Maybe I’m biased, but I’ve always felt like holiday brews should be bold, audacious even. Laurelwood’s seasonal pumpkin strikes a lovely note body-wise – it’s a nicely balanced amber that’s very “drinkable” (although I hate that term).
Read moreAs explained to me by my 14 year-old daughter, Chloe. So, the St. Louis Rams had their star QB Sam Bradford, who is majorly hot, go down for the season with a knee injury? And word is Tim Tebow was thinking here was his chance – an NFL team needs a quarterback and he’s an NFL quarterback? But the Rams
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Solo and with Velvet Underground, Reed changed the rock landscape forever When the iconic Velvet Underground & Nico album was released in 1967 I was all of six years old, so VU was never a part of my lived experience. I never became a fan of their music, exactly, although my inner rock historian grew into a deep respect for their place
Read moreTasty coppery ale with crisp pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg high notes and rich malt body.
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Our social media activities would benefit from a dose of critical thinking. A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on. – Terry Pratchett I had an exchange with my sister earlier about something she had shared on Facebook. If you haven’t seen it, it’s the one alleging that 11 US states now have
Read moreI really liked Sam’s piece this morning on dog dreams. But in thinking about it, I’ve come to a disturbing conclusion. The dog is mystified by science and technology. He can’t tell the difference between what’s real and what’s imaginary. A lot of his happiness in life results from his ignorance. Sam, your dog is a Republican. Jesus is coming,
Read moreEmbarrassing defeat in government shutdown and debt ceiling face-off reveals cracks in GOP coalition. While I have retired from political blogging, there is some value in pausing, from time to time, to remind our readers about past discussions of particular relevance to the events of the moment. One such opportunity presented itself this morning, as John “The Straight Talkin’ Mavericky
Read moreHave you ever wondered what it must be like being a dog?
Read morePeriodically I like to surf through YouTube for interesting song mashups, which are as pure a postmodern art form as exists. Today was one of those days, so here, for your listening pleasure, are some things that go together like peanut butter and basketball. Up first, Ozzy vs. a-ha. Folks, this just ain’t right.
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Government shutdown, debt crisis reveal how much GOP has in common with other sociopaths… Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dilation of the so-called blush response? Fluctuation of the pupil. Involuntary dilation of the iris? I believe Philip K. Dick had it right in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Technology had, in that not-so-distant future, created androids that were
Read moreKnow what I bet would hurt like a sonofabitch? When a vampire bites his tongue. Jesus is coming, and he doesn’t like his undead sparkly…
Read moreWhich do you think would be better – chorizo fried in bacon grease or bacon fried in chorizo grease?
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Hi folks. I wanted to take a moment to tell you about some changes here at S&R that we think you might like. The first one you probably already noticed: we’ve tweaked our design a bit. We did so for a big reason. When we made our last design update we didn’t really understand how it was going to affect
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Read moreRoss Douthat misses the point: the institution of the church is no longer central to the practice of religion It wasn’t long after I entered my doctoral program some 20 years ago that professors and fellow students alike noticed in me a certain proclivity for polemic and outright cage-rattling. My instinctive tendency to leaven insight with attitude was on display
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