Fearful Symmetries

Late June 2021 In the dog days of summer, when it's ungodly hot, I long for days when you can build an igloo in your yard like my neighb...

There I was at my local purveyor of barley pop, trapped in the indecision of another cooler full of colorful beer labels all jockeying for m...

Whenever I'm at the store and see cans of Young Blood Beer Co. beer, I can't help but think of Jack and Jim Youngblood, the unrelat...

Backpocket Brewing 's hometown is Coralville, Iowa but it has an outpost in Dubuque, some 90 miles to the northeast. My Frau and I happe...

Here is the card I received on Father's Day: I remarked to a friend that it was a cheesy card and he replied that it Colby been worse. I...

For better or for worse, I have decided to persist with my salt & vinegar Reinheitsgebot and keep the lengthier reviews for potato chip...

set the Blu-ray player in motion at dusk. Inside was my as-yet unplayed Blu-ray disc of The Name of the Rose , Jean-Jacques Annaud's 198...

As the great Zaphod Beeblebrox once said, "Belgium, man! Belgium!" Belgian and Belgian-style beers have, for reasons that are no...

Like a great many people, I have been feeling a wanderlust lately. There are certainly places I have a preference for visiting but basically...

Former Kansas violinist, singer, and songwriter Robby Steinhardt died a few days ago. I know him almost exclusively for his work with that ...

I knew that the housing market here in Madison was going crazy after hearing tales of buyers paying $20,000 over asking and waiving inspecti...