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Beer and football XIV — week two
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Jack’s Abby Copper Legend Oktoberfest Lager The result: Loss, 24–17 The method: Live via Peacock The record: 0–2 The headline: “Empty my pockets and wreck my day.” – St. John Green, “Canyon Women” The commentary: Beginning with today’s data skim daily prompt, I’m trying out this “featured image” […]
Rosie Posie with the Mosie, 2016–2022
A year ago yesterday we lost our dear Rosie the guinea pig. She lived a fairly long life for a guinea pig, a good life, full of chin scratches and exploring sounds and peppers all colors of the rainbow. (The reds were her favorite. Mine too.) She developed a habit of chewing on the bars […]
Far too many notes for my taste
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 […]
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 […]
Beer and football XIII — weeks thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen
Week thirteen The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Foley Brothers Long Beards Oatmeal Stout The result: Loss, 24–10 The method: NFL+ Week fourteen The game: Patriots at Cardinals The beer: Wormtown Blizzard of ’78 English-Style Brown Ale The result: Win, 27–13 The method: NFL+ Week fifteen The game: Patriots at Raiders The beer: Jack’s […]
Beer and football XIII: They laugh at me when I ride my bike
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 […]
Used to be I couldn’t sleep at night, baby
“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 […]
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 […]
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