Atomistic materialism? So I don’t hold to some of the finer points of Epicurean philosophy like the belief in a strictly material universe and the neutrality of the pantheon. Nor am I as strictly close to acetisism as he was. What I can say is this, Epicurus has been pretty badly represented in and among [...]
Excuse me while I get personal…this is a first person point of view post. I am just sick of beer reviews. Blah. Boring. Now, if you review beers frequently for your blog, please don’t get mad at me, because I review beers too. I’m not really preaching to the choir, I’m preaching to the preacher [...]
This is for you, Scott from Manland. It wasn’t more than a year or so ago that I started having quite a bit of interaction with my (now friend) Scott. He would write me, talk about beer, and ask some advice. He was kicking around the idea of homebrewing, which I knew would keep getting [...]
Anemic. Perhaps this is one of the best ways to describe the job market. Seriously, in my remembrance the job market has never beer worse. Here I sit, with a couple of prospects and a Master’s degree but still out of work for the period of about three months. Needless to say, many people are [...]
Remember that $787 Billion Stimulus package that congress passed in 2009? Under the scrutinizing eye, it was in fact a tax, not a stimulus…the United States has yet to feel the pain of payback; however. Regardless, free taxpayer money seems to be synonymous with “stimulus” these days. What does a yet unpaid for tax stimulate? [...]
Today I watched Spain lose to the Swiss. Keep in mind that Spain is widely considered the favorite to win the World Cup. Many of the learned soccer experts, FIFA, and fans assume that certain teams will win or be great in the World Cup. Of course, I’m not saying it’s unfair to expect teams [...]
Unlike ever before, the internet is proliferated with reviews of beer. As if Beer Advocate and Rate Beer had not provided the interwebs with enough paradoxical opinions and love stories for that hopmonster of an ale you hold in your hand, there has sprung up a glut of beer blogs that are dying to tell [...]
While interviewing for a job possibility the other day, I was looking at a Travel and Leisure magazine. Normally, I’m not that interested in what they have to say…unless I’m traveling soon. However, there wasn’t much else to look at so I went ahead and started flipping through and saw an interesting article about the [...]
This is our fourth attempt to do the uncouth: intentionally stereotype, our first attempt was a tad fun as was the last (and my favorite, “Partying Dudes”). You see, in a past post we discussed stereotypes a bit in a nonjudgmental and humorous attitude. It occurred to those who participated in the discussion that it [...]
Sitting, waiting, wishing is not an easy state of affairs. Considerable time goes into make some styles and types of beer. Specifically, Lambic is the style that is rolling around in my head. My Lambic is now about two and a half months old in the fermenter. I’m seeing the beginnings of pellicle formation, the [...]
