Beer Snobbery

It seems I have become somewhat of a beer snob.
It all started a couple of months ago when my husband took me to O'Briens's Pub, where the food is just okay but they have lots of beer on tap and even more in bottles. My husband has a coworker who is really into beer, she even brews her own and is great at helping you navigate the menu. I have to say that ever since we've started going there pretty regularly (almost every Friday) I've developed a tolerance I've never had before. It used to be one drink and I was out. Now, I can have two drinks and still carry on a coherent conversation.
I've found out that I like pale ales. Not IPAs so much, but the pale ales. My husband has recently delved into stouts and while I can tolerate a couple of sips, they're really not my thing. I've joined the Beer and Fiber group on Ravelry and have had a lot of fun reading about some really good beer. I missed the swap they had and I hope another one will be soon forthcoming.
Anyway, there was a mention in the group about beer blogs. Maybe it was intended for homebrewers, but I thought it might be a good thing (for me at least) to somehow catalog the beers I've had recently and enjoyed. That way I can come back and find out what I've had in the past. I'll start with Organic Wild Salmon Pale Ale from Fish Brewing in Olympia, WA.
I picked up a 6-pack of this at a local grocery store. Funny, we had it with that night's dinner, which happened to be salmon. I really like this beer. It starts off kind of sweet but has a smoky taste at the end. This past weekend was really hot and so I appreciated this beer. It reminded me a little bit of Dogfish Head Midas Touch, which was my go-to beer at O'Briens for a time. They've since run out but my husband's aforementioned friend has located some in a bottle at a really good liquor store near her house.

Schemes and Schemas

It's week 2 of Summer Session, and I thought it was going well until I saw this week's reading assignments:
4 chapters
6 articles
I know it's a matter of being organized, and last week I put my nose to the grindstone and got through everything but 2 articles, and now everything is starting to swim together because I'm learning about representation schemes in one class, and metadata schemas in the other. Schemes and Schemas, it's all relative, right?

Okay, an update

I hadn't realized it's been 2 weeks since I last posted...Summer Session started on Monday and according to one of my professors, it can be a grueling 10 weeks. He also goes on to say that his course should probably be taken by itself during a summer session. I'm taking 2 courses. Oh well, at least there are 2 other students I know who are in my boat. We'll either sink or swim together!
The first few days of class have gone well. I'm trying not to depend on work time to do my homework and so far so good. If I can get an assignment completed tonight (it's actually not due until next Thursday) then I can enjoy the weekend without having to think about school.
I only have one picture to show off; I've really been neglecting my Project 365 committment. We're in sort of a "Summer Camp" mode for now, I looked at the assignments and I should be able to do something with that. I do have this cute lil thing to show off: It's the Toasty Topper pattern from the Winter 2007 Knitty.Yes, it's rather an unusual thing to show off now that it's June, but I needed a quickle gift for a birthday party we were invited to with less than a week's notice. In keeping with Summer of the Stash regulations, I used some Paton's Shetland Chunky that was earmarked for a scarf last year.
Also in keeping with Summer of the Stash regulations, I bought some yarn but not for myself. I won't say more in case the Knittyheads might be going through all the blogs looking for SP clues, but I think I've completed all of my fiber purchases and now it's on to the other stuff!