You say there was a game? The game: Patriots vs. Seahawks The beer: (See part 1) The result: Win, 28–24 The commentary: Specific memories of the play-by-play have fogged over but I can’t exactly have a “part 1” without a “part 2” and maintain my dignity. Who am I, Remo Williams? Fingers crossed that my […]
This may be my shortest playlist essay yet (“more probable than not”). I poured everything into those goddamn Super-Biffys after we lost Chloe. Considering the starts and stops since that post’s infancy in 2014—I’d originally planned it as a literal January 10 anniversary piece to 2010’s wasted clickbait opportunity—I’m pleased with the results. It was […]
Welcome to the Lynn Auditorium! As we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the First Annual Biffy® Special I present to you the Super-Biffys™! The greatest album from every ten-year span since 1964. Why 1964? Because shut up! Here are the nominees under consideration by the Lower Galactic Biffy Council. Within each category, a special inter-net […]
We lost our beloved little flopper Chloe last month and will be mourning a long time. Approaching fifteen “human years” (eighty in “cat years”) she wasn’t, and hadn’t been, getting around as easily as she used to. She weighed next to nothing and slept twenty-two hours a day. From time to time she would surprise […]
Full-on electric The game: Patriots vs. Seahawks The beer: Dogfish Head Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew Ale The result: (To be continued) The commentary: The most expensive beer of the year cost about fourteen dollars. It’s been so long now, with Dr. Jones finally standing in for Major Toht, that the details are fuzzy—a lot has […]
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The beer: Jack’s Abby Smoke and Dagger Black Lager The commentary: I liked what I did lo, these many years ago (three), one beer to one player. Berkshire Saint of Circumstance India Pale Ale is Tom Brady? Of course! Symmetry is an admirable life goal. But it’s been done—it’s been done!—and I’m just too tired […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Mystic Descendant Suffolk Dark Ale The result: Win, 45–7 The commentary: It went down as it was supposed to… and then some. Luck forced a couple of throws that, as against Denver, went the other way. What say you, Mike Wells of ESPN Indianapolis? Did these amount to […]
The game: Ravens at Patriots The beer: Slumbrew My Better Half Imperial Cream Ale The result: Win, 35–31 The commentary: The divisional-round game was the first this season that I watched live all the way through. G. cooperated with some rare nap action and then mama was kind enough to give her dinner. We then […]
The beer: Berkshire Raspberry Barleywine-Style Ale Henniker Working Man’s Porter The commentary: It came during the bye week so the media didn’t pick up on it, but after five (regular) beer-and-football seasons I finally called an audible. The BBC barleywine was a gift to the Christmas hosts and I cracked it open Saturday night while […]
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