Some observations from Sunday’s game before going all Patriots batshit: “Labor uncertainty” is the new “all-important third preseason game.” Please set aside all non-NFL-related uses of this phrase until a labor agreement is reached. How about Ben Roethlisberger? That’s three horrible Super Bowl performances, and finally one the Steelers didn’t win in spite of him. […]
The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Cody Unz Ya Altbier The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: I know nothing about football. Spending a week away from the game is a good way to deal with the end of your team’s season. I don’t know what I would have done without the Golden Globes—A. was all […]
The beer: Tetley’s English Ale The commentary: A relaxing, stress-free Sunday is nice for a change. I’m thankful the loudmouth Jets won last night because I’m watching the Ravens push the Chiefs around and I really want no part of them next week. (The week after that, assuming the Pats whoop the Jets, I wouldn’t […]
“Be careful, this might make you believe in God.” – Me, after giving a CDR (!) of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and Ascension to a friend for his birthday Coltrane released Ascension in 1966. I first heard it in the late nineties and finally bought it in 2003 or 2004. It continues to challenge […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Long Trail Imperial Porter The result: Win, 38–7 The commentary: Ho-hum. Another destruction, another twenty-two ounces. At least some nice Brian Hoyer and eight-percent-alcohol action kept things interesting. I don’t have much to say this week. It was nice to see Julian Edelman cash in on some of […]
We had a little Yankee swap at work last week. Weren’t allowed to drink because we’re now part of this uptight group whose idea of casual dress is a mock turtleneck tucked into high-waisted, pleated chinos, but it was still fun and we got to go home early (or go to a bar, as four […]
The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Shipyard Blue Fin Stout The result: Win, 34–3 The commentary: Once again I rocked a Starbucks iced chai as a warm-up, obtained during a pre-storm errand scramble. And then the Blue Fin Stout. Mmm… as tasty and comfortable as December football against a Thurman Thomas-less Bills team. This […]
The game: Packers at Patriots The beer: Shipyard Prelude Special Ale The result: Win, 31–27; Fabio, 5–4–0 The commentary: I went to bed at 1:30 for the dorkiest reason possible: the Survivor finale. It was sort of a complicated television night, the plan was to watch Survivor live (pretty much) while recording the game. (I […]
The game: Patriots at Bears The beer: Rogue Dead Guy Ale The result: Win, 36–3 The commentary: A. and I went up to Maine over the weekend and I came home with a bunch of beer. One of them was the Dead Guy Ale, something I can find anywhere but that I couldn’t resist because […]
The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet Smoke on the Water Smoked Porter The result: Win, 45–3 The commentary: There may have been a “godless chill of New England” in the air (New York Post columnists are so colorful!) but the hometown team was torching everything in sight. A new king […]
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