It was in my best interest recently to be awake, alert, and somewhat sharp. As in knife sharp? Well, if that’s the standard, I needed to be sharper than that. Unfortunately, I was out of coffee.
This is my review of Kiuchi Brewery Hitachio Nest Espresso Stout.
There were a lot of choices but I wound up buying this one from LavAzza since I happen to fancy this blend and it was coincidentally on sale. Plus, I’ve been siting on this beer for a while…
Can I get one that isn’t fair trade?
There is a misconception about espresso somehow being stronger than regular coffee. This is a sort of a myth. Most of this is drawn from espresso having a much more robust coffee flavor than the typical scoop of Yuban on mashed potatoes. In truth, a serving of coffee from the traditional drip system Americans know and love contains 65-120mg of caffeine. A serving of espresso on the other hand is merely 30-50mg. The difference if course, is in how it is served. Drip coffee is spread out over what is normally 8oz or more. At 8-15mg per ounce, that venti adds up to a higher volume overall. Espresso is served in a single ounce, and is 30-50mg. It is similar to a pint of beer vs. a shot of whiskey.
Espresso of course isn’t really a different type of bean, nor is it roasted in a remarkably different way. The difference of course is the machine used to make it. It is surprisingly fun from an engineering perspective, especially if you are into steampunk. It is essentially a boiler, heating water to 1.5Bar, forcing steam through a series of pipes to condense and force water at even higher pressures through a densely packed “cake” of ground coffee. This machine was designed in the 1880’s to brew as it filled the tiny mug in a minute or two. In a sense, Espresso is one of the first versions of instant coffee, because once the machine is primed it will make Espresso on demand.
Hence the name “Espresso”.
How does this beer stack up? Being a product of Japan it is exactly what you expect: well crafted, and good qualify for a more than fair price. The problem of course it is also understated and almost boring. Good, solid coffee stout though, so its a good call for daydrinking. Kiuchi Brewery Hitachio Nest Espresso Stout 3.5/5
Peet’s is fair trade? I never noticed.
Being a product of Japan it is exactly what you expect: well crafted, and good qualify for a more than fair price. The problem of course it is also understated and almost boring. Good, solid coffee stout though, so its a good call for daydrinking. Kiuchi Brewery Hitachio Nest Espresso Stout 3.5/5
Sounds good to me.
I have no idea if its fair trade or not.
OT: Did I ever mention how much I hate my pool? Seriously, there has to be a better way to raise your property value by $20k.
Sex dungeon?
Pools raise property value?
Think he was talking about his gene pool.
^ maybe in some area a pool adds value, but it is almost a cliche in the real estate world that pools reduce value by somewhere in vicinity of 10%. Massive liability issues, thousands of dollars in maintenance a year, yeah no thanks.
My wife wants a pool. Apparently so she can skipping using it the three weeks it’s close to being useable year round.
I never understood the Minnesotans who have an in-ground pool. How many months of the year can you even enjoy it??
Skating rink!
Days (maybe hours) would be a better measuring unit for that question.
Minnesota — if Summer comes on a weekend they have a picnic.
This is what we got for this summer when the Grandlittles visited (did I forget to mention that Mr Splosives robbed the cradle? I’m a step grandmother).
It’s an inflatable pool but 4 feet deep and 15 feet diameter. We left it up for months after they left. Turned out to be great therapy for my broken back and was plenty big for a lazy sunbathe.
It has a pump and filters and we tested and treated the water like a regular pool but when it got a little chilly, we deflated it and gave it to a local charity.
Might do it again next year.
Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Filter-Ladder-Ground-Cloth/dp/B073FKF9KN/ref=asc_df_B073FKF9KN/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=216585812545&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4192927644621082841&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1014218&hvtargid=pla-376338450710&psc=1
I was hoping for a picture of you in the pool.
I’m not saying such pics don’t exist…
*offers Hayek a bunch of shots*
I’m flattered.
You’d be disappointed. They are quite tame. I did share a few risqué pics to a certain glib who shall remain nameless, but I myself do not retain any copies.
I’m a cradle-robber my own self. Mrs. Animal is a veritable young ‘un.
“attractive nuisance”
I need to link to the swimming pools discussion we had late one night quite a while ago.
A swimming pool, to me, is the ultimate manifestation of having made it.
I want one, but I do NOT want one more.
I want one, but I do NOT want one more.
^^^This.
I do not know where the Pool Demarcation line is, but if can’t enjoy my pool more than half the year, I’m not interested in wasting the time&money. I don’t mean use. I mean enjoy. When you have to bypass the the solar heating system because the water is uncomfortably hot, then you are in the region for a pool. I remember using my parent’s pool in Feb. when I was visiting them on leave one time. It was tolerable at least. Of course all the tequila helped.
I see a similar thing with hot tubs/spas. Several of our neighbors have outdoor tubs and I’ll see them all winter long with feet of snow on top.
Our house has an indoor one and we’ve used it almost daily for over 30 years.
I’ve dated a few girls like that back in the day.
maybe in some area a pool adds value, but it is almost a cliche in the real estate world that pools reduce value by somewhere in vicinity of 10%
In the summertime in AZ you can very easily add 10% to the asking price in the summer. That said the pool’s value is more a long term proposition. The city of Phoenix is becoming a bit more onerous about this sort of thing, so having an existing pool might be advantageous when considering buying a home in comparison to buying a large lot and adding a pool later.
I grew up in AZ and in the desert a pool can be a great thing. I enjoy my pool here in Hawaii. I can use it year round (water temp this A.M. is 84) and I have a salt water system so there is very low annual cost for pool chems. It is 100% tiles so it is easy to maintain.
My spawn have all started their own lives elsewhere but granpa’s pool is a great draw and a big hit with the spawn and their spawn.
I think it’s a “must-have” in the desert. I’m in the west valley and we had a pool and hot tub put in and it makes our house better than a resort. It also is a great attraction for the kids and we have a spare room, so we have both of our parents have come. Pool adds a lot of value to a house, imo, but… it also costs a few $$. We have the salt system, as well; it makes pool maintenance easy. We don’t use the pool a ton in the ‘off-season,’ but man, is it nice to have the option when I’m banged up from hockey, or sore from working out, to flip on the hot tub and spend 15-20 minutes with the jets on my sore shoulder, back, etc. and be able to do that for a couple of nights in a row with a drink, while sitting there watching the stars… I don’t have a price point on that, but man, it doesn’t suck.
Pools raise property value?
In a climate where its get 115+ in the summertime? Yes.
*facepalm*
No. They don’t.
Whatever, Gary. I was looking for Foghorn Leghorn, found this instead.
“I say, that boys about as sharp as a bag of wet mice”
Senator Claghorn was the inspiration for Foghorn.
“Eliminate the North. Make the whole country the South.”
Beautiful.
I am gonna go offtopic cause i am vaguely drunk at a whisky festival
While sazerac straight rye is not bad 260 lei a bottle is to much. Your american whisky is to expensive
Than being said, longmoren 16, an cnoc 24 are nice. Also benriach 21 yo peated. Balvenie 40 year old can be had for 900 lei per 20 ml.
Also i may have drunk to much whisky
Glenglassaugh Torfa is really not bad for the price.
Tempelton rye was meh
Midleton very rare 1997 is real nice for an irish but damn it expensive
Buy them at the source. Bourbon prices are reasonable in KY, foe example.
I think the airfare might make that expensive.
To end the day I did have a sazerac cocktail with the rye absinth and the proper bitters i am not gonna try to spell peychaud or whatever on my phone first time i found this in old Romania
Never had one. Not sure what herbsaint is.
Taiwanese kavalan whisky is not good and too expensve
Which one? There’s about a 1/2 dozen Kavlans.
Well i dunno the one i tried
If this list was in order I may have an explanation for why that one wasn’t good. I was drinking Glenmorangie Lasanta last night. The first several (counting will just make me feel bad, I am assuming someone snuck in and joined me because the bottle level can’t be right) were tasty (incidentally sorry to anyone I pissed off last night, it was an angry drunk, that is why I stopped commenting) the last one was not so good.
Ok, maybe the bottle level wasn’t lying to me. That gibberish seems to indicate I am still affected.
It is not in order. I tried all the peaty ones after the others. Started with irish and taiwan then rye then moved on to no peaty scotch and then peaty scotch
I’m a gonna stop phone typing now
Yeah, that list sounds like it is sleepy time for Pie.
Ardbeg perpetuum is still good
by “good” you mean “fantastic.”
Sazerac is just over a third of that price here.
Well arent you americans special. But high whiskey tax is the price us europeans pay for civilisation
Nope. Just illustrating that it’s not American whiskey that’s expensive, it’s the cost to get it half way around the world to you that is.
Did you guys mail order civilization? When is it being delivered?
So when are you getting civilization?
/snark
I’m not a fan of Sazerac. There are a number that are better at that price.
i am vaguely drunk at a whisky festival
I approve.
The stupid uber app does bot let me tip. I dont get why
I remember the app allowing me to tip last time I took a Uber.
I poked around, and Uber’s FAQ on tipping says this about why you might not be able to tip:
You may need to update your app to enable tipping. Additionally, some drivers may opt to not accept tips through the app. Or you might be in a region where in-app tipping isn’t available yet. You can always tip your driver in cash if you’d like.
Depends on which age statement, but the Sazerac rye 6 is only ~$25 here in Ohio, the 18 is $100.
And Midleton Very Rare is the one special bottle I always have on hand.
I only had the sazerac 18 once and it was nice. but we are talking the 6 here
Not a fan of the 18 either.
The problem of course it is also understated and almost boring.
As with everything Japanese, that is a problem with the observer, not the product. Take your time with it and you’ll enjoy it.
Did I say it was a bad thing?
I feel the same way about the whiskey.
Lavazza “Perfetto” blend is my go-to – best bang for the buck as that brand is seemingly always on sale at my supermarket. I picked up their “Kilimanjaro” for my next bag, we’ll see how that goes.
Sampled this on draft the other night. It was very tasty but not something you would want more than a small snifter of, maybe with some cake and/ice cream. It’s a dessert beer. Nice ABV though. Might be good in a milkshake or something. Might pick up a bottle to play with.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3818/429315/
Southern Tier makes good stuff.
They do. The foods at the brewpubs isn’t bad either. It also helps that their ownership also owns Victory (Southern Tier and Victory started it IIRC) and Sixpoint so have beers from all three breweries.
That’s like my heaven. Need to go to one.
There’s one in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Lakewood, NY (that I’m aware of). Victory had a couple of locations around Philadelphia last time I went to one, and Sixpoint is in NYC (Brooklyn I believe).
“Espresso is served in a single ounce, and is 30-50mg.”
Not in this house!
A cup of coffee is a cup of coffee.
Put your money where your mouth is.
????
Could you imagine the reaction if someone suggested doing this to Obama’s childhood home?
I think the Typhoon probably took care of that.
Burn!
In some ways I feel sorry for people who get this obsessed about something so silly. I understand most of us need goals and projects, but this seems fairly unfulfilling. Of course, I no longer understand people on any part of the political spectrum who make politics their life focus.
What an asshole.
Who?
Christ?
David Yates. Brookesed it.
Morons.
https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2019/11/portland-students-say-they-dont-feel-like-they-matter-at-school-district-officials-want-to-change-that.html
Who the fuck cares what teenagers think about their schools? They’re idiots with brains full of mush. I would hope the % that connect with the adults in their school approaches 0. Teachers are not there to be your buddy. You should feel like you don’t matter at school. And the nonsense about teaching styles not matching learning styles. The children’s job is to adapt. STFU, sit down, and do your class work. Maoists are allowed to run loose.
Which Maoists? The ones bitching about the teachers? Or the teachers?
Same coin.
It is eye-rolling, and I see it veered into gender and race claptrap as usual, but… FWIW I had plenty of great, dare I say “caring”, teachers in HS. And plenty of awful ones. But yes, we knew our place.
That makes them just as qualified as the people who run the school.
Okay, so the shotgun I have (and there is little enough information on it, which means it’s not worth much):
STEVENS shotgun model 1078
.410 3-inch chamber
single-barrel, breakdown,
walnut stock, front bead sight
Savage Arms Corporation
Chicopee Falls, Mass USA
Does not say J. Stevens, just Stevens
Good enough for firing 2 warning shots off the balcony!!
—-Crazy Uncle Joe
Right?! I’ll be lucky to get $25 out of this thing.
Same with my bow. No wonder my uncle didn’t mind giving it to me.
“you remember Uncle Joe…he was the one afraid to cut the cake” -Bob Seger
who’s gonna tell, old Aunt Sarah?
Sup Tres!
HEY YUFUS!
I’ve got my dad’s Steven’s 12ga side by side. The .410 will be priced somewhat by availability, but it’s not going to draw a lot.
A quick search tells me it’s worth about $80-100, depending on condition.
Well, I wanted to unload both guns ASAP because they reminded me of my stupidity. I got $125 for both. I was never going to get what I wanted.
The 410 isn’t worth anything at all.
The 380 purse pistol has a lot of drawbacks and people don’t really want it.
Better than a sharp stick in the eye.
380s make excellent drop pieces.
Or so I’ve heard.
I bought the 380 in 2008 or thereabouts. I was reading ZeroHedge religiously, panicking about the zombie apocalypse, spending quite a bit of money (for us) on prepping, not knowing a damn thing about the best way to go about it. I just KNEW we were going to need a gun pronto before the zombies came, and I bought silver at an inflated price.
Then one day I realized I was living my life in fear and I didn’t need that bullshit so I stopped reading ZH.
Thus, wanting to get rid of the evidence of my stupidity.
GunBroker.
Though you might need a local FFL if the buyer’s FFL won’t receive a firearm from a private seller.
Already sold.
The owner was reassuring me that my information would go nowhere, evem to law enforcement, until he closed up shop.
“And then you’ll destroy all the paperwork?”
“If it doesn’t get lost in a tragic boating accident.”
I swear to you he said that very thing. I howled.
That’s a good gun dealer, but I’d be careful about saying stuff like that in public. FFL01 holders have to keep records for twenty years. If they go out of business before then, they have to ship the records to the ATF.
Well, I figured there had to be something like that, but it was a funny joke.
This is sort of like a leftist version of The Constitution of No Authority:
I Don’t Know Why I Should Care What the Constitution Says
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/11/i-dont-know-why-i-should-care-what-the-constitution-says
***
We should respect the good parts of the Constitution (free speech, free press, no unreasonable searches, etc.) and discard the bad (any limits on taxing the wealthy), and we should respect the good bits not because the Founders believed in them—since many of the Founders also owned and raped humans, calling their judgment into question—but because they are good.
***
Deep stuff, there Nathan. All those good parts? Yeah, the Constitution was the first document to state all that explicitly. That’s kind of why it’s important.
***
We’re talking about whether the rules are going to be made by dead slaveowners or by the people who exist in the here and now and who actually have to live under them. What this comes down to is a matter of trust: Conservatives trust Alexander Hamilton, and I trust my neighbors.
***
I doubt he trusts his neighbors if they voted for Trump.
***
They think my neighbors are scary and cannot be given power, while I think Alexander Hamilton should have no say whatsoever in contemporary wealth tax debates. These are the terms of the dispute: Those making arguments that left policies are unconstitutional are the ones who think Bob Avakian should rule over us centuries after his death, while those of us on the left think that people should get to determine their own fates, and the dead do not make rules that the living are bound to respect.
***
I think when Nathan hears things he doesn’t like on the radio, he shakes it to punish the little people who live inside.
I’m going to guess he couldn’t do proofs in Geometry class.
So he learned you can argue for anything in Law School, but he didn’t learn what law is, and why it is important. I’d pretend surprise, but I went to law school so I am not surprised. Position:
It is wrong to kill a group of people merely because of their profession, besides I don’t want to die. So we cannot rightly kill all the lawyers. What other solutions can we propose? We could start to enforce the oath I swore:
I, _____________________________________________________, hereby (swear or affirm) that I will
(First, Middle, and Last Name)
support the Constitution and the laws of the United States and the Constitution and the laws of Ohio, and I
will abide by the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct.
In my capacity as an attorney and officer of the Court, I will conduct myself with dignity and
civility and show respect toward judges, court staff, clients, fellow professionals, and all other persons.
I will honestly, faithfully, and competently discharge the duties of an attorney at law.
(So help me God.)
_________________
I think arguing against the plain meaning of the Constitution is a violation.
+1 mob
At least they stopped pretending their ideas can be justified as constitutional.
If the majority of the country is excluded from ratifying a document it has no binding moral force.
Playing Devil’s Advocate here, but isn’t that the same argument some make about the so-called Social Contract?
*Shhhh. He’s on a roll.*
Don’t bother him with his mind-numbing hypocrisy and stupidity.
For the next Glibs meetup.
http://awfullibrarybooks.net/smelly-fun-for-the-kids/
How do I get one of those sweet Oklahoma Coaching staff Veteran honoring camo shirts??
powerline,
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/11/the-week-in-pictures-hearsay-edition.php
9 lives Bitch!
OK, the AOC one got an LOL
It’s tough to parody a govt once the banana republic antics are more ridiculous than the stuff we make up.
Nice
I just tweeted a Dick pic!
I expected Cheney
Tricky!
Ya dun good!
I hope the guy doesn’t get doxxed for problematic tweets he made as a teenager.
“Just saw Dumbo. The crows remind me of the coloreds over at the jazz hall lol”
Samuel Smith IPA for a little day drinking.
tasty, I have to wait till later,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS0jTbzd8Q8
I gave it a try but 15 min was too much to ask.
Pass.
It’s post-post-ironic.
Would Barb
Coffee stout is pumpkin spice for guys.
^^^This.
That doesn’t make sense. They make pumpkin spice ale.
Stout is real Beer for Real Men…
You got a crate of Guinness in the Kia?
What about coffee cream ales?
If you want coffee, drink coffee.
Coffee without booze is a lesser drink.
I actually am drinking some coffee right now, a nice home roasted Tanzanian peaberry.
But coffee as a flavor profile works well with quite a few things, and to limit it to just being in a mug by itself is limiting. Some coffee works well in chocolate desserts, there would be no tiramisu without espresso, and it can work well in some BBQ rubs/sauces.
Not to mention stouts already can pull a coffee (and chocolate) flavor from the roasted malts used to brew them.
I hear that Colin Kaepernik is having his exclusive NFL workout this weekend. Have there been other exclusive tryouts set up by the league, or is he that much more goddamned special than everyone else who has ever played football?
Terrell Owens is the first one I remember.
I thought TO set it up on his own?
TO was diagnosably bipolar. I hope he eventually got help.
In a way the NFL can wash their hands of him after this. They bend over backwards for this one guy who insists nobody wants him to play because he’s blacklisted. If he works out in front of 24(??) teams and there are no takers, they can now say they gave him a shot and nobody is interested.
He can’t really say he’s blacklisted anymore. Not that it will stop him from claiming that.
It gets whichever teams show up on record as specially not hiring him, and any that don’t as not giving him a chance. Which explains Goodell’s support as shifting the focus from the NFL to the teams.
I see the latest is Kap is demanding media access for “transparency”. More footage to later use for his purposes.
He’ll just say every team and every owner is a hopeless racist and all the huge number of black players are slaves to the NFL plantation. Then Nike will sign him to a nine-figure deal.
He’s being blacklisted as much as Tim Tebow is.
Is that a thing? *facepalm*
No; I’m subtly pointing out that everybody can see Tebow never got another chance because he wasn’t good, but won’t see that with Kaepernick because they like his political views.
Unless it’s his showing off his Dear John letter and deleting his social media accounts, why would they hire him?
They being any team with sense.
So you’re saying the Browns will pick him up.
If they kept true to form, they’d let him down one more time.
I think he’d better look at the relative stack up of white vs non-white Offensive Lineman before running his mouth again. If he doubles down on the racial divide, he might find that his center and Left/Right Guards are rather unmotivated to defend him much.
It’s a pr stunt but a “Suck it, Kap” moment at once.
By scheduling on a Saturday they guarantee that no scouts of importance will be there; they’re at the college games. The active NFL coaches are all prepping for tomorrow’s Sunday slate.
But the teams get to go pretend to be open minded.
The teams can’t lose, because the media types who want to paint Kap as a talented victim of racism conveniently omit that his QB performance in the NFL had nose dived before he pulled his kneeling stunt.
If Kap still sucks, the teams say they have other, more promising prospects. If he has improved greatly, one of them can scoop him up.
I’d reject him simply because I believe in the No Asshole Rule when it comes to building a team. (It’s an actual book, and a good one.)
Totally agree on the last one.
I’d reject him simply because I believe in the No Asshole Rule when it comes to building a team. (It’s an actual book, and a good one.)
This. The talent differential is low enough that there’s no need to settle on a dick head.
I’m so happy my team is free of assholes as of last week.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule
Awesome. I’m gonna suggest that for our next leadering reading assignment.
The worst effects are often on people not direct targets of the asshole behaviors, but simply by being exposed to it and seeing it either go uncorrected, or worse, get rewarded, really brings down morale of the bystanders.
High attrition follows.
Bullies need an immediate beatdown. It’s one of my specialties.
Do you do wetwork?
*waggles eyebrows*
You know it!
Can confirm.
An asshole, otherwise basically competent and adept at cya, got hired onto my larger team. He’s been steadily poisoning internal and external relationships.
My team is pretty cool, and the other team that is parallel to us is pretty cool too, but it’s very hit or miss outside of that bubble.
Frankly, Ive found that to be pretty common with lawyers. Pockets of good people surrounded by oceans of assholes.
The morale issues that come fron assholery are fairly obvious, but the trust issues are less obvious. I don’t trust that my manager can insulate me from the insanity of some asshole up the management chain, or from two departments over.
seeing it either go uncorrected
That was a sizeable issue in this year’s company wide survey.
Assholes ruin morale. They are toxic to the whole organization.
The first time I assented to accept a person on the team who my gut told me to reject, I wasn’t a manager, but I was senior enough that the hiring manager wanted my input.
Since I had no tangible reason for saying no, I went along.
I soon felt immense guilt for helping roll a live grenade into my team’s tent.
Locker room poison is another term for it. Even if the asshole in question has no authority, they can break the team.
I eventually left the group, and the company, when he started whining to HR about shit (millennial, female-resenting homosexual boy—I refuse to call that snot nose kid a man). A disappointingly high number of managers sided with him on all manner of his whines.
After everything I’d done for that company, and the sacrifices I’d made, I left them for their competitor and doubled my salary.
I’ve since learned that the other “founders” of the group have scattered to other departments. Nice job, asshole. You’re the group technical leader now.
Remember, a leader without followers is just a guy taking a walk.
“I left them for their competitor and doubled my salary.”
The best revenge is good living.
But then they’ll never know you beat them.
Yeah they do. Because in defense, we’re all destined to meet again. Sometimes as rivals, sometimes as compet-i-mates.
So they saw my title right away when I had to correspond with them, and they’ve attended my presentations at conferences that draw praise from various rear admirals and the like.
Oh, and the fact that the customers know where the technical expertise lay with my old company, and have adjusted to working with me at my new gig, is hard to miss.
(The schadenfreude is strong with this one…I don’t rub it in but I don’t have to)
Rudin has fired 250 personal assistants for reasons such as bringing him the wrong muffin.
WTF?
I can be harsh at times at work, and have been criticized for it. I was going to make a joke about myself being an asshole, but then I read the article and was reminded of actual assholes that I’ve worked with in the past. They’re a whole different level.
In my mind, there’s a difference between being a bit abrasive/passionate and being an asshole. One of my coworkers is abrasive. He says what he thinks and doesn’t bother to apologize when he steps on managers’ toes. He’s not an asshole, because it’s not about him, it’s about the department doing the right thing.
Yes, and it’s a fine line.
Yes, important distinction.
Passionate and blunt are different from asshole and Machiavellian BS.
Everything Kaepernik does is a PR stunt. He was supposed to be the next big thing; and he was really good at the beginning. Then he lost it and got benched. Unable to deal with the humiliation and dying to be in the spotlight, he started pulling this shit.
He’s no activist. He doesn’t believe the shit he’s doing. More than anything, he wants to be the Golden Boy All-American QB again; that’s what this is about. He’s desperate. When it fails, he’s going to go on a rant like he’s never gone on before about how America is Nazi Germany and the NFL is like the African slave trade and white people should be ethnically cleansed, blah, blah, blah. Whenever he says or does anything, picture a three year old throwing a tantrum and it will be accurate.
This all coincided with his attachment to an isis sympathizing “Muslim” woman who has encouraged him to hate America and grow his ‘Fro out.
The icing on the cake would be if he hired Rachel Dolezal to be his agent.
He had a good couple years, but defenses figured him out starting with the Ravens. He wasn’t able to adjust and the team declined around him. He’s not able to carry a mediocre team.
He had put a fair amount of money where his mouth is. I don’t particularly agree with him, but I give him credit for that.
Brother Thelonious is good.
Love that beer.
North Coast can’t make a bad beer if they tried,
Old Rasputin!!
Seconded to both.
The second pint at noon was probably a bad idea, but we were having a good time chatting with the couple next to us. The wife is napping in a chair out in the yard.
Is it snowing?
Nope. Bright blue skies and 55 degrees.
https://babylonbee.com/news/facebook-unveils-new-bigot-recognition-technology
To steal from Instapundit, when did The Babylon Bee become the paper of record?
*sigh*
Just in time for coffee cup season.
Maybe Starbucks can do some sort of crossover with Solo?
For anyone wishing to relive the shot show that was the Thursday Night Game, NFL Network is streaming it again now.
I’m watching on FuBo.
Old Stock 2019.
I like it.
I found that on my Birthday this Summer, very good Beer
Submitted w/o comment. (Leigh Holland Keen)
Thicc ?
The first comment is quite solid.
I can’t even start a pun thread. ?
You just don’t have the stones for it.
Sorry, TARDy. Didn’t mean to take you for granite.
Redheads have skin like marble.
Nice.
Her instagram page.
Would.
Would.
…not be able to lift it?
I couldn’t lift the stones, but if she weren’t married, I’d go for her.
“I have this strange urge to want to wrestle her, and not care if I get beat.”
LOL
In other news, aspie spawn just arrived at his first job interview.?
Big day!
First job?
Yup! I hope he gets it just so he can tell his sister her never had to work HERE
Well I wish him the best! How old is he?
I was just going through some pics and found one of Spawn1 and his first paycheck. Kind of choked me up.
The day he learned about FICA.
17. We didn’t expect him to get his driver’s license on the first try, but he did. My wife coddles my kids, but her first words were, “Time to get a job.”
He’s back. Needs a second interview. For an entry level job in a good economy? OK, we’ll see.
Hopefully it goes well for him.
Autistic spawn1 and only refused to eat something tonight “I do not like it Sam I am”.
( She is 3)
I’m bored. Time to go pig hunting. Later.
Don’t get boared.
Cast not your puns before swine
Typical. Hogging all the good puns.
I’m sure Swiss is bristling as these comments.
Swiss is such a ham, looking for a chance at a wallowed gaze.
’14-’19 flight https://imgur.com/a/XNL91Wp
Five years of KBS for us tonight.
Nice.
Seconded.
I have ’18 and ’19 KBS, plus some CBS. I’m not going to have them tonight.
KBS had to be sold in KY as KBS, due to trademark infringements if they sell it as Kentucky Breakfast Stout.
Very nice. I’d be curious which one was your favorite (baring any flaws from improper handling).
To be honest, I don’t think they gain anything with age.
I saw “Midway” last night. It was disappointing. No, let me amend that. It was what I feared.
If you know little to nothing about the history of the early PTO, actual effects of weapons or how naval and air forces fight you may enjoy the computer graphics.
If you know about these things then the movie will probably keep your teeth grinding.
In several spots a small scene of 1 minute in duration would explain how significant a later scene is, but in the headlong dash of this film they skip that at multiple times.
The number of errors for the rest of the movie are too numerous to mention without putting me at danger of a stroke.
I will give a spot of credit where it due. I was skeptical about Woody Harrelson playing ADM Nimitz. But Woody did very well. So a kudo there.
Plus the credit to the Japanese and American sailors at the end of the movie grates on my nerves. The IJN sailors died serving an evil, expansionist government. They do not deserve credit with the Americans sailors who defeated them at Midway. This statement really pushes my hair the wrong way. The same way as when Merkel at Normandy thanks the Allies for “liberating Germany”. No, fuck you. The Western Allies conquered a nation supporting an evil socialist government. Later, we offered a hand up and for the course of the Cold War Germany was an allied nation. (Formally they still are but in actuality……….there are questions to be debated.)
I am hoping for better in the Ford versus Ferrari movie
I will absolutely take your review to heart.
I wish I were surprised. The Pearl Harbor movie was also a travesty.
I hadn’t read about Merkel’s disgraceful “Not MY fault!” Normandy comments.
Where are the real leaders anymore??
Yes, but….Matt Damon. I’m not going to bother seeing it unless I hear from several people that it doesn’t suck.
Was Nimitz an asshole? ‘Cause Woody Harrelson always plays his characters as assholes. Even the Cheers assistant bartender guy.
Would you like ypur cucumber bruised?
Lightly.
So…stick to the original?
Even if the original ignores the fact that we knew exactly where the Japanese ships were due to breaking their codes.
I thought we knew generally where they were and what their intentions were, but the actual eyes-on location of the fleet was a stroke of luck.
Possibly, but the only reason we knew where to look was the codebreakers.
Was the credit to the Japanese and American sailors at the end of the movie an acknowledgement of both side’s bravery and sacrifice? Or something more? Because if it was the former I have to disagree with you.
Crowdsourcing Glibs for some help.
I got a roaster chicken that’s going to be Sunday dinner. Since Ive historically just rubbed em down with 11 herbs & spice and some love, Im considering a different approach.
Dry-brine or wet-brine? And how ?
I’ve only brined turkeys, but here is what I do:
Rinse and pat dry bird. Cram half lemons into cavities (make sure and check both neck and main cavities for giblet pack and neck). Slip garlic cloves and olive oil under skin above breasts and thighs and wherever you can fit.
Rub in kosher salt. Add sprigs of fresh rosemary to cavity.
Put chicken in a plastic bag in a pot. (Bag is just to economize broth). Add chicken broth (canned/boxed) to inside of bag to soak chicken. Add honey (a cup at least) and rough cracked black peppercorns. Add a cup of salt and mix up.
Cover and let soak for 24 hours. Pull out chicken and rinse excess salt.
Bake with breast side down for half time, breast up for other half. Check web for chicken roast times and temperatures.
If you like giblet gravy, I have a recipe there too.
Here’s a good tutorial.
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/articles/610-how-to-salt-chicken-and-how-to-brine-chicken
KFC
Too many carbs!
And I miss those damn potatoes!
I miss The Colonel.
The best part of fried chicken is the breading. Popeye’s is far superior to KFC. My wife figured out how to reverse engineer the breading and just started frying it up for snacks.
Spatchcock with herbed butter underneah the skin, sprinkle woth sage, brown sugar, and pepper, over a bed of celery, carrots, onions, and oranges.
Heh.
Spatchcod.
“Spatchcock”
I really do not even want to know that that is. Ruining family friendly status, pulling ponies, cocks on a spatula. Worst, confirmed.
Martha don’t play, Yo
Her Royal Highness, Queen The Worst.
And BFFs with that Snoopy Dog Dogg, too
If Hyperion insists that I am The Worst, he may address me as befits my station.
Mrs. Dean does a spatchcock piri piri chicken that is divine. No idea how it’s done, though.
I don’t really like turkey, but the ones I have spatchcocked have turned out divinely. Last time I did it, though, I roasted it on a bed of apples, oranges, and cranberries, and the gravy was very sweet. It wasn’t awful, but wow, so not Thanksgivingy.
I will never roast any bird again without spatchcocking it.
It’s a way to ruin a roast chicken that Martha Stewart pushed on America,
Sorry Mojeaux 🙂 I just prefer the traditional method. I’m not in a rush, and the slower roasting just gives a better bird.
Disagree. The white meat on a spatchcocked bird is juicy and tender, whereas it is dry on a whole-roasted bird.
Yum. Holidays are here.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/1904/
One of my favorites. I refuse to buy it in a six pack (for ~$10) when I can pick up a 12 pack of it (for ~$15).
I’m saving my Christmas beer for after Thanksgiving.
LOL
Stop admitting we’re commies, you’re scaring the children!
No worries – Bloomberg is ready to swoop in and save the party from itself.
“save the party from itself”
And Big Soda.
Back to RDR2. Last I remember, I killed 2 deer, now we’re robbing a train. Feels like a natural progression. I’m just disappointed I haven’t got to beat any orphans yet. Had maybe the best battle ever in a game last night. I remember seeing a bullet go right past my face and then taking a bullet in the shoulder and then blowing someone’s face off. My wife was like ‘Hey, turn that down, that’s too loud!’. LOL, I bet my heart rate was like 130 at least, that was epic!
More beer
More Beer
Somehow Worse than Winston’s Mum
Krugabe, National Treasure, Winner of a Prize.