One of the things that I have noticed on my daily commute is how disconnected we are from our environment. When I get in line to catch a ride some people will already have headphones on. So they are there physically, but you can’t really interact with …
I added a few more interesting blogs to the links pages this past week. Check them out for yourself.
On the “Beer & Food Links” tab:
Burgeoning Brewing Scene in Our Nation’s Capitol
A continually updated and comprehensive list of breweries and …
Bravo Sir. Jimmy Carter is no longer the worse president ever.
Here’s a clue Mr. President, if you can’t lead America, don’t blame us. Blame yourself.
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There’s a trend recently of brewers focusing on using local ingredients in their beer. I mused on one such effort recently when reviewing Flying Dog Secret Stash. Greg Kitsock looks into this trend in-depth in his Washington Post article “Brewers …
Lee’s Retreat, at the Blue & Gray Brewery, is expanding its Wings menu. They are deciding between four new flavors, and gave their patrons the opportunity to vote on their favorites, in the “Iron Wings Competition.” We stopped by for lunch on Satur…
A riddle for your Sunday morning.
Can you answer all seven of the following questions with the same word?
The word has seven letters.
It preceded God.
It is greater than God.
It is more Evil than the devil.
All poor people have it….
On this day in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. One-hundred and eight years later we have the Transportation Safety Authority standing between us…
One of this winter’s projects is to merge all my existing accounts of Virginia storm chasing (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3) with a writeup covering the past two seasons to create one volume that spans Virginia storm chasing for the ten year period 2002…
Recently I had an anti-freedom advocate tell me that the 2nd Amendment was responsible for a deranged person stealing a car and murdering a police officer. He seemed incapable of comprehending that crime happens even in countries that don’t have a Bill…
With all the partisan rancor proceeding any election, perhaps we need to look the candidates’ views on issues that are more germane to everyday life. In an interesting coincidence, this week I came across two articles, both mentioning Republican presid…
