Preparation: Go Packers

Preparation is a key to success. As the Green Bay Packers prepare to dominate the Atlanta Falcons, I had a dream of finding a dead Falcon. It looked as if it had drove straight down into the ground.

Do not think like or talk about how “I hope the Packers win.” “I think they have a chance.” Just visualize success. Visualize the Packers dominating the Falcons both offensively and defensively. No more of this maybe talk. The next Super Bowl Champions are on TV tomorrow. 100% truth.

Here is something for the Atlanta Falcons.

As my family got together before the Packers Cowboys game last week I said, “Micah Hyde is going to have a big game.” Actually, that is a paraphrase. I have forgotten my exact words, something about ‘pivotal’ or ‘play maker’ but you can confirm my prediction with any one of four of my brothers. An early sack and key interception when the Cowboys were driving. Oh yeah.

HaHa is going to dominate tomorrow.

So my predicted blowout of the Cowboys did not come to pass. If not for Aaron Rodgers throwing an interception…

Maybe…

Perhaps Aaron Rodgers did not like my theory on why he played so glossy eyed and dull early in the season. Did you see that hit Aaron Rodgers took in the final minute? Identical to two he took earlier in the season with a completely different outcome and look in his eyes.

Visualize you Packer fans. Believe. Let not your heart be troubled.

We all have a bit of prepper inside of us. We did not particularly like our pole beans this last season so we let many of them dry out; go to seed. It made them easier to find too. My brother says it is the bush beans that are good eating, but perhaps the pole beans will be good as baked beans. It is also a crop that can take you through the Winter without spoiling. It is not easy to grow grains on a city lot.

Pole Beans and Bush Beans are quite different. They do not share the same companion plants; plants that are beneficial to each other when planted together.

You can dry can rice as a survival food. My wife claims fifty pounds of rice will last us six months. Maybe for one meal a day. You heat the rice up in open mason jars to get rid of any moisture and kill any bug eggs or larva. After, put the lids on while still hot. It cools to a very tight seal.

Still planning next season garden and looking to buy more seeds. Also easing into a fitness routine. It is in my head.

…Visualize.

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Under Pressure

Yes, I am producing Kombucha again. The Summer months are too warm (we do not have sufficient air conditioning) and we have bugs from the garden and Peach tree that are hard to manage when trying to ferment Kombucha. I tried to start a new SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast) with a store bought Kombucha and some Red Bull. My brother had mentioned he store some excess Red Bull in a Kombucha bottle and a SCOBY formed very quickly.

I could make a comment here, but I will pass.

I added some sweet tea after a few days of nothing happening and then a nice SCOBY formed.

And speaking of passing, what about those Green Bay Packers? A see a three-peat coming. The Dallas Cowboys have not faced any real pressure in a long time. They are mostly young, never having played in a playoff game. I see the Packers wiping the field with them.

And remember when you bottle your Kombucha you need pressure rated bottles or they will explode and you will lose everything, like the Cowboys will tomorrow. I’m starting to build up quite a supply of Kombucha. Anyone of you from Metro or otherwise that I would recognize is welcome to stop by and try some. The doorbell does not work.

We had our annual cookout this past year, for the first time in many years. It was in October, but I had to get it in. Finances gave kept us a bit frugal for several years but we are starting to step out once more. I had fresh bratwurst and polish sausage. Great foods to enjoy at a football game, like this one where the Packers annihilate the Cowboys.

Bratwurst, or the Polish for that matter, need no condiments. I cringe when I see people putting ketchup on a bratwurst, like I am sure I will cringe at how the Cowboys are set upon by the Packers. It is not easy to watch even your opponent being humiliated.

But there is a condiment of my own making that is the only acceptable condiment for a bratwurst. That is the peach relish we made and canned in 2015.

We all await to relish in a Green Bay Packer’s victory.

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Ready, Set, GOal

It is that time of year again. My goals or resolutions for this new year of 2017 are not finalized. They are being evaluated and will be made with the clear intent of them being achieved.

Now if you just want to GO, in this year of 2017, this weekend is full of places to start. Events meant to test your fitness of not only body but mind are many.

This Thursday the Lapham Peak Fat Bike Race Series is said to be a go. Do not let the man on crutches dissuade you. Pot luck means food. Lights are required. The race starts at 7:30 but from 5:30, a glorious two hours before race time, you can demo a Surly Fat Bike for free. I like ice cream.

Saturday everything starts and ends with the Hugh Jass. Waukesha is the city, Minooka is the park, flannel is what you wear for extra style points. It doesn’t get any crazier. I would be there if I had the time, or maybe if I was just one of those cool kids.

Wheel and Sprocket is also hosting Monday Night Fat Bike Group Rides.

Metro Mountain Bikers Winter Social ride, I believe this is the first, Will be Saturday January 21. Ride around or across Muskego Lake depending on how much beer…, I mean the weather. Something called the Pack N Brew is the tentative starting gate. 10:00 AM sharp. A lunch stop is planned.

On February 4th The Frosty Hog may be the race for you. It is a relay, so you do not need a Fat Bike. You just need to convince someone with a Fat Bike that they want you on their team. …Anyone? I’m right here. Sitting by myself.

Good things come to those who wait. The Sweaty Yeti, that old school, real man’s race is part of the great Yeti Fest; February 24th to 26th. It will be held at one of the most beautiful sites Wisconsin has to offer, Levi Mounds State Park.  The Yellowstone Sasquatches will not be in attendance. Yes, the National Park Service has caught up to six sasquatches at a time this last Christmas on their live feed cameras. The Park Service pans away from Sasquatch, AKA Big Foot (would more than one be Big Feet or Big Foots?) or the Forest People as some call them, when they recognize them on their live feeds. Still some have recorded the action on other devices.

All the airlines claimed height restrictions when the Sasquatch clan tried to catch a flight to Wisconsin. You really do not want to tell a Sasquatch that they stink.

Stay busy my friends.

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Giants Among Us

No, I am not referring to the New York Giants coming to play the Green Bay Packers here in Wisconsin tomorrow. I write now of true giants, known to many but seen by few.

No, I do not mean cyclocross racers either.

I am writing of the Sasquatch. There is a guy in Ontario who has recordings of Sasquatch calling for him by name. Which begs the question; If they can talk can they play football? If Sasquatch were intelligent enough to play in the NFL the current players would know what it would feel like for a woman to play, if the NFL ever allowed woman to play.

Intelligence wise, I imagine, Sasquatch would most likely be more prone to play in the Canadian Football League. They could name a team after themselves, eh.

But what of Aaron Rodgers? I have a theory as to why he looked like a deer caught in the headlights early in the season, fumbling the ball in the backfield twice. It was his diet. Or rather his girl friend who put him on his diet. You need fats and even proteins for that brain to fire on all cylinders. Good thing he decided on MVP awards, Titles and Super Bowl rings over being spoon fed by his girl friend. That is my theory anyway. It is not kosher to criticize those all too fashionable pop culture diets on National Television so everyone kept it hush hush.

I doubt, however, that the NFL will ever let Sasquatch play for one of their teams, no matter how intelligent. And they must be very intelligent. Why would they keep themselves hidden so well if they did not know how truly ugly they are? If knowing you are ugly is not a sign of true intelligence, I do not know what is.

Still, I bet the Green Bay Packers can make Eli Manning feel like a woman playing in the NFL.

But this Blog is not about cryptids, its main focus is mountain biking. HASTPA sponsors many mountain bike events in the Himalayas. The time to plan for such a major excursion is now, and if you should come across the abdominal snowman  while you are there, say “Hello.” for Sasquatch.

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Merry Christmas

I said to my wife after we finished our Friday sales before Christmas, “Nothing left but Christmas.” The cards were sent out, gifts bought and the pressures of the season melted away with that thought, “Nothing left but Christmas.”

With three more days of the season before us we can always find Christmas music on Pandora as the radio abandoned the season early. With so many HD broadcast stations having showed older better quality Christmas shows why does anyone need cable?

I generally find the older the better  as far as Christmas music goes. I was disappointed the music on the radio did not trend more and more religious as The Day approached. At least no one had to hear me sing, except at church, and they are supposed to be of a forgiving nature.

We went to our own Church Christmas Eve. I saw an inspiring show at home put on by Berea College after the local TV news before my wife cut over to Cardinal Dolan’s sermon at St. Patrick’s in New York. Sermon time was the best time as we already heard the common readings at our own Church.

Do you know Berea College seeks students who cannot afford a college education?

I guess the young ones need gifts but everyone has so much already. The materialism I find disillusioning.

I received “The Urban Farmer” book for Christmas. It is chuck full of useful information. …I just thought it would be bigger.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone.

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