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Monday, February 18, 2013

To Do Lists and TIme Managment priority

To Do Lists, Time Management?!

What in your most important thing to do list today?


To do list image
Picture of daily to do list time management
A professor gave a lesson on time management. Making to do lists
In this lesson were small rocks, medium rocks, large rocks, sand and water.
He Had a vessels / jar.. Or he called it his to do list for time management.

To do lists are always too full?

The professor speaking on making to do list started putting large rocks into the Jar till it couldn't handle any more.  "Is the jar full?"  Students replied yes.

Then he took the medium rocks filled them to the top.  "Is the jar/ to do list full?"  Students replied yes.
Then he took the small rocks and filled it to the top.  "is the jar/to do list full?"  Students replied yes.
Then he took the sand filling space between rocks and asked:  Is the jar/to do list full?"  Students hands shot up and replied yes!
Then he took a pitcher of water filling the jar to the top. "is the jar/ to do list full?"  Students said yes.
He replied with a question about to do lists.  "Whats the lesson from here?"
A student shot up his hand saying.... "there's always more room in to do lists to be more productive!"  The professor said "no."
If I did not put in the large rocks first they would not have fit at all.

To Do list Time management lesson:!

In your to do lists and time management.  Always accomplish your most important to do list things first.  Take care of small tasks later.  (Remember devil is in the details)


Thanks for reading!
Turtle
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Get off your arse and experiment

Hey time to stop thinking of playing home scientist or epicurean or brew meister and do something about it. 
French bread never rises unless we mix the yeast first. 
The best craft bears in Colorado.
I've been learning more of the places that are known for their craft beers in Colorado.

First a primer on Beer glossary:
The Glossary: A primer on beer terms.  Basics from the videos. 
  • ABV: Alcohol by volume.  Any thing sold in Colrado commercial purchasing cant' be abover 3.2 for things like grocery stores. Anything more than 10 will knock you on your arse.
  • Barley is a type of grain commonly used in making malts.
  • Malt... is the grain that has been soaked in water to germinate and is heated to quickly stop germination.  This is what gives most diverse flavors in beer.
  • YEAST:  Key to much of beer.  Is a fungus that catalyses sugars into malt in alcohol and carbon dioxide.
    • this is what makes Golden, Colorado (Home of Coors/ Budweiser) smell delightful one part of the week and like rotten orange juice the next.   
    • Finally Hops using female hop plant flowers. (Flower power) is dried and used to provide beers' bitterness.  
      • Hence people calling a beer (Hopy)

Probably the best known beers in Colorado?
  • http://coloradobeer.org/
  • http://www.beerdrinkersguidetocolorado.com/ 
  • http://www.5280.com/magazine/2010/09/colorados-best-craft-beers 
    • Check 5280 magazine in internet and printfor Denver, CO scene info!
  •  Odell Brewery in FOrt Collins 90 Schilling 
  • Great Divide
  • Breckenridge Brewery
  • Avery Brewery in Boulder, CO

So anyone else have their favorite places/ or Home Brewing beers?  I found a great list of home brew beer recipes here .... Click Here!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Lets start home brewing!

Welcome to the Brew capital of the world! Colorado has more micro brews and breweries per capita than most of North America combined. Or so the brew masters of our famous craft beers say :) My fist lesson place was pretty amazing. Check out the article on my other blog HERE .  Do you like hearing / er reading interviews with the best in the business?  Than stay tuned and we will enjoy a tasty adventure for beer lovers!

I'll admit learning of brewing was pretty daunting with all of people's lingo/ jargon/ and crazy speech round Winter Park and Fort Collins, CO   Did you know Fat Tire was started there?!  Imagine people talking of my small home mountain town in the Guinness factory in Dublin! 
Check out this awesome course whether your a beginner or Advanced there's something for all steps and stages for the Brewster of Brewski.
 
homebrew videos
Awesome Brew Master sensei/ Teacher!
 Time to start this adventure together!