Not much today. I'm off work and hope to get some serious writing done . . . in addition to going to Mass, attending tonight's high school football opener with my football-wild sons, helping with my daughter's birthday party (she became a teenager yesterday; she hasn't started sassing yet, knock on cyber wood), and handling sundry matters in the nine-person household. Just a few things, then BYCU:
In light of the Oriole massacre two days ago, this ESPN writer came up with a great list of thrashings. . . . Remind me not to fish with my shirt off: Vladimir Putin has become a gay icon after being photographed with his shirt off while fishing (Drudge linked to another article on the same story yesterday, but this link emphasizes the gay angle, thereby increasing its humor) . . . "May I come in, or are you busy lying on your cot or lying on your cot or lying on your cot? Prison wardens have been urged to show respect to inmates by knocking on cell doors before going in.
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In case you missed it: A police report was lodged yesterday against a Tamil newspaper for publishing a front-page picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a can of beer in the other.
My church's basement has a picture of Jesus playing horse shoes. Is that much different than Jesus with a beer? Neither picture shows the proper reverence due the Son of God, but neither portrays him sinfully, either. I'll withhold judgment until I see the picture.
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Lookin' for expensive beer? Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself, but nonetheless, you can find them here. $52 to $79 a pint.
I'll stick with Schlitz.
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Another story about craft beer's skyrocket growth. Craft beer is hip. But with a bit more success, it'll cease being hip (if it hasn't done so already). That's the fast-moving irony of our marketplace these days.
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One of the neatest features in the beer blogosphere: Six-pack of the week, with an efficient picture index. Look at the rectangle with seven different beer bottles showing, then move the little cursor and click on a bottle. A description will show up.
