“Since the football season ended I’ve needed an excuse to run off at the mouth, and forcing myself to comment on forty-eight songs seemed like a solution. Maybe next year, if I’m able to actually enjoy any music and/or write complete sentences with a son or daughter to worry about, I can try to control […]
It was written! Wait until you’re off the bridge. Wait until you’re off the bridge. The writing warned you! Wait until you’re off the bridge. Wait until you’re off the bridge. The writing killed your phone’s camera! Wait until you’re off the bridge. Wait until you’re off the bridge. The broken camera was a warning! […]
The beer: Blatant Session Ale The commentary: It’s become blatantly (ha!) obvious that I’m incapable of writing much outside of the comfort and weekly deadlines afforded by professional football, so I’ll kick off what I’m calling the 2012 season (in place of a clumsy “2012/2013”) with an attempt at live-blogging ESPN’s coverage of the first […]
The game: Patriots vs. Giants The beer: Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: Time is a funny thing. With time, wounds heal. With time, losses seem unimportant. With time, you’d think you could stock a secondary with personnel at all capable of stopping one stinking drive at the end of […]
I’m not yet ready to discuss beer and catastrophe. Instead, let’s mourn the imminent death of my smartphone’s camera by celebrating some of its best narrative photographs. We’ll start with the preciousness. I love this picture, from the same “session” as week five. G. was all about funny faces that day—it looks like she’s about […]
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The beer: Boulder Mojo India Pale Ale The commentary: Twenty-one beers with one more to go. Let’s recap by relating each week’s selection to a player on this year’s Patriots. Smell the contrivance! 1. Berkshire Saint of Circumstance India Pale Ale – Tom Brady Most valuable. I’d start the season with no other. 2. Rogue […]
The game: Ravens at Patriots The beer: Shipyard Double Old Thumper Ale The result: Win, 23–20 The commentary: It’s not so hard to relate to a billionaire. Robert Kraft is suffering a pain I never want to experience, and the manner in which he continues to carry himself and so publicly express his emotions, affections […]
The game: Broncos at Patriots The beer: Slumbrew Porter Square Porter The result: Win, 45–10 The commentary: I’m sticking with the thumb-sucking theme, before and after versions. Again, these pictures weren’t taken on game day—it was really Monday at the mall—and in the second one she’s sporting the vacant stare of someone who wishes she […]
The beer: Founders Porter The commentary: Last year at this time (I am not providing the link) I had a Berkshire Shabadoo all set to go for a second playoff contest that didn’t happen. Never again, I vowed… until I was shopping for tonight’s beer at Kappy’s this morning and couldn’t decide between options A […]
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