MattFancy

Agreed. It's not like he would be leaving Miami to sign with some scrub team. Houston is a contender out West and would like pretty good with Bosh, Harden and Howard.

For my patio, we dug up the sod and leveled it out with a slight slope towards the back to keep water away from the house. Then we put down a layer of sand and leveled that out. Then, we got a tip for a guy my dad knows that does patios for a living, and he suggested using mortar instead of gravel to help set the pavers. We just sprinkled a little layer of mortar down and then wet it and set the pavers down. Definitely helps keep them from moving around afterwards. Then once that was done, just dumped 5 or 6 bags of sand and brushed that into the gaps and wet that and then brushed off the excess sand.

I just did a patio with pavers. Really wasn't too hard to do. The hardest part is getting up the grass. Thankfully, my house is still new so the sod hasn't quite caught full root yet so it wasn't too difficult to pull back the sod. All in all, to do a 13x24 patio, it took about 8 hours. And that was with my dad and I having never done one before.

It was a pretty subtle amount of Ginger. I'm not a huge Ginger Ale fan so I wasn't expecting much. But it was really good.

I keep thinking the same as well. Unless Wade thought him opting out would make it more attractive for James to come back? I would think Wade would be super pissed if he opted out and LeBron doesn't go back to Miami.

So my buddy that brews for Flying Dog came down this weekend and brought me some presents! He brought me Ginger Beer and the other was a White Ale. Was surprised with the Ginger beer. Didn't think I would like it, but it was pretty light and smooth. Could make a nice summer beer. The White Ale was pretty good. Could taste some citrus in there, another possible summer beer. He also brought some Dead Rise and Single Hop Citra Imperial IPA. I'm not a big IPA fan, but the Citra was pretty good. Definitely could taste the hops in it and for a 10% beer, it was pretty light. Could definitely down a few of these in a session.

Good points. So that does mean the big 3 opting out is actually going to hurt the Heat? I mean we all thought it would help since they would create cap space, but it seems like FAs are not sure about jumping to sign there since the Heat have no one under contract besides Cole, right? I'm sure LeBron has been sitting back and looking over all his options. At first, I thought it was a lock he was going back to Miami. Right now, I'd say it's about a 75% chance he goes back and every day that goes by without the Heat signing some help, I think those chances keep getting lower.

Sounds like there are quite a few teams after him. I think a problem the Heat are having with the top FAs is obviously the Heat can't offer them as much as other teams without really hurting themselves. So if a player like Gasol has a few contenders after him, why sign with the Heat for less money when you still have just as good of a shot with say OKC for a little more money?

So with the Heat missing out on Lowry and Gortat, what do they do next?

Don't get me wrong, I've been drinking my fair share of Dead Rise, I just don't think it's anything special. And I'm as big of a Flying Dog and Old Bay fan as you'll find. My buddy that works at Flying Dog is coming down tomorrow. I'm hoping he brings me some interesting stuff to try. I saw that now have a Mango Habanero brew. Not sure how I feel about that, but if he brings one, I'd be willing to give it a try.

Interesting. Would that be something a novice could do, or should I call in reinforcements? lol

I want to put a wash tub in there. Our laundry room is located just off our bedroom upstairs.

PCS, how hard would it be to add plumbing to my upstairs laundry room? Is it even something that would be worth it?

Like I said, I like it and have bought probably a case worth since it's been out, but it's not really a go to beer for me. I definitely like it better on tap than out of the bottles. I just don't think it's good enough to be sold out everywhere. Seems every liquor store I go to, it's always sold out. I've been drinking a good amount of Flying Dog brews lately. I have a buddy that works for them as a brewer, so he's been giving me a heads up on stuff. He's coming down this weekend and I'm hoping he brings me a good mix of new stuff to try. After yesterday, I hate everything associated with Belgium lol

Is it just me or does anyone else think Dead Rise is a tad overrated? It's a good beer don't get me wrong, but it's not good enough to be constantly sold out everywhere.

I finally finished our patio. Pretty much right after I did it initially, I decided I wanted to add 3 more feet to it. Hadn't had the time until recently, but had to have it done by this weekend for our party on the 4th and my daugther's bday the following day. Ended up with a nice 13x24 patio. Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. My 2 next projects are to build a coffee table for the patio using one of those big steel coolers as the base and using plywood and 2x4s as the top. My other one is to build a bar for the patio out of pallets. Saw this and figured I could pull that off. Doesn't look too challenging. My big fall project will be putting a bar in my basement, just in time for football season!

I'd agree with these. Minnesota will become even more irrelevant without Love there. Toronto seems to usually be an okay team, but no one cares or wants to play in Canada.

Really? I didn't get hardly any carbonation in the ones I had. Maybe you got a bad batch or something?

Haha gotta be quicker my man lol. On a side note, do you think the NBAPA will get upset if Bosh, Wade and LeBron all take lesser deals to stay together? Just thinking as a player, they usually want to try and make as much as possible. Seems like the teams would have a huge bargaining chip if say LeBron takes less to stay in Miami and keep winning. Then we top tier guys become FAs, will teams be less likely to throw money at them because LeBron will be making less than the max?

So Kidd to the Bucks for 2 2nd-rounders

Had a few good beers over the weekend. Had the Dogfish Head Namaste. Really good summer beer. Very light and crisp with a hint of orange and lemon to it. Also had Flying Dog Agave Cerveza. This one wasn't bad, not as good as the Namaste, but still a solid summer beer. Then I finally had the Dead Rise and crabs combo. Still wasn't feeling the Dead Rise. It really does taste different from the bottle compared to the tap. I much prefer the draft Dead Rise to the bottled Dead Rise. I still can't decide if I really like it that much or not. It's not bad, but it's not my first choice for a summer brew.

Used to love the Nation of Domination. Pretty much launched The Rock to what he is now, IMO. Plus my man D-Lo Brown!

LOL, the NBA's reigning NBA. New award?

Hey I call it Leonardtown Pub lol. I went to HS with one of the managers and one of the bar tenders did a wedding I was the best man in, both really cool people. They recently started letting people vote on what beers to pick next on their Facebook page. It's a little pricey, but they have good food and beer! Do you do any of the bars in St. Mary's with your new job?

But doing that really limits the roster flexibility for the Heat