Specialization is for Insects.
Now, I know someone is going to accuse me of making up this silly post about beer just so I could post this photo online.
So? Is that a problem?
Anyway, the inspiration for this post was actually a pile of little known beer facts. Enjoy:
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Some Aussie scientists have made the fascinating discovery that drinking alcoholic beverages made with artificial sweeteners will get you hammered TWICE as fast as straight sugar based alcoholic drinks.
The theory is that the sugar slows down the absorption of the alcohol in the stomach, while artificial sweeteners do nothing of the sort.
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Colorado’s first capital, Golden, is surrounded by mountains and high rock buttes. Main street is lined with shops and restaurants, and the world’s largest single brewing site, Coors Brewery, was founded here in 1873. It is a beautiful little town, surrounded by some of the most stunningly rugged scenery I’ve ever visited.
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It’s easy to see why Denver and the surrounding areas keep getting voted among the “Best Places to Live”.
The area is surrounded by the eastern edge of the Rockie mountains – the very view that inspired the words to America the Beautiful (“…for purple mountains majesty…”).
And with a healthy respect for nature as well as a thriving economy, Denver is simply a great place to live or visit. In fact, in the 1990′s Denver grew by 30 percent – the equivalent of a thousand new residents a week, every week, for 10 years!
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If I could only use one word to sum up Boulder, Colorado it would be “wow”! This is one of the most naturally pretty places I’ve ever been.
Normally, I think of beautiful cities as places with some natural beauty which has been improved by man. For example, San Francisco. But then there are places like Boulder which simply need no improvement.
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No trip to the Denver area would be complete without a visit to Pike’s Peak, so I headed on down about 70 miles south to Colorado Springs.
There are quite a few things that anyone visiting Colorado Springs needs to know… unfortunately no one bothered to share this info before I went.
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