U2 at Solider Field.

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Last night Julie and I headed to Solider Field for the U2’s 360.  The ‘show’ was pretty amazing.  The stage and the crazy lighting/screen system was unbelievable.  At certain points during the show I got the feeling that the whole stadium was spinning instead of the screen.

Bono’s voice/singing wasn’t really there.  Not sure what it was but it seemed like it was half effort.

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Side Note:

* Getting out of Solider Field after a show is a complete nightmare.  I can’t possibly express how futile it was.  Not sure what the expect next Sunday.

** I’ve hit the point in my life where I need a seat for a concert if there’s more than 6,000 people in the venue.  Standing in General Admission isn’t for me any more.

*** It is not socially acceptable to call your friend (or you entire address book) during a concert and hold your phone up.  There are so many things wrong with this I don’t know where to being:

  1. The person you are calling can’t hear shit.
  2. Odds are you’re call isn’t getting through since you’re surrounded by 60,000 other people.
  3. If it does get through your friend doesn’t want 7 voicemail’s of your U2 experience, if they did they’d be at the show.

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Ohio Stadium: Ohio State – USC.

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I traveled to Ohio this weekend for the USC game.  As you well know by now the game ended as most recent big time Ohio State games.  It was pretty hard to swallow.  The game felt like it was in hand the until about five minutes to go. Then, as Texas last year, it slipped away.

I’ve never sat on top of the rotunda near the snipers so that was cool experience.  Besides a couple of guys stealing our seats the view was great. There were probably six thousand USC fans in Ohio Stadium and many more on Campus.

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Side Note:

*  Looking for answers:
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** BIG TEN Stadium Map:


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*** The rest of my photographs from the game are here.

**** My walk home to my car from Ohio Stadium.


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Beer Tasting.

Black Hand Ale

This weekend Julie and I decided to jump the gun and taste our beer.  It’s been ‘conditioning’ in the fridge for around two and half weeks.  The handbook we were following says three to four weeks but after consulting some other home brewers we were convinced it was at least worth a taste.

I’d have to say it’s pretty good.  It’s not too heavy but it’s definitely a real beer. The beer is much darker than I thought it would be.  By no means is it flat, so the bottling/capping was done properly.  There also is no real ‘funk’ taste, which was also a concern.  I’m going to spread as much of it around as I can so I can get some real opinions on the taste.  We’ll probably do another batch in the next week then maybe move on to another type.