About the Name

I get a lot of comments about the name of the brewery, Payette Brewing Company, some people love it, some hate it, some think the town, some the river.  I have a lot of thoughts about the name and I obviously like it because I chose it.  Like the town, county, river, mountain, lake, national forest, the brewery is named for Francois Payette, the fur trader that was stationed at Fort Boise and explored much of the Payette River basin. While the origin of the Payette name in Idaho comes from Francois, I didn't actually realize that until about a year ago, my inspiration for the name is the river and lake where I have had some of the best times of my life.  Part of the reason that I like the name is that it means different things to different people, but in the end, most people will relate it to some place in Idaho.  That is what I think is great about the name, it encompasses so much of the state.  So, whether you immediately think of the town, the river, the lake or the early pioneer when you hear "Payette," you're right.

Monday 6/15 Update

I started doing these Monday updates to try to get me to accomplish something every week that I can share, which has sort of happened. It is also keeping me thinking and blogging, cause laziness is like a virus that often strikes me for extended periods of time. I don't really like the title I have for the update though, seems like every site has a Monday morning update of sorts. I will try to think of something, but it is unlikely it will change.

Everything seems to be coming together a bit and I had a roll going this morning, then I ran across something very important. USA is playing Italy in the Confederations Cup right now. My work got very rudely interrupted to check it out and I am trying to get this post done during half time. First off, Clark's red card was bush league, absolutely deserved a yellow card though. Reckless tackle, yes, but it was in mid-field and it wasn't like Clark was accumulating fouls to deserve the strait send-off. They were really just starting to play well and being down a man for another 45 is going to be tough, but Jozy drawing that PK will really help that out. In general I think the US lacks two things, creativity on the attacking end and they are careless with the ball. They always turn the ball over is stupid places and in general can't maintain possesion very long. The attacks usually look like they have promise, then get into the attacking third and can't create a decent shot. Enough about my soccer rambling, but the bottom of this post will have a game wrap up because the second half is about to start...

...The US soccer team is a very frustrating team to watch, flashes of brilliance mixed with careless play can easily lead to giving up 3 goals in the second half. You can't expect a team playing down a man against one of the best teams in the world to not concede some goals, but I thought they were the result of careless play. I am going to restrain myself from ranting for too long, but have some food for thought. First, is Landon Donovan actually the best player in the country or overrated? I lean to the later. I swear half of his 40 international goal have come from the penelty mark. FIFA's eligibilty rules are questionable in my mind. The US does benefit from having some foreign born players on the squad, but having a player score two goals against his country of birth rubs me the wrong way. In his defense, Rossi's father is Italian born and he moved back there when he was 13, but he is still an American citizen. That reminds me of the US qualifier last week in Chicago (or maybe Honduras north). What other country can play an away game on their own soil? To quote my boy Adam Carolla in The Hammer "You guys sure seem to love Nicaragua except for the part where you risked your lives not to live there any more."

I am going to check myself right now, because I don't really have the energy to do what it takes to truely finish this rant. Those looking for an actual brewery update are going to have to wait another week or so.