Brews You Can Use V
The Brew Site is featuring a Christmas beer every day during Advent
[http://www.thebrewsite.com/]. Advent is a time of quiet waiting, not raucous
living, but heck, I'm just glad someone even mentions the word "Advent."
Eric Scheske
Manners at NY Subways?
From the New York Post: [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/58828.htm]
> The MTA begins its crackdown on bad behavior Monday with a series of new rules
prohibiting everything from rollerblading on the subway to putting your feet up
on an empty seat. . . .
> It will be a
King David or Chief David?
Interesting piece at WaPo about current archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101944.html]
. Excerpt:
> Some archaeologists believe Jerusalem was no more than a tiny hilltop village
when it served as David's capital. The discovery of a palace
Brews You Can Use IV
Actually, this is news you can use after you've had more brews than you can use:
> Three Finnish computer science students have devised a system which enables air
guitarists to hear themselves 'play'. The Virtual Air Guitar project, developed
at the Helsinki University of Technology,
Brews You Can Use III
> A German brewer has taken aim at the female market by producing a beer called
"Karla" that it claims does everything from calming the mind to preventing
cancer.
> The maker notes Karla contains health boosting ingredients like folic acid,
lecithin soya extract and vitamins.
Another Wedge between Child and Parent
A California court has ruled that a girl has a cause of action for violation of
privacy when her school tells her parents that she's gay. NYT Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/education/02schools.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1133528755-d/ntkfWld8r45DlgbMrs/A]
. Excerpt:
>
Brews You Can Use II
> A culture of 24-hour drinking and bingeing on alcohol may not be unique to
modern society, say historians.
> Experts have uncovered evidence that 12th century Londoners drank ale by the
gallon, starting at breakfast time, due to poor quality drinking water.
Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Brews You Can Use
Two great things in one: the Middle Ages and Beer, the Middle Ages Brewing
Company [http://www.middleagesbrewing.com/].
> Step back in time to when men were men, women were brewsters, and hand-crafted
fine ale filled every flagon. Your quest for great taste leads you out of the
Point Worth Remembering and Pondering
> I'm reading Thomas Woods' book on the Progressive Era and one of the things that
struck me was just how church philanthropy of that era so intertwined the
physical and spiritual. Relief of poverty was viewed as a means to an end, not
an end in
Charity Case
I'm guessing this charity has pretty high administrative overhead:
> A charity executive used $210,000 meant to cure heart disease to get his own
pulse pounding – repeatedly flying a dominatrix halfway across the country to
spank him, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
> Abraham Alexander racked up