passing my time one Root Beer at a time

Training to become a doctor of clinical psychology comes with many rewards. I have learned so much since arriving here at Forest Institute and I have experienced so much more. But it would be a bit over-reaching to declare that it has all been stress-free. In fact at times it becomes extremely overwhelming..... thats where root beer comes in, at least for me anyway.

Last March I began a tasteful journey with an olde-time friend of mine named Jeff. He and I go way back, we served in the Navy together and would send each other root beer through the mail as we explored the country. Well we came up with this crazy idea to make this effort a little more productive. Our idea realized in the form of a blog all about the American born brew known as root beer. Jeff and I submit posts about the current and historical world of root beer and also offer our own commentary on brews we come across.
Having this to distract me has at times been that much needed break from the demands of school and work. Aside from that it has also been one tasty way to spend my time in graduate school.

Certainly I would not prescribe that everyone should "pop a top" and sip down a nice cold root beer and blog about it to assist them through their graduate school experience. However, I would suggest that each graduate student find something that they can use as that personal positive distraction to break up the very relentless demands of our IEP (individualized education plan). If nothing else, you could simply pull up a chair, pop a top, and sip down some of the smoothest blog on the net at The Rootbeer Brothers.