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Blues Brothers News

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The Vatican has added ‘The Blues Brothers’ to its list of recommended film for Catholics.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127949819

Well, they were on a mission from God.

Open Letter

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Dear City of Hastings,

I would like to personally thank you for your prompt handling of the tree that was blocking Forest Street. The tree must not have been in the street for an hour when your crew showed up to clean up the mess – an impressive feat!
If I may make one tiny suggestion. In the future, please wait until daylight before starting the cleanup. The lights and chainsaws were a bit excessive at 3:30 this morning.

Hops!

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Yesterday, we completed harvest of the 2009 hop crop. This year we were able to recover quite a bit of Cascade, some Chinook, Mt. Hood and a small amount of Perle and Goldings. It’s going to be an exciting brewing year!

Fireworks at the cabin

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I may be a bit tardy with this, but here is a brief rundown of the fireworks on display at the cabin this year.  I’ll post the full set on flickr.

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(We love you uncle Neil)