23 April, 2014

Lagers in the Craft Beer Ghetto and Other Brew News

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Madison Craft Beer Week begins in nine days but The Dulcinea and I began celebrating the annual event last month with a trip to the Wisco...
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22 April, 2014

Deus in Machina: Transcendence

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Like many people, I spent Sunday reflecting on a man who dies and then is resurrected. Unlike Christians who celebrated the death and rebi...
03 April, 2014

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Piper!

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Our Kätzchen is now a Katze. Here she is a day or two old. And here she is today on her first birthday. Unfortunately I wasn't a...
31 March, 2014

The Search for General Tso

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This looks amusing. Have the filmmakers solved the mystery of General Tso's Chicken? The Search for General Tso - Trailer from Wicke...
07 March, 2014

Remembering Stanley Kubrick

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It's been fifteen years since Stanley Kubrick died. (Where does the time go?) Here's a tribute by one Alexandre Gasulla.

Rocket cat, burning out its fuse up there alone

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Leave it to the Germans to turn Katzen into medieval siege weapons . You're a 16th century German prince plotting to crush a peasan...
06 March, 2014

Mmmm...Kasza Jęczmienna po Staropolsku

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With the weather getting warmer, albeit slowly, I'll be transitioning to lighter fare from dishes like this. This is a Polish casser...
04 March, 2014

Happy Pączki Day 2014

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It being Fat Tuesday, Poles and those of Polish ancestry are celebrating by eating pączki, Polish filled doughnuts without holes. Lane...

Fanning the Spark Kindled by the Whispering Embers: A Rauch Oktoberfest by Valkyrie Brewing

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Back in January I first noticed that Valkyrie Brewing (formerly Viking) was distributing down here in Madison again when I saw a lone bot...
03 March, 2014

Riots in Stoughton, Minnesota Over Obama's Nominee for Ambassadorship to Norway

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Norwegian-Americans in Stoughton and all over Minnesota are marching down the streets accompanied by Grieg on the hardanger fiddle, burning ...
19 February, 2014

Capital to Fire Up the Pork Rocket Tonight

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From Capital Brewery's Twitter feed : Tonight @The_Side_Door try some bacon infused Maibock and mint infused Dark Voyage. Also you can...

German Culture Making a Comeback in Milwaukee

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The food and drink part, anyway. Above is the shiny, new dining room at Cafe Bavaria which opened in Wauwatosa earlier this week. It is...
17 February, 2014

Public Subsides for a Public Market in Madison Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come...To Die

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I discovered this morning that Mayor Soglin is directing Madisonians to a survey in order to find out what we want in a public market. I be...
11 February, 2014

How Can Madison Attract More Entrepreneurs?

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Over at the Atlantic Cities blog Richard Florida writes about a report on what entrepreneurs seek out in cities where they would locate the...

Thank you, Doug Hurst, for our daily liquid bread: Generator Doppelbock by Metropolitan Brewing

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Here in the depths of winter it's always nice to have a stronger beer to help get you through the chilly nights. Doppelbocks are a goo...

The Last Express Now Available for iOS and Android

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One of my favorite video games of all-time, 1997's The Last Express , is now available for iOS and Android devices. In the game, you tak...
10 February, 2014

The Revenant Brew: Baderbräu Chicago Pilsener

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Baderbräu bills itself as "Chicago's Original Craft Beer" and, while it may not be wholly accurate, its trademark Czech pil...
05 February, 2014

More Than Meets the Eye: Magnetron from Metropolitan Brewing

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Chicago's Metropolitan Brewing is one of my favorite breweries. They brew tasty beers and refuse to populate their line-up with IPAs ...
31 January, 2014

The Zero Theorem Trailer

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Terry Gilliam's latest movie looks to be a hoot. I love the use of short lenses here. Appears to have been shot in a style akin to that ...

Trailer for Under the Skin

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An alien is sent to Earth to pick up hitchhikers to have them sent back to her planet to be a delicacy. Sounds wonderfully odd. The trailer ...