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There's a large part of your problem. You absolutely cannot get healthy without ample fruits and veggies. Also don't do away with carbs. I think the no carb thing is one of the biggest dangers to public health since lead pipes. Our bodies use carbohydrates for fuel. No carbs = no fuel. You...

I have a pair of merrell canoeing shoes and like them. I think as long as you get a shoe that fits you'll be good going with merrell, vasque, montrail or salomon (or others for that matter). I think the difference among the brands has to do with foot shape and size, kind of like New balance...

Sounds great. Any idea how your efficiency is? I suspect it would be pretty high with that kind of mash. I never trusted myself to do any home malt toasting. My brother does it often, but being a scientist I rely heavily on numbers. If I don't know exactly what lovibond a malt is I start to...

Very true. But depending on your disposition towards wallowing in soggy socks a very ventillated shoe could work in watery conditions. I canoe in these, and have even hiked on the pacific crest trail with them, but would never take them into the swamps. I hate soggy socks, but don't have any...

Russell, You ever get to brew that pale ale?

Since we're posting pictures of what we're drinking here you go: I won't make you guess, though. It's a Whiteaker Arms (aka my homebrew) Super Gamma IPA. It's just about done with maybe another 3-4 days for carbonation left. Pinelandspaddler's should be in the mail soon.

oh yeah. I also use superfeet religiously. they really are amazing. Unless you have prescription orthotics these work great.

Those are great shoes, I use them for taichi.

Nine miles is no small feat. When I hike with my mom we do the catch-up thing. I really like the batsto to lower forge trip. you get lowland and highland forests, plenty of river scenery, and a nice campsite if done at the right time of year. My mom just finished section hiking the batona...

"Catalog surfers." I love it, what a perfect description.

The Batona seems like a good starting point. Do you have an irregular gait with your prosthesis, is this what's giving you blisters? I don't know how articulated they are nowadays, but can you get a natural stride? I'm no speed hiker by any means. I don't agree with they way the...

I've never had much luck with boots. When I first started hiking I got a nice pair of leather vasques and suffered tremendously. Blisters, sore knees, tired legs, etc... Then I switched to a soft boot, then to trail shoes/beefy running shoes and haven't looked back since. No more knee pain...

I've had good luck with montrail's. Currently I have a pair of solomon XA pros. I like a bit of toe room and breathability is big for me. I did a weeklong backpacking trip with these in the alpine lakes wilderness without breaking them in and had no troubles. Wow, LIP, 2 to 3 months? It...

picture still don't work for me. I don't miss much about NJ, but pictures like those in your gallery make me a bit homesick. But then I go hiking in the cascades and after a 5,000 ft ascent I'm all better. But really, I know comparing the pines to the mountains is apples and oranges.

What's the significance of 2010? If I can be of any help, just let me know.

The easiest thing to do is get a digital pH meter, but pH strips are more readily available wherever pool chemicals are sold. You're right on about the pH in the mid 5's, I think 5.2 to 5.5 is ideal. I don't know much about the pH of well water but I think it's pretty high, maybe in the 8-9...

Sounds like a nice mellow pale ale to me. Very drinkable. I usually like to throw in a pound or so of crystal 40 for color and to make it a bit sweeter, I'm not into dry beers so much. I've never used brewers gold but from what I've read it doesn't do much besides bittering. You could always...

Six months at least. To get the good brandy-ish notes it should go for about 12 months. If brewing a barleywine I would brew a smaller ~4 gal batch to keep the price down and just use some table sugar to up the gravity, especially with American barleywines. I made a recipe for one a while ago...

The way to get around having too much of one style of beer is to brew more:dance: I'll usually try to brew a few weekends in a row so that I can have two or three different types on tap in a month or so. I then augment this with a nice 22 oz'er of something special from the store. If the beer...

A great site for beer suggestions and reviews is ratebeer dot com. If you're ever looking for a certain style suggestion it's sure to be there.