27 March, 2013

Dracula Is Alive and Well and Living In: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

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I was about half way through Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian before I started making comparisons to The Da Vinci Code . And this wa...
25 March, 2013

Will Customers Flee Fordem/Sherman Avenue Businesses?

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Isthmus reports today that Gumbogate has been resolved . As was reported last week , John Roussos, owner of New Orleans Take Out on Fordem A...
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Leinenkugel Tries Its Hand at a Kölsch

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Leine's new midwinter/spring/summer seasonal is Canoe Paddler , a Kölsch-style brew with rye. This is the third rye Kölsch I know of f...

Madison Craft Beer Week and Schell's Summer Line-Up Gets More Interesting

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We've got labels. Is Central Waters getting a new look? It's nice to see Leines doing a Helles though it would appear that i...
22 March, 2013

Where Does the Flavor Go?

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My co-workers and I went to Wando's for lunch today and I proceeded to order a chicken sandwich. It had a chicken breast which was tende...
18 March, 2013

Doctor Who Returns Soon

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Doctor Who returns on the 30th and the Beeb has trailers. Here's one for English audiences. The new Ice Warriors look pretty bad as...

Mmm...cream filling...

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This was in a window of a Polish bakery in Chicago.

Avast Ye IPA Drinkers!

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A couple new labels from Capital. Lake House is their new summer seasonal and I believe it is a pre-Prohibition style brew. Capsized i...
13 March, 2013

An Obsolete Word for Wisconsin

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Earlier I found this list of obsolete words. It's got classics like "pussyvan" and "wonder-wench" but the best is s...

Baumkuchen Failure

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I tried to make baumkuchen bars over the weekend but failed. Not an epic failure, though. Baumkuchen means "tree cake" and is tr...
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You'll Take My Beer But I'll Take Yours Too

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A couple new labels: Too bad Lucette doesn't distribute down here as that weissbier sounds tasty. Iron Maiden has a beer - Troop...
27 February, 2013

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

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A few months before starting this book I listened to Cat Women of the Moon , a radio documentary about sex & gender in science fiction...
26 February, 2013

Bockfest 2013, &c

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The crowds were out for Bockfest at Capital Brewery on Saturday. It had been a few years since I'd been and some things had changed....
22 February, 2013

One Barrel to Get New Brewing Company

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It looks like Keith Symonds, The Beer Prof , looks to be taking the plunge and opening Next Door Brewing Company . The brewery's Twitter...

Goin' Mobile

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It looks like the state couldn't put the kibosh on BadgerCare soon enough for Dennis Smith because he has now resigned his position as ...

The Perfect Bicycle Accessories

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A couple bicycle accessories that would surely be big sellers here in Madison. First is the Backbrat . It's a portable grill that ...
20 February, 2013

Those Norwegians Sure Love Their Wood

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Reality TV in Norway is much different than ours is. Here people sing, eat bugs, or get into fights. Over there people stack cordwood . Th...

Cats Love Parchment As Much as Scholars Do

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Some medieval monk let a very naughty katze loose in the scriptorium. That feline also will have black paws and a black tongue! (h/t Er...
14 February, 2013

Top 20 Cat Hugs for Valentine's Day

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12 February, 2013

A Sixie Omnibus

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When I met Kate Orman last fall at Chicago TARDIS, I was compelled to ask her if the references to Rush and Yes in this book were digs at ...