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Peter Mack

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About Me

You can count the seeds in an apple, but you can't count the apples in the seed... braumeisterpete
Read my 2nd Degree Blogs Where I work: Midwest Supplies

My Interests

family, friends, biking, music, experimental and historical brewing (beer), brewing beer, running, biking, reading, being fascinated, photography, live and local music, 89.3FM, radio k, MPR KNOW 91.1FM, , This American Life, expanding my musical instrument collection (not in any particular order), conversation, programming, mathematics, physics, philosophy, duty free, landmark education

I'd like to meet:

, , Daniel Quinn, the old sage, james joyce, dylan thomas, albert einstein, abe lincoln, rasputin, vincent van gogh, ghandi, albert camus

Music:

.. "right" andrew bird. aimee mann. apryl electra. bettie serveert. billy bragg. bitch 'n' brown. blue label. bob dylan. built to spill. calexico. cowboy junkies. dan israel. dan wilson. david bowie. david byrne. doug martsch. elliot smith. elvis costello. faux jean. forth on the floor. freedy johnston. friends like these. gang of four. gillian welch. golden smog. hank III. honeydogs. hookers n blow. husker dü. iffy. ike reilly and the assassination. james apollo (and crew - nate you rock). jay farrar. jeff tweedy. jessy greene. jim white. jimmy dale gilmore. joanna james. john hiatt. johnny cash. josh rouse. kathleen edwards. kraig johnson and the program. leonna naess. liz phair. los lobos. loose fur. loretta lynn. lucinda williams. mark mallman. mason jennings. matt wilson. matthew sweet. metric. minus5. mike gunther and his restless souls. neil young. neko case. nigel kennedy. nick lowe. ol' yeller. pain relievaz. paul westerberg. pixies. q5. quintessential. radiohead. rich mattson. romantica. run westy run. ryan adams. sara lee guthrie. semisonic. sideways. sigur ros. son volt. soul asylum. spoon. srv. steve earle. sugar. supersuckers. the cars. the delgados. the flatlanders. the flops. the idle hands (get some fucking ventilation). the jayhawks. the melismatics. the new standards. the owls. the pages. the pain relievaz. the redwalls. the replacements. the shins. the spring collection. the strokes. the wrens. trip shakespeare. uncle tupelo. whiskeytown. white stripes. wilco.

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, Shakespeare in Love, Cohen Bro films, Fight Club, Office Space, Clerks, Ferris Bueler's Day Off, Good Will Hunting, When Harry Met Sally, The Full Monte, i heart huckabees, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, I'm Trying to Break Your Heart, Come Feel Me Tremble, LA Confidential, Drop Dead Fred, Garden State, The Last Word, What the *$%! Do We Know, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Warriors, High Fidelity, Tripletts of Belleville, Harold and Maude, The Corporation, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,

Television:

Simpsons, Six Feet Under, Futurama, Conan O'Brien, SNL, Project Runway, Iron Chef, Nova, Austin City Limits

Books:

Ishmael, Don Quixote, Designing Great Beers, Porter, McCarthy's Bar, Children of God Go Bowling, About a Boy, The Plague, Heart of Darkness, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Morte D'Urban, North of Hope, Oh The Places You'll Go, Go! Dog Go!, The Giving Tree, The Star Thrower, Cry the Beloved Country, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Brewing Up a Business

Heroes:

Mom, Dad, Sam Calagione, Paul Westerberg, Ryan Adams, Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar, Colin Mullen, Apryl Electra, Kate Conzemius, Mary Sue, Laura, Chris, Jessy Greene, Joanna James, Omar Ansari

My Blog

Hops Scare Blog

Phil Miller, an Economics PhD from Mankato recently called us up at Midwest Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies to inquire about the latest increased prices on hops due to a worldwide hop supply short...
Posted by Peter Mack on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:17:00 PST

Damn this IPA is good!

Don't mind me.  I'm just tooting my own horn. Finally got around to putting an IPA I made over Corn Capital Days in the ol' home town of Olivia late July.  It's quite good!  Chinook and...
Posted by Peter Mack on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:22:00 PST

Beer Beer Beer!

Mmmm...beer. So I've actually got enough beer hanging out that I can start brewing some forward thinking batches.  I'm going to take a run at some "big" beers and lagers.  So here's my brewi...
Posted by Peter Mack on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:17:00 PST

Got Teat Dip?

http://www.allivet.com/Teat-Udder-s/121.htmThis is the kind of thing we do to otherwise peaceful animals, so we can feed children friggin' fruit loops in the morning, and pave the way for diabetes and...
Posted by Peter Mack on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:35:00 PST

6666 Views

I'm scared for my life!  Not really...
Posted by Peter Mack on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:56:00 PST

Latest Blog

New blog up at www.2nddegree.blogspot.com.
Posted by Peter Mack on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:24:00 PST

House of Large Possibilities

New blog posted at: 2nddegree.blogspot.comCheck it out!...
Posted by Peter Mack on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:30:00 PST

Hektor!

Holy cool!!!  I need Hektor to come decorate my house urban-style...http://www.hektor.ch/...
Posted by Peter Mack on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:51:00 PST

Ho moaner

Barring any seriously negative reports from a forthcoming inspection......this is my new home March 30....
Posted by Peter Mack on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:44:00 PST

HOLY BURRITO!!!

I just ate one of my regular burritos at Chipotle.  Here's what I got out of it!!!The Petey Burrito:Vegetarian Burrito w/     Rice     Black Beans    ...
Posted by Peter Mack on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:59:00 PST