Last year my wife took on a little photography project in part to learn more about our new home but mostly just for the hell of it. Each day, every day, for all of 2007, she took exactly one photo on black and white film. She used film, not digital, and never had a “do-over”. Some didn’t come out so great, but some are absolutely gorgeous. Either way, she scanned them and put them online, offering an interesting look at Brunswick, Maryland and the surrounding area.

While she was doing it, it became quite a challenge to stick to the “one shutterclick per day”, but overcoming that limitation was part of the fun. My wife is unique and inspiring in many ways. She has inspired me to do a similar project of my own, which I’m unimaginatively calling “Beer-a-Day”.

That’s 365 different beers; that should be easy enough. I mean, there’s more than 1400 brewers in the U.S. alone. But it will be a bit more difficult as I can’t get all of their beer locally and I shouldn’t repeat any beer that we’ve already written up. Okay, so it will be very challenging.

So, I will attempt to taste 365 different beers–one for each day–during 2009. I envision “theme” weeks, too. Maybe all beers from a particular brewer, or seven beers of the same style.

It’s going to be tough, but I think I’m up to it…and I’m just the guy for the job.