizing.

Stupid chunky Pilsner

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Tags: Droz Beer, Pilsner

Posted By Brad on June 26, 2009

Yesterday I became a 1st time Ebay seller and so far no bites. Since I work right behind a Goodwill I thought I should make the most of it and comb through the endless isles of some peoples junk, other peoples treasure to see if I could pick out something that would sell on Ebay with the goal being to raise money for my $500,000 lake home quest.

I found two items, a hand painted glass vase, and a fat Italian Wine holder guy thingy and paid $7.37 for both. I listed both of them on Ebay yesterday and so far they’ve received no hits, no views, nothing, nada. I’m contemplating changing the titles to say something relevant to Michael Jackson since he died last night. I bet that keyword is blowing up on Ebay today.

Here are the two items:
Fat Italian Wine Holder Guy Thingy

Hand Painted Glass Vase

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Tags: ebay

Posted By Brad on June 25, 2009

All right kids, we’re gonna club it out a bit with this edition of New Music Thursdays and a bad ass song called I’m Not Alone by Clavin Harris. This video below is actually a remix done by Deadmau5 but none-the-less it’s just as good if not better. This jam reminds me of long runs or a road-trip just getting stated, or a cloudy morning in San Diego, or a rainy morning commute on a Thursday. Either way you take it, it’s good.

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Tags: Calvin harris, Deadmau5, Music

Posted By Brad on June 24, 2009

Yep, that’s my goal in 5 years. Before I turn 36, I will own a lake home and I’m not talking about paying a mortgage here. I will own 100% of the home, paid in full. Current prices are pushing $400,000 so I did some initial calculations and I would need to save $8,333 per month to reach this goal. There however is just one problem, I don’t make close to that, yet alone have the capability to save $8,333 on top of my current salary. So I have a minor hill to climb. So what. No big deal. Now I just need to put a plan into place and start working towards that goal.

So what can I do to reach this goal? Ebay? Affiliate marketing? Blog? Consult? I’ve got a few things in motion but have a feeling these will take some time to develop into $8,333 per month generators. I’ll keep you posted on developments.

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Tags: Goals, Lake Home

Posted By Brad on June 23, 2009

I can’t take it anymore! Enough with the local news. For those who are around me during news hours (Mindy, Eli) know that I’m a loyal KETV News Watch 7 viewer. But it’s time I put an end to this most depressing hour of television. It all came to a climax yesterday after work when the entire news cast was about 1 fire, 2 killings, 2 robberies, a stabbing, 3 car wrecks, a prison break, and a kitten in a tree. ENOUGH I SAY! Enough of this depressing crap. I think I’m starting to build a strong case of anxiety and it might be taking over my life due to watching local news. There’s got to be a study on this somewhere. I can’t be the only one. Can I? From now on it’s all Family guy and Sports Center during the news hour.

Happy Happy Joy Joy

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Tags: Depression, Local News

Posted By Brad on June 22, 2009

So apparently more people read this than I thought and I’ve been getting a lot of crap lately since I haven’t posted anything for about 2 weeks (or maybe 3). You see, I’ve been busy on vacation and at weddings so I don’t have time to write. Ok, those are excuses and I suck. I get it. I’ll write more often and consistent. So where do I start today? Well it’s Monday and I’m super excited to sitting in beige cube. What color is your cube? If you’re not sitting in a cube, I hate you (I don’t actually HATE you, I just dislike you very, very much Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm).

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Posted By Brad on June 3, 2009

The other day I wrote a post about Eli and his big swimming adventure and how he was sleep walking/doggy paddle that same night. Well a good friend of mine directed me towards one of the funniest videos I have seen in a long time about a sleep walking dog. Check this out.

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Tags: Dog, Eli, Sleep Walking dog

Posted By Brad on June 2, 2009

When we first moved into our home in October we had all these vines growing around the side of our house and we just thought they were boring green vines. Well, fast forward into spring and it turns out we have a crap load of strawberries growing next to and around our home! I remember it like yesterday, we were talking about ripping out those weeds/vines around our house. Now I think we’ll keep them around for years to come. Knowing me, I’m going to try and find a way to make some money off these. Perhaps the Farmers Market?

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Tags: harvest, Home, plants, strawberries

Posted By Brad on June 1, 2009

Yesterday we decided to take Eli on a little adventure to Standing Bear Lake and we learned A LOT. We learned that Eli most likely has never been swimming before and this comes as quite a shock to us since he has all the natural hunting instincts like pointing, fetching (we had to teach him that), zig-zagging about 4 feet in front of us sniffing for birds, and pooping in neighbors driveways.

So as we went on a 3 mile hike, we found nice little beach/muddy entrance to the lake and thought to ourselves, there is no better time then now to see if Eli likes the water. So I pulled out the first tennis ball, bounced it around a couple times to get Eli excited then threw it out into the water. Eli took off and sprang right into the water, then sank right down to the bottom.

Fortunately, he surfaced quickly with the ball in mouth then started to doggy paddle (not sure I would call it that) back to the shore. He had the look of “oh shit, what just happened” in his eyes the whole swim back. It was probably the funniest dog moment we’ve had with Eli.

Alright, so he did it! Here comes throw number 2!

One bounce, then another, then a toss into the lake. Plop!

And there it sat. Floating away as Eli was now to scared to swim after the ball. He tip toed just until his belly hit the water, then would scamper back to us with excitement as if to say, “aren’t you guys going to get my ball”?

The answer was nope. Go get your ball Eli. Go get it.

So after about 1o minuets of watching the tennis ball float away, I decided to try ball #2. Yeah! I have another ball! Woo Hooo!

One bounce, two bounces, then a toss. Plop!

Eli took off after the ball in a rush! Then turned on the brakes and tip toed in the water just enough so he could still touch the bottom. The ball was in reach and then he stretched just far enough to snap at the ball but he missed and pushed it out farther. One last effort ended up short and that’s all he wrote. 2 tennis balls lost forever

Eli didn’t seem to mind though and we like to think that trip was filled with fun experiences for him. That night as he was tuckered out, he was having a dream and we could see him doing the doggy paddle in his sleep. Quite a priceless moment and day.

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Tags: ball, Dog, doggy paddle, Eli, swimming