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Take the Stairs

I get a shifty look from all of the people congregating at the elevators as I pass by on my way to the stairs. I make my way past the crowd in pursuit of sparsely used door leading to the stairs. I hold no grudges or pass any judgment on the group that has chosen to take the assisted route. I turn the handle and enter the cold and quiet hallway that houses the multistory building’s stairs. ...

Jul 6th

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Rogue Mentality: Give Me Five Good Reasons: U-S-A,... →

Today we celebrate the birth of America. The day, in 1776, we as a nation collectively told England to piss off. Since that fateful day in 1776, our country forged its own identity, battled each other, suffered gowning pains, endured, and grown into the most powerful nation in the world. In honor…

Jul 4th

Give Me 5 Good Reasons...fourth of July

So it’s fourth of July and my brother in law texts me, “Five good reasons that USA is the best?” So me being the stereotypical guy that can’t back down from a challenge says, “OK, when is post time?” He indicates that he wants to post in the next three hours. As I write this I have had three New Belgium Arrow beers and the clock currently reads 2:48, with a deadline of 3:00pm. So if this...

Jul 4th

CiL Test

This is what the internet was made for! Test

May 17th

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Give Me 5 Good Reasons...Medical Pot in Stockton?

Another feature that I am going to do is to take a subject, pick a side and give five reasons that back up your argument. I call it “Give me five good reasons”. It works best as a battle between two individuals that are consenting, but it works well on its own as well. For each reason you get two sentences to explain. You also get 50 words to start and 50 words to end. Twitter has taught...

Apr 20th

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Snap Judgment: Stockton's new City Manager

Over my hiatus from hyper connectivity, I realized one thing. My life was unbalanced. I would hamper my productivity by over using the tool of the moment. I wasn’t producing anything but a poor public perception of my cynicism. One of the many things that I vowed to change was to gain a focus. So with that, I have to find some sort of structure for my musings if I am to maintain a balance. ...

Apr 17th

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In my humble opinion...

So I decided to take some of the Masters in online this weekend. While I was watching I tooled around on their site. Upon landing on the site I was not surprised by the quality of the site, I mean this is the Masters and most people at Augusta don’t even realize that money is hard to come by these days. While I began to dig deeper into the site I began to find some of the cool tools present. I...

Apr 11th

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One man's garbage is another man's treasure

While I was paying my debt to the godfather at Podcast Stockton I came across some interesting things. Since I am loyal to the local tech scene and we have a Craigslist style site that is devoid of skanky prostitutes called Closet Goodies, I decided to post the treasures in the free section. This posting of items for distribution online is my first time. Do you remember your first time? Below...

Apr 11th

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Rogue Mentality: Give Me Five Good Reasons: Nike... →

In 2007, my buddy Andrew Blair sent me an email asking simply, “Nike v. Adidas?” At the time I just finished my first battle blog post called “Gat vs. Googs”(a four parter) and the next logical step was to do she battle. However, as it tends to happen, life got in the way, more specifically…

Apr 1st

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Give Me 5 Good Reasons...

The clash of the sports apparel titans. Nike v Adidas. @the_Rogue taking the side of America’s sweethart, Nike, and yours truly taking the Germanian powerhouse that is Adidas. Impossible is nothing. 5. 60 year family feud over misunderstood comment between Adidas founder Adi Dassler and his brother Rudi embody the notion of dedication. Any person that can not only hold a grudge...

Apr 1st

Rogue Mentality: Give Me Five Good Reasons: Video... →

From the mind of Brewery 33 Labs, in conjunction with the Rogue Mentality Brain Trust (this is my epic voice), I proudly present the potentially weekly debate of life’s most polarizing topics: Give Me Five Good Reasons. The premise is simple, pick a subject i.e. Nike v.s Adidias, take a side,…

Mar 23rd

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Give Me 5 Good Reasons

Top 5 reasons Street Fighter 2 is the greatest game of all time. 5. Racial Stereotypes Street Fighter 2 danced on the line of political correctness with its over the top representation of each characters ethnic and persona stereotype. While the game play is the standard at which makes a game great, the depth of the characters make the game timeless. 4. Game play was simple yet still...

Mar 23rd

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Here come the coattail riders (yes me)

My secretary came in this morning with some surprising news. Being an avid watcher of Channel 10 and understanding my plight for Stockton, she always has some news nugget pertaining to our City. This morning touched home a little more than the usual useless piece of knowledge. She said verbatim, “Some guy was on talking really positive about Stockton because of some...

Mar 2nd

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I don't want to suck like SEO companies

I was treating life like a slimy SEO company. I knew the proper strings to pull, or people to agitate to create a response. My content suffered, but I got a healthy amount of traffic. The traffic was seeing a one dimensional character that I had created in an effort to say “LOOK AT ME!!!”. Hence my inner self was experiencing an unseen breakdown. Getting down to brass tacks,...

Feb 26th

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An awkward moment

Residents of undeveloped nations would scoff at my personal journey. The fact that I am at such an odds with myself, that the focus of my life at this point is to regain a focus, is a metaphor of excess for the gluttony that has entangled the world’s perception of our “culture”. I ridicule myself for having such a paltry outlook. People are dying from disease, famine and...

Feb 23rd

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I've lost something

In the past few weeks I have noticed something happening. The subtle nuance of this wretched annoyance has been gaining momentum and advancing upon our community with the grace of an ogre pillaging a rural Swedish community. The white elephant in the room has taken its place on the stage and announced that he is present. Everyone at the party has been empowered to acknowledge the subject that...

Feb 15th

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Stockton is lucky to have this guy!

Guest blogger day at @brewery33 Labs. I met Greg while working on a local political campaign. We instantly became friends based solely on the fact that we were the only people that were not in contention for an AARP discount working on the campaign. As we conversed more, his passion for philanthropy through positive event organizing became apparent. This guy is one of the integral reasons that...

Feb 8th

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St. Baldrick's Day Massacre

Today was potentially a big day for philanthropy in Stockton. During my daily lurk of the Siders blog I came across the young Lincoln high school student that stood before City Council offering the opportunity to help children that have cancer merely by shaving your head. The poor student got the political treatment and walked away with a meager offer from vice mayor Kathy Miller to hold the...

Feb 4th

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With a little help from my friends

I have been at an odds with the @recordnet’s decision to paywall their content. My initial reaction was that they were basically slitting their throat. As the notion of charging for content has fermented in my mind a while, I think that the decision is not far from the solution. Definitely not anywhere close, but closer to solution than to total and utter failure. Being in business myself,...

Feb 2nd

Jan 30th

Education explained in fragmented sentences

My support of a California State University of Stockton was coaxed into the cage for an all out pay per view match by my friend @slickDiaz. It is my opinion that if we have some sort of public education at the higher level, our community stands to benefit in the long run. Sure I agree with @slickdiaz in the fact that immediate results will not be realized, but we are running a marathon right? ...

Jan 29th

Hump Day Haiku: The State of the Digital Union

roguementality: Today I was going to bum everyone one out with a sob story of how my state of mind is sort of in the doldrums. Don’t worry though, I’m going to stay with the party line, after all, a coach once told me “no one is going to feel sorry for you except for maybe your mom, so you might as well suck it up.” So, let’s keep it topical and talk current events that matter to more...

Jan 27th

Roguecast Link →

roguementality: 49ers Season Recap Rogucast (podcast) with Special Guest Huss. I am having some issues, to say the least with getting it up on itunes and onto Tumblr because of the file size, RSS feeder issues, and generally tech things that are wildly Greek to me.

Jan 19th

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Why doesn't Twitter work for me?

Twitter, just like any other communication medium, relies upon conversation. Anyone can open an account and start yelling into a hole about all of the things they are doing or products they are offering. They will soon tire and join the crowd of people that say Twitter just doesn’t work, because they didn’t realize any monetary or brand building gain. They have neglected to identify...

Jan 13th

Hump Day Haiku: Snowed In '010

roguementality: I promise that this the first and last time of ‘010 I will complain about this historically cold Midwest winter. I just need to get this out. First of all, screw you if you live in Florida or California (I’m sorry, I don’t mean that). You never really appreciate year round good weather until you are stuck in freezing temperatures daily and are legitimately thankful when you...

Jan 7th

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Can't a guy get a good beer in this town?

Since my site is called brewery33, and all I have been talking lately is my diminutive take on hyper local politics, let’s bring it back to the beer. My current quandary that plagues my thoughts is the lack of representation any beer other than Coors, Bud or Sierra Nevada Pale Ale get at the local restaurant taps. When I go out to dinner, I am always concerned about the beer selection to...

Dec 23rd

The quest for the lowest common denominator

Today on Twitter I ran across an article from the apparently beardless @davidsiders. It seems the Council person whom I have been recently impressed with reminded me why I am not a fan. @susaneggman questioned the intent from a legislative committee concerning large unruly crowds at City Centre Cineplex, inferring that the ordinance was an attack on people of color. This screams, look at me,...

Dec 21st

Hump Day Haiku: Underground Sports History Lesson

roguementality: Here’s a tip. If you haven’t played Gator Ball, organize a game over the Christmas break this year. Some people call it ultimate football, they are NOT talking about Gator Ball. It is sort of like ultimate football but Gator Ball is so much more. More to come on one of the greatest sports of all-time. Here’s a short Haiku history: Godfather Saito Turkey Day and X-Mas...

Dec 16th

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Why @podcaststockton will win

@podcastStockton is a pillar of the tech community in Stockton, and San Joaquin County for that matter. I have been marginally entertained with the caliber of guests that @pghMatt has been able to secure for the podcasting faithful to listen to. I say marginally, because truthfully I really don’t care much for the human interest story unless it involves tech in some manner. Whether I like...

Nov 25th

Local Politics found in Twitter, yes it's true

I received an interesting email on my phone the other day. Apparently @susaneggman has joined the ranks of Twitter and is now following my @brewery33 account. I am not opposed to this, actually I am pretty pumped that a politician on the local level would even take an interest in the pulse of the tech community. I say tech community, because let’s face it, unless you are basically wired...

Nov 23rd

Nov 10th

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Drinking beer with a purpose, a civic purpose that...

Lot’s of talk regarding this little issue of the public servant sector moving forward with utilizing a more social web. Where I think we lose ground is by attaching the proprietary names of Twitter and Facebook. Try to think concepts and not solutions just yet. I hate when peeps try to force the square block through the circle hole. Just getting on Facebook is not the answer. In fact I...

Sep 29th

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The City is my new favorite search engine

I just got done (well I have about 40 more pages to go) with the futuristic sci-fi novel by Vernor Vinge Rainbows End. I was prompted to read this novel when I posted my intrigue regarding the augmented reality feature of the Yelp iPhone application, by my buddy Greg Bahr. I don’t usually read the sci-fi genre of books, but I was pleasantly surprised with the tight plot structure and swift...

Sep 25th

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Where is the conversation?

First and foremost, a shout to my fellow blogging gang homey, @slickdiaz, who shouted out the brewery33 voice over on his turf. He fights the good fight of intellectualism while staying fresh with brevity. If I am giving props to one of the Stockton peeps then I can’t leave out the one and only @podcaststockton. Matt puts an actual voice to the plight of “most miserable” City...

Sep 23rd

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Stay searchable in 2009

Think of Twitter as a loud room where a bunch of self centered people are incessantly updating us about the trials and tribulations of their otherwise boring lives. As we have all read, the Twitter community has the doors wide open and people are filling the room at a break neck pace. With more people filing into the already acoustically challenged space, the conversation becomes muffled and...

Sep 21st

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Movie night, take two

It’s movie night folks. I have finally talked my co-owner of my profitless micro-microbrewery to let me engage in another movie night. This month will be special because we will have some of @brewery33’s wares to taste. I will not promise that the beer will be out of this world, as we have only recently re-taken up the hobby, but I will say that it will probably get you drunk. Our...

Sep 16th

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Aug 10th

Founders Day '09 -a working title-

Founder’s Day at brewery33 is going to be a celebration of the reemergence of everyone’s favorite homemade goodness that embodied the troubled startup. We are going back to our roots, the social roots. Social engagements and upside down frowns are what brewery33 was built upon. What better way to re-introduce yourself to the world than a good “old fashioned, well orchestrated,...

Jul 29th

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