There really isn’t much in this world that can beat spending a day learning about beer, getting buzzed on free samples and dining on excellent food at one of your favorite craft…
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When Did You Jump The Shark?
We are living in strange times, friends. And, like Mark Burgess sang on the Chameleons album Strange Times, “Well, we were younger then, / And the days were long and slow /…
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So You Want To Be A Blogger?
I took my laptop to the Apple store today, and the diagnosis wasn’t so cheery. If my computer has cancer, it has the kind of cancer that costs a lot of money…
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What The Palm Reader Said
I don’t like psychics. I’ve only ever visited with one, and she scared the shit out of me. That was in New York, after my freshman year of college. My mother took…
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Swan Fungus Beer Snob Update
While Nicci, Maryn, Nate and Louise catch up on this week’s episode of “The Biggest Loser,” I’m drinking a bottle of Harviestoun Ola Dubh 30. It’s one of the most complex beers…
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…In Which A Depressing Film Makes Me Depressed
I just finished watching The Proposition, a very good and very depressing movie. If you don’t know the plot, it’s about a police captain in late 19th century rural Australia. He captures…
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I Answer Tough Job Interview Questions So You Don’t Have To!
Oh boy! An interactive new article from CNN/CareerBuilder! …Interactive in the sense that it attempts to teach you answers to tricky job interview questions. But the mere fact that the article asks…
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More Notes On WFMU And Swan Fungus
By now you might have already heard (see: Facebook, Twitter, Jack’s comment on yesterday’s blog post), but WFMU DJ Scott Williams took the time to record a very silly reading of the…
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This Is How The Collector Scum Party
Here are some rules to implement if you’re a huge nerd who wants to host a record-listening party like Mark did last evening. Magic cards and D&D are optional. Rules: – bring…
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Spring Is In The Air
Today marks a very important day in the life of a red-blooded American Boy. With the first box scores of the day, Spring Training officially began today. No more stories about how…