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Tags: europe, military, norway

...but it's pretty cool!

Tags: italy, ivy

For the "oh why the hell not" factor of it, I'm going to drink my way through Barefoot's offerings. Tonight I had the Chardonnay.

Color: light straw
Sniff Test: Lots of green apple notes and a hint of vanilla.
First Impressions: Very fruity green apples upfront, some peachy and pineapple notes on the middle that drops off suddenly and leads to some tartness with a bit of vanilla creaminess on the end. Mouthfeel is not thin nor is it particularly lush or creamy. I'm guessing that this is a blend of wines both oaked or unoaked, or that it's only lightly oaked.

Mid way through, as the wine got a little warmer, there was a tart, slightly metallic taste on the back end.*

It did pair pretty well with the chicken cordon blue-ish dish I made for dinner.

While this is not the worst Chardonnay I've had, I will say that it was clearly Chardonnay. I think it would be better if it were properly oaked or completely un-oaked. Right now this middle approach means it's got a bit of a split personality -- and the intense green apples up front don't really jybe with the vanilla on the end.

But for $6, it's a pretty decent everyday table wine.

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* This is an issue I have with many dry whites, especially champagne.

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Tags: indiana

I took a trip up to Elicott City early on Saturday morning. The weather and the hour made it a perfect time for exploring. We hardly saw a soul! Unfortunately, the rain also got the camera lens wet and messed up the quality of the photos. I hope you'll enjoy them anyway!

Our first stop was to Enchanted Forest, an abandoned nursery-rhyme themed amusement park. My dad actually visited this park as a kid, so he got a kick out of seeing it in its current state. These photos are all courtesy of a talented friend who wishes to remain anonymous.



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Dinner tonight is a pork loin roasted with a glaze of molasses/honey/soy sauce/garlic...I have a few miscellaneous whites, some reds (mostly cabernet)...can't decide whether I want red or white! Thoughts?

Current Mood: curious

I'm pretty sure that a while ago, someone (or maybe a few someones) in this community was posting about a 1000-sit-ups challenge. It outlined an exercise program that would enable a person to learn to do 1000 sit-ups within a certain time period. Does anyone remember that? I'd like to take it on, but my google-fu is not up to the challenge and none of the sites I've found have been the one I remember from back then.

If anyone can give me the link I'd be grateful. =3

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Tags: 4amproject, photography
Current Mood: melancholy

Hey Guys,

Unfortunately with our last release, and its instability, we were forced to roll back releases. Unfortunately in doing so, it would seem that our notification system has been broken somehow. Our engineers are working on this issue as quickly as possible. We hope to have a patch within the next day, so we can deploy our code and fix the notification system at the same time. Please *bear* with us ;)

Currently all notifications are being queued up so they can be processed as soon as the fix is pushed and verified to be working correctly.

Thank you,

Tags: notification system
Current Location: Under a Rock
Current Mood: grumpy

St. Mary the Virgin Church

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