Colleen and I headed down to Capital Ale House Wednesday evening for their Hopslam Ale tapping. This seasonal beer from Bell’s Brewing is very popular and six-packs on the store shelves go quickly. So quickly in fact that I never even bother tryin…

Oh, what these olive trees have witnessed.

The Garden of Gethsemane, Israel, August 2010

And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer. And his sweat became as drops of blood, …

Seen on Overheard in DC:

Beer nerd facepalm  

At the Iron Horse Taproom: 

Girl: “Can I have a Blue Moon?”

Bartender: “We don’t have that but I do have something similar.”

Girl: “Ok!”

Girl sips beer

Girl: “Yes! This tastes ju…

That was the message I received from Colleen via Facebook yesterday afternoon. I clicked the alert and saw this:

I think we all know the answer to that question. 🙂

The Starr Hill Jambeeree! is a rarity among beer assortments. All of the bee…

I’m long overdue for some range time. Between a busy schedule and inclement weather, the opportunity for live fire practice has been nonexistent. However, Sunday afternoon I found time to load up the car and head over to the range. Despite Spring …

This doesn’t seem to getting any coverage in the media.

March 25, 2013, marks the 150th anniversary of the first Medal of Honor awarded.

Our nation’s greatest war heroes – Medal of Honor recipients – will personally present awards to four unsun…

“I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom.”

–Mayor Bloomberg of NYC

Any questions?

This is the same mayor whose policies ensured that 80% of New York City high school graduates can’t read or write at high school …

It’s tempting. Don’t you agree?

Kind Attn: Sir/Madam,

Congratulation Your email address has won you sum of Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds in the ongoing UN Poverty Alleviation Program, To Promote and to achieve the Millennium Development G…

While waiting for our traditional St. Patrick’s Day meal of corned beef and cabbage to cook, we decided to open a bottle of an authentic Irish Red Ale; the Dungarvan Copper Coast Red Ale I had recently received.

Dungarvan beers are unfiltered a…

I was doing my morning Internet ammo scavenger hunt when I came across this gem:

Cheaper Than Dirt earned the ire of many shooters when they pulled online gun sales and raised their prices manyfold in the wake of the Newtown shooting. I bid them fa…