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Blow Back Beer to the Vanishing Sommelier

This Video is Pretty Wild Brewer blown backwards by beer blast (video)An employee of Back Channel Brewing Company in Spring Park, Minnesota, was standing in front of a large vat when it blew him backwards.Boing BoingDavid Pescovitz The Sommelier is Vanishing Wine is still poured at many tables.

Prices Reflect Our Participation in Reality in General

A few notes on prices and reality

John McClaughry: Underappreciated Man

Bill Kauffman at The American Conservative

Collectors, Hoarders, and the Childless

In my youth, I started more collections than a wino starts bottles. I stopped. I don't know why.

Science and Magic . . . And Math

This is a great historical tie into Part II of Existence Strikes Back and its observation that modernity's momentum began to build in the 13th century, as Western civilization's capacity for control increased. Magic and science were twins in the cradle of modernity. This essay points

Hanging Out is Counter-Conduct

Derek Thompson at The Atlantic

The Peasant Sentiment

The Greatest Game Ever Played is a true story about an unaccomplished young golfer, Francis Ouimet, at the turn of the century and how he beat the world's top two golfers in an 18-hole playoff at the 1913 U.S. Open. Francis's goal to be a

Portland: A Laboratory Experiment on Progressive Politics

Naomi Schaefer Riley at City Journal

The Technology Paradox

The more efficient technology makes us, the less efficient we become. Of course, information technology saves time by doing things quickly. Or does it? Bosses save wages, but we become their new, unwilling wage slaves. Meanwhile, with the automation of more and more processes that used to take a five-minute