jamin on February 14th, 2003

Anonymous writes:
A is for academics, B is for beer. One of those reasons is why we’re not here. So leave a message
Very fast:) Hi, this is 904-4344. If you want to leave a message, please wait for the tone. If you want to leave your name and number, please press pound, press 3, [...]

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jamin on December 5th, 2002

Ryan and I are having a Christmas party at our flat and you’re invited.
When: Saturday, December 21st. 7pm until whenever.
Where: “The Castle”
Why: Why not?
We’ll have drinks at “The Castle” (the name we’ve given our place now that
we’ve built a bar), music, conversation, games, snacks, etc.
We may continue the “tradition” of trimming the tree. [...]

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jamin on October 23rd, 2002

A fellow from the U.K. suggested this one to me. It was actually his birthday when he tried it, but in theory it could work even if it’s not your birthday.
“Take birthday cards to pub, place on bar, receive free beer.”
Thanks, MikeGTN, for the tip!

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jamin on October 23rd, 2002

As most of you should know by now, Saturday is the big night.
We’ll be having the Grand Opening of the Bar which is still nameless–sendname suggestions. We’ll be continuing to celebrate Amy’s 25th birthdayfrom the night before. We’ll be seeing Ben and Lori from out of town. Andwe’ll be watching Jackass, the [...]

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jamin on October 21st, 2002

Lori writes: The Beaver’s Nest? You know since you guys are pimps and all.

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jamin on October 21st, 2002

Saturday will be the Grand Opening of the bar and we need a name. There’s the old standby:
Blokes.
Any other ideas? Come up with as many names as you can and we’ll put it to a vote.

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jamin on September 10th, 2002

Originally this was an email, now it’s a story. You must read. You must plan on being there.
So the Jackass movie opens on Oct. 25. This also happens to be Amy’sbirthday. Coincidence?
Probably.
At any rate, after the delicious time some of us had at American Pie IIsmuggling brews into the theatre it [...]

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jamin on June 19th, 2002

So this weekend my friend Ben was in town to help build the bar. Ryan, Adam, he, and I spent the better part of a day working on it. Most of the time was spent looking for materials and planning things out. Finally, by the end of the day we had the [...]

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jamin on May 25th, 2002

Here are the bar photos Ben dug up a while back.
Main thing I need to find is a good piece of wood for the bartop.

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jamin on May 23rd, 2002

I stumbled across this page which lists some fine beers. Here’s what they have to say about Felinfoel Double Dragon: Ahhh, now this is a beer. A few years ago, Felinfoel upped the alcohol content to 4.8%, which robbed the beer of much of it’s character. Happily, it has been restored to it’s 4.2% [...]

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