About seven years ago, a seven-story building containing 20,000 barrels of Wild Turkey bourbon caught fire at the distillery near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. As you might imagine, a fire at a whiskey barrelhouse is one hell of a problem. Witnesses reported a sound like a muted gunfire report each time a new barrel was breached. Aided … Read more
Oh, you silly, silly Americans. Anonymity is a quaint little notion, but I’m afraid you’re going to have to get over it. Dig: Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications and financial information. … Read more
I really wish you’d shut the hell up. It is as if you have spread your gigantic, veined, leathery wings to prevent my escape, and are now tearing chunks of my will to live with endless, rapid-fire relations of the most commonplace events. Actually that analogy doesn’t quite work, because for you to tear chunks, … Read more