My growing beverage curio collection

Unfortunately, I have an addition to my fledgling collection of favorite discontinued potables. A bottle of Olde Towne Bock has joined my can of still oft-missed old Diet Mountain Dew. Olde Towne Brewing Company, Alabama’s only dedicated microbrewery and the first in the Huntsville area since 1915, burned early yesterday morning. No human injuries, so … Read more

Lesley in Peru

Gee, that sounds kind of like a Dr. Seuss title, doesn’t it? Lesley, she of Lulu Caved, is a net bud of mine and surely one of the coolest chicks in the upper Midwest. She took a trip to Peru recently and has begun telling the story. Pictures here and here, and opening narrative here. … Read more

A window into my soul redux

Once again, presented with woefully insufficient regard for potential embarrassment or ridicule, here are the first ten songs that played when I selected Shuffle Songs on my iPod: “Another Tricky Day,” The Who “Almost Paradise,” Ann Wilson and Mike Reno “Drown In My Own Tears,” The Smithereens “Take Me to the Top,” Cheap Trick “Laughing … Read more

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