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After a long day at work and a tedious commute, I helped my wife paint our daughters’ rooms. Pink*.
She likes to paint. I really don’t.
It’s hot, sweaty work. Not to mention my joints don’t appreciate all the bending and kneeling and reaching.
After we were done (for the day, anyway), I sat down to enjoy a well-deserved beer**.
Man, that’s good. That may be the best beer I’ve ever had.
The best beer in the world is the one with which you reward yourself after a lot of hard work.
Update: It was so good, I wrote a haiku about it.
* “Zephyr” is the actual name of the color.
** In this case, it happens to have been a Brewer’s Alley India Pale Ale.
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Forty-something, married, with two kids. I generally prefer the English styles - ESB, IPA - but am willing to try just about anything. You can reach me at al@hop-talk.com.
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