Do you blend your homebrew or commercial brewed beers at home?

I do.
It started as just a way to use up near empty bottles after a drinking session. I would pour several kinds of beer into a glass and drink up. It has become a sort of extended habit.

LOL-Yes.
I suppose I did so in much the same way as you. Why waste it? Although it is not a regular practice I have blended for the purpose of a "short-cut" of pinpointing a beer with the flavors I want. It is usually a very strange and awkward flavor profile but sometimes it is palatable. Yet, I have never been able to reproduce the blended beers.

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February 5th, 2010 - 3 Responses

Are you really happy around your mate if you had to hide your bad habbits?

I figure, if you are living with your mate for a while, you should be comfortable with accepting their bodily functions, i.e farting, picking yoru nose, etc.

If you had to hide these basics, are you really happy?

I tend to disaggreee. I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost 5 years. We love each other. Our personalities are very real and upfront, but as far as bodily functions go…we don’t tend to display them so publicly. I mean, i know he has his "morning glories", he knows i’m the "constipated girlfriend", and so on and so forth…but there’s an appropriate way of being who we are, while still being respectful. Would you go to a family function and fart your way accross the living room? No! Not because you’re "not being yourself," but simply because you respect the fact that nobody wants to eat and suffer at the same time. That’s all it is to it! I know he picks his nose…it bothers the heck outta me. I jst smack his hand and say, "eww, do u mind?" And he’s happy and comfortable as can be.

February 5th, 2010 - 4 Responses

what are the chances of an 18-yr. old student in college breaking the habit of procrastination?

well, the question pretty much says it. to bring it down to home i am the student in question. i procrastinate so badly i have a 7-page, 5-academic-source-requirement research paper due in about a day and, going on my history, i probably won’t end up starting it- yes, starting it- until the morning it’s due. lol. so, what are the general statistics for breaking ingrained, bad habits? i’d like to know my odds of overcoming it according to the status quo

8 Steps to defeat procrastination:

1.Pick one area in which you find procrastination most annoying (homework, studying for tests)
2.Begin small and progress as you experience success. Be patient. Establish your own deadlines. Be realistic in setting a timetable.
3.Break the project into smaller parts. Chip away at it in small bites. Don’t wait for that “big chunk” of time.
4.Set a definite beginning time. You must break the inertia of inactivity. If getting started is especially troublesome, set a time for 10 or 15 minutes. Commit yourself to doing something on the project until the timer rings. Then you can decide whether to stop or continue. Chances are you will gain momentum and continue after the timer stops. If not, try another 10 minutes later in the day.
5.Do the most important things first. Avoid the distractions of the trivial and routine tasks when a higher priority job is waiting in the wings. Examining each task in light of your goals will help you set priorities.
6.Reward yourself for completing parts of a major task. It may be something as a 10-minute walk, a Coke, or a call. Contract with yourself for a big reward for completion of important tasks. A pizza, sleeping extra late on a weekend, or shopping for something may help motivate you to complete the job. Be nice to yourself.
7.Avoid perfectionism. Excellence is a sufficient level of performance for most things in life, and for many tasks (a new hobby, cleaning your room) adequacy is all that is necessary. Give yourself permission to be less than perfect. A good garden may have some weeds. You might double the amount of time spent typing a paper, attempting to get the spelling perfect. Could that extra time be better spent in another activity which will better help your grades? Probably so.
8.Procrastination is a learned habit, and can supplanted with a more constructive habit, giving your greater control over your life. If procrastination has limited your achievements, do something about it now!

February 5th, 2010 - 3 Responses