Beer Review: Dogfish Head Red & White

Beer recommended by Stan Stolowski I've decided I really like these aged beers. They have more complex flavors and those flavors are far more appealing. For example, I've had cherry flavored beers before and I've also had Sam Adam's American Kriek, which is a brew aged with Hungarian cherries and barrels and other things. Cherry … Continue reading Beer Review: Dogfish Head Red & White →

Beer Review: Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout

This beer scares me. I won't lie to you on that front. It's a beer that's been aged in a bourbon cask. It has a scary high alcohol content for a beer(13%) and its qualities out of the bottle are terrifying. I'm actually taking notes, because I'm worried I won't survive the tasting process. This … Continue reading Beer Review: Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout →

Beer Review: St. Victorious Doppelbock

After last week's success with the Troegenator Doublebock, I decided to try a different one, this one the St. Victorious by Victory. This one...not such a big fan. It's a good beer: very sturdy tasting, kind of bitter, but not overwhelmingly so. It's not leadheavy and while it tastes a little bit belgiany, it's not … Continue reading Beer Review: St. Victorious Doppelbock →

Beer Review: Troegenator DoubleBock

I'm noticing a distinct trend here: almost all the beers I've chosen to review have been really dark. Generally speaking, that's because I prefer darker beers. I still don't know how to describe the flavor in Belgian beer (hoppy? yeasty? bad?), but I know I can safely avoid it if I get a beer too … Continue reading Beer Review: Troegenator DoubleBock →

The Heart of Darkness

One of my (many) overly ambitious goals is to find the worst movie ever made. I hear at least one of you muttering to yourself, "But taste is a subjective thing, how can he possibly hope to find 'the worst' of anything?" To which I reply, "Ah-HA, I have a foolproof system!" I tell people … Continue reading The Heart of Darkness →

A Noir: In Three Parts

Part 1: Introduction Our hero stands not so tall above the grime and grit of the City. He wallows in the gutterstench and he has a grease slick smile that spreads like spilled oil. His words burn spark and inflame the coming conflict. More than anything, it's his ability to rub everyone the wrong way … Continue reading A Noir: In Three Parts →

Snowboardin’

I'm not especially athletic, so any thought of attempting anything resembling a sport always makes me break out into a sweat. And yet, I always go into a new activity with the dangerous assumption that learning it will only take, at most, ten minutes. That deep down inside, I'm a prodigy that will blow away … Continue reading Snowboardin’ →

The Crutch of the Matter

Since I've started working on my series of short stories, writing has become much easier for me. Not necessarily blog entries, since that's a whole other process, but I've now written four or five stories (I lost count), all of which take place in that same world. While I'm digging the ease of writing, but I'm getting … Continue reading The Crutch of the Matter →

Recipe: Lil’ Griddlin’s

I haven't talked about it much, but I do a fair amount of cooking. I've long ago conquered the egg and ramen is no longer beyond me. After all this experience, I've decided to share with you, my lucky readers, a recipe I made up just yesterday. I call it Lil Griddlin's, because cutesy names … Continue reading Recipe: Lil’ Griddlin’s →

Book Review: The Long Fall by Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley has been one of my favorite writers for a while now. I've only read one of his science-fiction novels (The Wave, good read), but I've read a goodly portion of his mysteries. His stories are always uniquely his, even the ones that take place in a cliche-raddled genre like Detective Fiction.And this is especially … Continue reading Book Review: The Long Fall by Walter Mosley →