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Bliss’s Brewers Corner

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Bliss’ Brewers Corner, a new column on Glide Magazine, that gives those people interested in brewing beer at home an idea of what is involved. Brewers Corner will feature a recipe of the month, general brewing instructions, and tips and tricks! This month a wheat beer (a.k.a. weizenbier) for my summer enjoyment

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Weizenbier: Batch #36

A wheat beer (a.k.a. weizenbier) recipie for summer enjoyment.

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A Love Triangle: Me, My Man, and Phish

You either love Phish or you don’t. I have never seen Phish, or Trey, or any other solo project from the group, so there is no way I can be considered a fan of the band. However, my fianc

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From Russia…With Love

I’d love nothing more than to escape the freeze, but an extended vacation to the tropics isn’t in the cards, and I can’t afford to visit the lavish and swank spas that dot our urban landscape with the kind of frequency I’m looking for. What’s a girl to do? The drill goes like this: you practically sweat your skin off in a Russian stone sauna, with periodic buckets full of ice-cold water dumped over your head. When you can’t take any more, you leave the sauna and jump into the arctic plunge pool. When your heart starts beating again, you drag your withered body back into one of the 4 different saunas and steam rooms for more ‘schvitzing’.

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Water’s Edge – Part One of Three: A Darkman Original

It was like a symphony – the river and what sounded like a flute…or a recorder. I couldn’t stand, so I crawled to the water’s edge, reaching out for the rock and walking my hands up the side so I could look at the shadow that played the music, but they were gone. All that was left was the…

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Ditching the Planks: Switching From Skiing to Riding

After skiing most of my life, I finally decided to try riding. On a dreary, rainy day in December, I headed up the lift with my already decent snowboarding friends. ‘If it

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The Deadliest Day on Everest: May 10, 1996

The Deadliest Day on Everest: May 10, 1996

May 10, 1996, is the deadliest single day on Everest recorded. There were several expeditions making summit bids for Everest that day when a freak storm hit in the late afternoon.

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Mount Monadnock

Mount Monadnock

Mount Monadnock is the most frequently climbed mountain in the world. That distinction previously belonged to mount Fuji in Japan, but since Mt. Fuji built an auto road it’s no longer able to claim most frequently climbed.

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Looking Back and Forth: Sound and Colors: The Science and The Ritual

It seems that there is some legitimacy to a serious exploration into the transformational properties of sound and other vibrational energies. Thus, artists and producers within multimedia production may be able to tap into these resources and the potentially harmonious energies they may elicit. What may have been once considered New Age sophistry can be more legitimately explored and utilized artistically for experientially based immersion into the ocean of vibrational energy.

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Norah Jones: A Grammy Night to Remember

Accolades to the talented, refreshingly real 23 year old songstress – who is a brunette! And performs fully dressed!

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Midriffs vs. Melodies

The emphasis on perfect bodies, glistening hair and snow white teeth has continued to rise, but will talent ultimately prevail?

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The Musician: A Darkman Original

Reginald Stark leaned back in his padded leather armchair with a contented sigh. These were his favorite moments. He had just finished writing his latest column, and he knew it would be another great success. Reginald was a very respected music critic, with a circulation he no longer bothered to calculate. All he knew was that millions of people were affected by his brutally incisive reviews of up and coming musicians, and he recognized himself as the gateway to the elite. Many careers were stopped short and dismantled by no more than one page of Reginald’s type; very few made the cut. The audience could not see the delicate intricacies that define true musical worth, so Reginald decided to show them.

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Little Haystack Mountain

Little Haystack Mountain

I usually hike Little Haystack once a year in early January with a buddy of mine. This year it took us 5 hours up and two down. It was a little harder than last year, and that much more exhilarating. It was snowing most of the hike, and conditions got a little crazy on the summit. Snowshoe tracks were relatively well defined.

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Improvising Electronically: The Tools of the Trade

Our resident audiophile explains that all you need are a midi controller, a computer, two programs, and stereo mixing capabilities to create spontaneous improvised music. You might want to read this one with your head lamp on.

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Techno Love – Part One of Three

One girl’s exploration into the world of online dating

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Cigar Box Purses – Smokin

Designers are always looking for new fabrics to weave into their latest creations…but could cigar box purses be the next big thing? One new female designer hopes so.

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Mount Chocorua

Mount Chocorua

This overnight was really pretty cool. We hiked up Mount Chocorua on Saturday and camped out in the Jim Liberty cabin just below the summit. It was crazy cold and really windy up there… EVEN INSIDE THE CABIN!!!! We got up on Sunday, tried to make the summit, but had to turn back unsuccessfully! It was too dangerous.

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Mad River Glen: One  Of A Kind

Mad River Glen: One Of A Kind

By offering some of the most legendary and intimidating ski terrain anywhere; Mad River Glen continues to go where no mountain has gone before.

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