:)

in other news.......

- kid is pissed off with text chat client.  explained that giveafuck<0, I'm not compromising the security of my network again so he can dribble shit in HTML.  can't do much about dribbling in ASCII, but dogforfuckingbid he might actually have to learn more than a dozen vagely grunted words and a smiley.  either way, he can't do much damage in text.

- lodged a deposit with the builder, locked in Feb 2010 pricing for a start in November or so.  need to talk to shastie about swamp cooling efficiency.

- badly fsucked up my maths with the bank, I need $30,000 spare later this week for a land deposit.  not my best demonstration of financial ability.  rang up this arvo, bailed on a term deposit, and paid the penalty exit fee.  pulled the cash I needed, reinvested the remaining $$ at current rates, result is a small profit AFTER the penalty fee is paid - win!

- got some new toasted french vanilla oak chips for making home brew, you soak for about 10-14 days and then use about 200ml as a base for bourbons.  bloody nice stuff.  I also watched the Dukes Of Hazzard again last night and decided to try a straight shot of the moonshine white spirit to see what it was like.  fuck me, won't be doing that again in a hurry.

- home brew shop pro is tempting me with their new uber-cool reflux still head, $750 for a 25 litre rig *but* it does produce 94% alcohol...... leaves something like 3% in the wash post still run.  not bad, watered to 40% ABV drinking levels it will make 7.3 litres versus 4 from the pot still for $50 versus $40 of ingredients.  also needs only 100 litres of water for the run, and you run that into your washing machine.  might have to investigate this, although it will also necessitate an industrial grade carbon column too.