JR: Items needed for brewing beer - Suggestions from a beer-brewing friend. Mash tun (make your own: Food grade 6 gal+ fermenting bucket with lid/grommeted hole for airlock Airlock(s) Siphon or racking cane 7+gal boil pot Secondary fermenter (usually a carboy) with lid/cork with ... more>>
- May 27, 2014 - #beer #blog_jr

JR: Alleged interest in Toledo's Erie Street Market - It's sometimes called the Erie Street Sinkhole because for many years now, it has been a financial drain on taxpayers. Mar 31, 2014 - Toledo Blade - City says 7 entities show interest in developing Erie Street Market - "Comprehensive plan sought for... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 31, 2014 - #toledo #business #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Toledo Weather - Sat, Mar 29, 2014 - fxus61 kcle 291050 afdcle area forecast discussion national weather service cleveland oh 650 am edt sat mar 29 2014 synopsis... low pressure will track through the tennessee valley today. colder air will filter into the area as high pressure builds... more>> 9 min read
- Mar 29, 2014 - #toledo #weather

JR: Another mass littering event - balloon release - Another example of human stupidity. Anti-nature, anti-environment. The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota plans to release 60,000 balloons. The group claims that the balloon release is eco-friendly. Imbeciles. They are regurgitating propaganda from t... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 28, 2014 - #activism #environment #nature #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: My three favorite books - Trying to think about this after listening to a segment on public radio this afternoon. Obviously, it's tough to limit the list only to three. I guess that I base this upon the books that I have re-read most often. In Our Time - short stories by Er... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 28, 2014 - #todo #books #food #bread #design #programming #blog_jr

JR: Vegetarianism - The most effective tool against global warming - (My July 2007 ToledoTalk.com post ) The next time someone starts clamoring about how we need to do this and that to stop global warming, ask the person if he or she is a vegetarian. If the person isn't a vegetarian, then the person is a hypocrite in... more>> 9 min read
- Apr 07, 2014 - #environment #politics #health #food #energy #blog_jr

JR: Ohio is fat and oppressed - 2009 - (My ToledoTalk.com post from 2009) Ah, the nifty 'Top-Whatever' press releases. "Unpaid placements masquerading as actual articles." That's how they're described by the book : It's Not News It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 28, 2014 - #media #humor #health #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Hempoline bio-fuel - (My ToledoTalk.com post from 2007) Info related to hemp and other products used for bio-fuels. Some of the information is from a July 11, 2006 Toledo Talk thread titled More ethanol plants by The Andersons. Hemp summary points Today, more tha... more>> 30 min read
- Jul 22, 2014 - #environment #energy #biofuel #activism #auto #farming #politics #blog_jr

JR: Fix video embeds for Facebook and Kickstarter videos - These commands work at Toledo Talk but not here. #juncotodo
- Mar 28, 2014

JR: ToledoTalk.com New Help Page - As of Mar 28, 2014. Trying to simplify an overly complicated and long help page at TT. Instructions for sending a private message to another user. Suggestion: When creating a new thread post or a comment, click the "Preview" button to ensure li... more>> 5 min read
- Sep 07, 2014 - #markup #textile

JR: ToledoTalk.com New About Page - As of Mar 28, 2014. Trying to simplify. Toledo Talk is a message board, discussing the news and events in the Toledo area, including northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, which is sometimes known as [Lake Erie West]. Toledo Talk began in Januar... more>>
- Mar 28, 2014

JR: ToledoTalk.com Old About Page - As of Mar 27, 2014. The double-bracket, wiki links, however, have been modified to single brackets, so that this app does not create a bunch of stubs. Toledo Talk is a message board, discussing the news and events in the Toledo area, including nor... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 28, 2014

JR: Oil spill news march 2014 -
- Mar 27, 2014

JR: MH370 - March 2014 MH370 updates #news
- Mar 27, 2014

JR: State of the News Media 2014 - PewResearch Journalism Project State of the News Media 2014 In its annual review of the media industry in the United States which it published online early Wednesday morning the Pew Research Center says the news business looks somewhat he... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 26, 2014 - #media #blog_jr