Epiphapaloooooza!

Season's Greetings! Now I only start out that way to prove a point. Being politically correct has gone too far. I mean if you do not know a person's belief set on religious and or not so religious holidays ( huh hum christmas.......modern day christmas of course. i'm not afraid to go there) atleast take a guess. It's fun (as is most forms of publically making an ass out of yoursef) and hey maybe you'll get one right. Now if I did such a thing at work that would not be acceptable. Which brings me to the point of this rant, which is of course a mix of humor, shame, and of course stupidity. One of the girls I work with got suspended for making a joke referencing Aunt Jemima. Said joke failed to offend any of our african american employees yet was reported to ye supervisor by a white women. Now I'm not one to say that racist jokes are by any means neccessarily okay or "acceptable", but come on. You've laughed at worse. And now I really want to hear the joke because I bet it was funny. But no one will repeat it because they don't have the girth and fear of suspension has entered their head. Lame.

Now the real reason for this post. I had the most beautiful idea today. I am going to make a home brew....something along the lines of a maple stout. Now the beauty is that instead of using maple syrup to give it the robust yet subtle tones of sweet maple (and maybe some honey oats?? suggestions welcome) I am going to use maple sap! Simple, not overpowering, and most importantly all natural. Minus the river catching fire. Yes Geoff, it was a long time ago. For some reason though it is hard to get a picture of a a river on fire out of your head. Anyways, be on the look out for Al Gore. Nobody has heard from him lately and I think he might be looking for manbearpig again. Super cereal. RAGE on