I have no words (part 8)
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Beer and football XIV — aftermath
Replicating success: “Where do you see yourself in ten years?” The beer: Harpoon Celtic Red Ale The regular season: 4–13 The playoffs: N/A The headline: “Can you picture what will be?” – Doors, “The End” The commentary: (Continued.) Captain Beefheart’s “Bills Corpse” is a missed opportunity, sure, but Trout Mask Replica and its collection of […]
Beer and football XIII — weeks seventeen and eighteen
Week seventeen The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Great Rhythm Long Beach Lager The result: Win, 23–21 The method: Live via Paramount+ Week eighteen The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Twisted Fate My Promises Are Lies Tonight India Pale Ale The result: Loss, 35–23 The method: Live via Paramount+ The headline: “All the […]
Peeking through her keyhole: the best of Blogger, 2005–2010
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 […]
Beer and football XII — playoffs, week one
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 […]
Beer and football XI — weeks sixteen and seventeen
Week sixteen The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: True North Wee Swally Scotch Wee Heavy The result: Loss, 38–9 Week seventeen The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Lakefront Eastside Dark Lager The result: Win, 28–14 The commentary: Where were we? Right: sub five hundred, no playoffs, Brady wins, Newton re-signs (not “resigns”). Sallah […]
I have no words (part 7)
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Beer and football XI — the new league year
The beer: True North Garuda Coffee Milk Stout The commentary: Item! Abandon hope all ye who enter here. So this is football, everyday football, for almost every other fanbase. Uncertainty, denial, malaise, a looming and socially distant draft in which the idea of selecting a quarterback is not relegated to later rounds for novelty backup […]
Beer and football X — weeks sixteen and seventeen; playoffs, week one
Week sixteen The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Maine Fall Coffee Stout The result: Win, 24–17 Week seventeen The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Newburyport Overboard India Pale Ale The result: Loss, 27–24 Playoffs, week one The game: Titans at Patriots The beer: Great Marsh London Brown Porter The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: […]
I have no words (part 6)
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