: About Me

Jonathan is currently an Educator in North Carolina who is taking courses at North Carolina State University to get his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction :: Instructional Technology. His long-term goals are to become a professor of Education at a somewhat reputable university.

Jonathan writes at Helium to practice for his dissertation. He also happens to really enjoy writing, and thinks that it is cool he can make a couple dollars writing random articles online.

My passion is ...

Raising my son

I know too much about ...

Linux

My parents always told me ...

No, don't...

My childhood ambition ...

Global domination.

My favorite memory ...

My son stuffing a muffin in his mouth.

Why I write ...

I like to.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Text books / Stargate SG-1 / NPR

My first job ...

Mucking out stalls.

My best moment ...

Getting Married

My inspiration ...

God

Food & Drink > Beer (Other) Home brewing beer kits: Good for beginners?

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A home brew article might read, "When your O.G. reads around 1.174-1.180, you can stop adding sparge water to the lauter tun."  If you are an average Joe, you will say, "That's great." Then quietly put the book down, drive to your local brewery and buy some pre-made beverages.  Let us say that you're a little more determined than the average person.   Let us say that you understand all the jargon of brewing, and you want to make a non-kit brew, which usually means a whole-grain beverage.  You start looking into it and discover that you will probably be spending $200 - $...

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