The game: Patriots at Chiefs The beer: Clown Shoes Pecan Pie Porter The result: Loss, 41–14; Chargers win, 33–14 The commentary: “No pictures of my little girl will accompany losses, especially losses as ugly and perplexing as this.” Almost. Here’s an outtake from week one, basically summing up the game. The porter was delicious and […]
The beer: Cambridge Spring Training India Pale Ale The commentary: Another haircut, another draft. Another media blackout. And another-another haircut, as G. got her first ever this morning. She was so excited about it and wore a super serious face (pictured) for the first five minutes. It amounted to a trim, a cleanup, because her […]
The beer: Battle Road 1775 Tavern Ale The commentary: Michelle, who early on seemed overly confident for no good reason (certainly not from a talent perspective) only to turn things around when it counted, won season XI of Project Runway. She deserved it, I suppose, after Stanley went all “What do you mean it’s tomorrow? […]
Good taste for sale! ▲ Updated: November 1, 2025 CDs | LPs, EPs, 45s | Cassettes | Videos | Books Do you like music? Used music? Do you like paying for it? Here is a list of stuff you can buy from me. All fair offers considered—everything must go! Longtime readers (!) will recall I started this… process… back in 2010. I acknowledged, a […]
The beer: Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat Ale The commentary: Unlike acrylic, silicone is permanently waterproof, flexible and shrink/crack proof. Typical uses Showers, tubs, sinks, tile, countertops and fixtures. Adhesiveness Most ceramic tile, laminate, porcelain, glass, metal, plastic, granite and wood. Warning Silicone tub and tile caulk is not for use below the water line or […]
Your local classic rock radio station is playing one of their songs right now, has just finished playing it or will do so once “Hotel California” is over. The hard rock station up the dial is in the middle of a three-fer (“Rock and Roll,” “Traveling Riverside Blues” and “The Ocean”) and those sweaty old […]
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 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 […]
July 31, 2004. Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is traded (indirectly) for shortstop Orlando Cabrera and first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. It was the strangest thing—a large group of us had collected at our friend Hector’s (false name) suburban backyard to celebrate his thirtieth birthday party. The news rolled out fast, someone probably shouting from the […]
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. […]
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