Paradigm shifts and randomness

Watch out, this is going to be random. I don't get sick very often, but when I do, my life gets uprooted, I'm not my self, my environment changes, and the fan on my laptop is SO loud! But simple things like a glass of water taste sooo good. I find this is the best time to contemplate major situations and decisions. I always have a chance to take a totally different look at things I've been thinking about. Like deciding I might want to change my direction and become a microbiologist or almost putting a $400.00 brew pot on my card at 3am under the influence of NyQuil. I'm pretty sure I was looking at the air at one point wondering how my breathing was affecting all of the millions of particles surrounding me. Kinda analyzing my carbon foot print on a microscopic level.

Now granted, that alone didn't change my life, but it did flag a few questions on how I can make my beer better. So decided to start with the very basics, air and water. At our local Mama Jeans I can buy some pretty decently filtered water for 35 cents a gallon, a small price to pay to get away from chlorinated tap water. The whole air think might be a little trickier but I've heard something as simple as a "mini-max" system can make a big differen. I'm going to do a bit more research into the whole air and water before I make a final decision but I think I'm headed in the right direction.