Scene: it’s autumn. Route 1 along the North Shore (title case) of Massachusetts—rather, “Old Route 1,” to distinguish it from the stretch with strip clubs and furniture outlets and orange dinosaurs. The scenic portion with private schools and shuttered restaurants and blind intersections that almost kill you (truth). Radio: on. “Fire” by the Crazy World […]
Week nine The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Channel Marker Losing Daylight Dark Mild Ale The result: Win, 26–3 The method: Live via Paramount+ Week ten (bye) The beer: Hopothecary Bavarian Analgesic Märzen-Style Ale The headline: “Flush you like my toilet!” – ESG, “Erase You” The commentary: G. played me Ray Parker (Jr.)’s “Ghostbusters” […]
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 […]
The game: Bears at Patriots The beer: Mast Landing Gunner’s Daughter Milk Stout The result: Loss, 33–14 The method: Live via NBC The headline: “Just ’cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there.” – Radiohead, “There There” The commentary: You’d think Radiohead, of all bands, would have written a song called “If’n You Got Two […]
Week one The game: Patriots at Dolphins The beer: Turtle Swamp JP Porter The result: Loss, 20–7 The method: NFL Game Pass NFL+ The knockout: Steelers win, 23–20 Week two The game: Patriots at Steelers The beer: Moat Mountain Boneshaker Brown Ale The result: Win, 17–14 The method: NFL+ The knockout: Packers win, 27–10 Week […]
“We have a Switch??” Nothing gets past a nine-year-old (at the time) and thus last April’s school-vacation surprise was blown. That’s what I get for assuming consumer discretionaries can’t creep their way into kids’ awareness in the age of commercial-less streaming. That’s what I get for making no effort whatsoever to hide the distinctive red […]
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 […]
Week one The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Throwback Oma’s Tribute Black Lager The result: Loss, 17–16 The method: NFL Game Pass (spoiled) The headline: “I’d build a pyramid in your sweet memory. Would you even record my name in your diary?” – Make-Up, “Hot Coals” The commentary: It came to me in half-sleep, […]
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 […]
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