Food and Drink

Holy stumbler, Batman! State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. [http://www.9news.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=96270&catid=337] I went

Guinness plant due to close. And other information about Guinness [http://www.newsflavor.com/World/Europe/Guinness-Plant-Due-to-Close.162907]. Excerpt: > After finishing a pint of Guinness you can count the rings in the glass. This will tell you drink how many sips/gulps you took. An Irish person should only

A fitting Memorial today: St. Benedict, the man who gave us monasteries, who in turn gave us beer and many other forms of alcohol. The Liturgy of the Hours this morning contains a reading from St. Benedict's rule. One line says that there exists a "bitter spirit&

Summer time is here and so is the beer. I look forward to hoisting a host these next couple of days. The weather forecast is sunny and so are my expectations. Of course, saying such a thing is a good way to get rain, but that's okay. There&

InBev next to facilitate vertical integration by purchasing expanses of manure fields: InBev began courting Anheuser-Busch shareholders and staff on Thursday after making a $46.3 billion bid, hoping to add Budweiser to its own Stella Artois and Beck's beers and create the world's largest brewer.

They're heavy-handed. That's why I ain't got much use for prison guards, college administrators, liturgists, and revenuers. If you want to see the latter in action, check out this Dukes-of-Hazzard-like story [http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Cover_Story/2008/05/29/Gettin_Jacked/]. It&

I figured that was a good way to kick off the BYCU. I won't be doing much driving this weekend, but some inebriated bike pedaling is a possibility. Drink a few, ride bike to the baseball games. The only problem with that is, I can't sneak

Before Friday's feature posts, please indulge this request: If you know of anyone in NW Ohio, northern Indiana, northern Illinois (Chicago area), or Michigan (lower peninsula) that's trying to sell a used school bus, please let me know. You can put the information in the comments

It's drinkin' time. First, it's Michigan Week. All three of my long-time fans know that I have a hard time finding beer at Michigan Week [http://www.catholicexchange.com/2005/01/27/96121/]. But I've got it licked now. The festival is held

I took off most of Wednesday to attend the Chamber of Commerce golf outing. Whatta mistake. I thought I had an easy day of work ahead of me on Thursday (a mop up day to get some old projects done), so I thoroughly enjoyed myself, still made it to my