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It looks like I'm likely heading west of Shanghai (to Suzhou) in a few weeks for work. Any travel advice, places to visit or avoid from those who've been? I expect to only have about one day to be a tourist.

For anyone not familiar with the Walk of Life Project (http://www.wolproject.com/), it's basic premise is that Dire Straits' "Walk of Life" makes any movie scene better - it's often with an ironic twist. Anyway, I found a Red Wedding edition I thought I'd share...

Something about this makes me smile.

For much of my life, I've regularly eaten spicy food. The older I became, the more I enjoyed the intensity of the burn as I ate it; but the next day I hated myself when dealing with the fire $#!+$. Every time I would eat spicy food, I vowed to keep myself in check the next time I was tempted...

My wife, kids and I have been visiting with my wife's family in the Tampa area for the past week. It's rained a lot but we've been able to get out to have fun most of the day, every day. Then last night it started raining and hasn't stopped yet - looks like it's going on 7" so far from last...

For those who enjoy a good B movie, I present to you 31 minutes of awesomeness...Kung Fury.

I'm following through with Revvy's Maple Bacon Bourbon Balls thread (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f56/1st-charcuterie-molecular-gastronomy-experiment-maple-bacon-bourbon-balls-384898/) and decided to go the distance and make the needed bacon. Thought I'd share some pictures. I was hoping to...

Background: my 4 year old seems to love the idea of being a scientist like daddy. She says that she has a "scientist chair", scribbles "notes" and will do other cute things like pretending to study objects. For the record, I have no desire to push this on her, but love that she's so interested...

After seeking the advice of our resident expert stamp collector-moderator for beer/brewpubs to seek out in while on vacation with the family in Tampa, I've been enjoying Jai Alai from Cigar City Brewery. First, for other rubes like me who aren't aware of a sport sharing said name, phonetically...

About three weeks ago I kegged three beers and a root beer. I set the regulator to 12 PSI, left it for about a week and a half and when I tried each, the Kölsch was really flat and had absolutely no head (two other beers seemed okay). So I left the porter and APA set at 12 PSI and cranked the...

Like many, my family and I really enjoy grilling and BBQ. This past weekend we had fantastic smoked ribs and are now looking to purchase a smoker. Originally thinking it was going to be an easy purchase I'm really nowhere closer with deciding with what to buy. I certainly cannot justify...

The other day my girls and I made mozzarella for the first time. Although it was fun and tasted nice, it was a little watery and the texture was a little more rubbery than what I'm used to for store-bought fresh mozzarella and would like some suggestions to improve it. I'm unsure if our...

I just wanted to post a quick FYI to those MST3K fans out there with Amazon Prime membership. In general, I've felt that most of their movies available to prime members aren't much different that what I'd find on TV, but this is definetly a real gem of a find (at least for me!). I hope some...

I just finished working and went to my desk to shutdown my computer, grab my phone, bag, travel mug, etc. and head out. A few cords were pulled from my computer and at first I couldn't figure out what happened. Then I see my phone and other stuff is missing. Video evidence showed the SOBs...

As part of a gift to my Dad, I'm teaching him how to brew an extact tomorrow. We'll be brewing a Kolsch kit which has really enjoyed when I brewed it in the past. I was hoping to get a few pointers (do's and don'ts) from you seasoned brewers who have successfully taught someone to brew...

I was at my folks house this evening for their yearly bonfire and while looking in their basement for a bottle of water for my daughter I notice three dusty beer bottles sitting under the stairs. Since this isn't where my dad keeps his beer, I was curious what they could be. My jaw almost...

I decided to check on a Welch's peach/white grape wine that I started about two months ago and found a fruit fly floating on top this evening. Based on my experience with beer brewing, this is potentially quite detrimental. At the moment, there is no vinegar odor and the sample I pulled...

I brewed my first partial mash yesterday and let the mash temperature start at 158F (I wanted 153, and didn't think to add some ice) and it finished at 150F. What can I expect in regards to fermentables/non-fermentables? As I understand it, this slightly higher starting temperature favors...

I found the British Bitter, which I started yesterday, to be 78F this morning. I quickly threw it into an ice bath to get the temperature down and it's now at 60F and back in my Son of Fermentation chiller with the thermostat set to 63F. Can anybody tell me if I should expect off flavors...