New Belgium Abbey Ale
The New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado is best known for their Fat Tire amber. But New Belgium makes a lot of beer as one of the first generation of ...
Category: Mine
These are links to pieces I wrote for other sites, my own, as well as others.
Jólabókaflóð: An Icelandic Christmas Tradition
Iceland is not a huge country, but it has a millennia long rich literary history, beginning with the Old Norse Sagas. Everybody in Iceland reads, and everyone b...
SOPA and PIPA: It Isn’t Over
First, we want to link to a video from Cory Doctorow, a writer, and someone whose career and income are tied to intellectual property rights, and the ‘net...
Grilled Fresh Pacific Northwest Salmon
I admit that I’m really loving easy access to fresh, locally caught, salmon. At this time of year in particular, when it’s simple to buy a fillet or...
Whedon, Rimbaud, and Cicero: Introduction to the Angel Rewatch
The central question informing the character of Angel is asked during season 3, first in the episode “Amends.” Angel’s been having really bad ...
Julie and Julia: A Meditation on Film, Julia Child, and Cooking Blogs
Even though the film Julie and Julia came out in 2009, I’ve only just now seen it. Written and directed by Nora Ephron, and based in part on the blog Juli...
Kona Brewing Pipeline Porter
You know those seasonal beers? The ones released for just a few months, then retired? I’ve lost my heart to one—Kona Brewing Company’s Pipeline Porter. Pipeline...