The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Ipswich Brown Square English-Style Brown Ale The result: Win, 10–3 The method: NFL+ The headline: “No one makes me close my eyes.” – Pink Floyd, “Echoes” The commentary: The less said about this one, the better. They should have! They should have made me close my eyes! Rhamondre […]
The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Ommegang All Hallows Treat Imperial Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout The result: Win, 22–17 The method: Live via CBS The headline: “I like to act the part of being tough.” – Yo La Tengo, “Sugarcube” The commentary: Sometimes the universe just wants blog-makers to quote a particular goddamn song […]
I know nothing about football and I know nothing about politics. What I do know is self-editing and, later, resurrection. See? “My relationship with the Biff! Bang! words you’re reading [was] troubled, and if the Pats weren’t such a goddamn winning machine I might have signed off altogether following the Beefheart crowning achievement.” It sucks […]
The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Idle Hands 34 Porter The result: Fuuuuuuck The method: Live via Paramount+ The headline: “You took my arm and you broke my will.” – Stooges, “Ann” The commentary: Look, everyone! It’s one of those posts where I wait several months to “analyze” the final game of the season […]
Week sixteen The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Zero Gravity Extra Stout The result: Loss, 33–21 The method: NFL Game Pass Week seventeen The game: Jaguars at Patriots The beer: True North Dark Lantern Oatmeal Stout The result: Win, 50–10 The method: NFL Game Pass Week eighteen The game: Patriots at Dolphins The beer: […]
Week eleven The game: Patriots at Falcons The beer: Oak & Iron Inky Depths Porter The result: Win, 25–0 The method: Live via Amazon Prime Video Week twelve The game: Titans at Patriots The beer: Fore River John Henry Milk Stout The result: Win, 36–13 The method: NFL Game Pass The headline: “Tripped on his […]
The beer: Stella Artois Pilsner The headline: “She saw the MAC-10 and the bitch got the shits.” – Ice Cube, “Gangsta’s Fairytale 2” The commentary: Is Ice Cube out here puffing his chest on a victory tour? He predicted Mac Jones would beat out Cam Newton almost thirty goddamn years ago. Newton was three years […]
Expectations cannot help themselves. Sometimes, as during a post-Trump era of adults running the show, science and public health are regarded with respect and decisions are made in order to, you know, not let hundreds of thousands of us die. So any president after Trump would be and has been an improvement. For instance, expectations […]
The beer: Uinta Bristlecone Brown Ale The commentary: Good evening! So this is what it’s like to need a first-round quarterback. Well, it’s the second consecutive year we’ve needed one, but the first time we might actually see it through. Exciting? Tonight’s is my first WordPress running diary so I might have zero readers instead […]
Week eight The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: North Coast Old Stock Ale The result: Loss, 24–21 Week nine The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Oak & Iron Wacko Jacko Dark Pumpkin Ale The result: Win, 30–27 Week ten The game: Ravens at Patriots The beer: Liars Bench Cut-Off Schwartz Dark Lager The […]
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