To be clear, I'm also jealous of Tom.

Dude, are you coming out to DC any time soon?

Nope... James is out there next week. We flipped a coin, and he lost.

Maybe I'll work at HQ on Tuesday (before beering it up with Tom) so I can pester him.

He's in meetingplace training T-Th. M. says that it's been condensed from 5 days into 3, so they'll be really busy. Theoretically. Still, feel free to pester him.

I'm looking forward to it! Wish Ken, JP, the Marks (and others) could join us. Some day.

We are beering on Tuesday!

At which metro stop or pub should I meet you? Actually, let's handle this via email so nobody stalks us.

Stalk? Who? Us?

Well, we all know that Mark is a stalker.

How do I know for sure? I've been following him for weeks.

Ack!! Made a mistake that cost me beer.
For Christmas, my brother replenished my beer & wine making supplies that I had loaned out and never had returned years ago. He even included a box of beer wort and wine. This weekend I went down to retrieve it in the basement and discovered the beer wart had been leaking.

My mistake, I believe was forgetting that my new house has in floor heating. Although the room wasn't particularly hot, it was sitting directly on a heat source and the plastic bag within the box expanded to the point it began leaking.

Very, very sad way to learn a lesson that should have been very obvious.