New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk
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#saturdaybeer
nice, brief summary of today’s World Cup 2018 draw results. lots of interesting match-ups; really looking forward to next June
feckless liar @tedcruz on unconfirmed cause of Border Patrol death: “a stark reminder of the ongoing threat that an unsecure border poses to the safety of our communities”, vs. on gun control after Sutherland Springs: “We don’t need politics right now”
Gessen, on consent & changing norms: “while we think we are moving forward, we may be willingly transporting ourselves back to a more sexually restrictive era, one that denied agency to women”
“welcome back to Monday after a 4-day break, asshole”
– my car battery’s dying words in the parking lot this evening, pretty sure
a masterpiece for #musicMonday: Sleater-Kinney’s The Hot Rock (1999). standout tracks: End of You; Burn, Don’t Freeze
…what else, today? saw Thor Ragnarok, a really good time for what it is, almost too funny; cont. Alias Grace (also Netflix), great & gripping so far; Liverpool, draw with Chelsea at home, unconvincing performance, expected better
just watched Sarah Silverman’s A Speck of Dust on Netflix; amazing, bracing, & hilarious
Oskar Blues’ Ten-Fidy Barrel Aged
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#saturdaybeer
Happy Alice’s Restaurant Day. hope you have at least one Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat
finally got the basalt gravel fill in (most of it, minus the 1/4 yard I still have to get out of our driveway before Thanksgiving guests arrive tomorrow)
for #musicMonday, Paul Simon’s 1990 The Rhythm of the Saints. standout track: The Obvious Child
Strange Land’s Fleur d’Oranger
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#saturdaybeer
the field is set. 210 days until kickoff, hell yes
John Oliver on the Trump presidency “[it] is basically a marathon: it’s painful, it’s pointless, and the majority of you didn’t even agree to run it, you were just signed up by your dumbest friend”
good article from The Atlantic: “We ignore public schools’ civic and integrative functions at our peril.”
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the Apple Store at the Domain moved, he discovered, five minutes before his Genius Bar* appointment
* sorry, Genius Grove ?
Adelbert’s Blackberry Barrel of Love
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#saturdaybeer
in my (obsessively curated) iTunes, I have a playlist called All Good: everything rated 3 or more stars. just noticed it has 9,999 songs
good job today, Virginia. thank you.
for #musicMonday, Foil Deer (2015) by Speedy Ortiz. standout track: Raising the Skate
Brouerij Bosteels’ Tripel Karmeliet
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#saturdaybeer
while Trump poisons civil discourse, his minions are working to let us all be literally poisoned
Ed Burmila, about Fox News: “It’s not, as it has often been in the past, a different spin on the news anymore. It is a complete, self-contained alternate universe.”
for #musicMonday: Concrete Blonde’s 2006 best-of, Recollection. standout tracks: Bloodletting, Still in Hollywood
Strange Land’s The Headless Gentleman
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#saturdaybeer (not usually into the pumpkin stuff, but a clever alt-name (vs. their Last Gentleman porter), plus Halloween, got me ?)
happy & proud to see Austin’s new central library, and also that its opening day was packed ??
my daughter, money, and angry scowls go to #UNT (cc @UNTNews)
I appreciate a chill traffic advisement
for #musicMonday: Midlake’s The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006). standout track: Roscoe