I-P-A RIVER: August 2026

Sunday, August 30, 2026

59 and a half years old = Game Changer

This is the month!!

I turn 59 and a half on the 20th and that means drawing out of my IRA with no penalties! Things are about to get good, and the sign below will become even more relevant!

10/2 - Dog sitting the Watertown pit bulls again

10/10 - More Watertown dog sitting but this time it's the three goobers on Neal Road

10/14 - Pet-sitting back in Mt. Juliet - $1 hotdogs at Geodis Park?

10/20 - One more fall road trip for work

10/21 - THIS IS THE DAY!! No penalty to withdraw from IRA!!! New mustang, pay of credit cards, buy Ashlee something in the $10K range for our 25th anniversary last year, etc.

Glossary o' Terms

ALE: One of the larger families of beers. True ales are brewed with top-fermenting yeast. They are low in carbonation and served warm (not in the U.S. - blogger insert). Best known in England.

BOCK: German-style beer with a strong alcoholic content. (afraid to try one? what are you, chicken? bock! bock! bock! - blogger insert)

LAGER: (boo!! hiss!! - blogger insert) From the German word to store, lagers represent a major family of beers. They have a longer and cooler fermentation period than ales and are brewed with bottom-fermenting yeast (even sounds gross - blogger insert). Most German and North American beers are lagers.

PILSNER: A type of lager beer, first made in Czechoslovakia in the late 13th century. (Czech out that wimp and his pilsner! - blogger insert)

PORTER: A characteristically dark brown beer of English origin. (name origin - so heavy you need a porter to carry it to the table for you?? - blogger insert).

STOUT: A fuller-bodied, richer and sweeter version of porter (created by Ireland's Guiness). (God bless Ireland! - blogger insert)