Those of us of taste and distinction, who enjoy our beer imported and dark, these coming days will be dark indeed — Booze industry experts have issued a chilling warning that the British pint could hit £4 a pop – a price hike provoked by crap weather which has forced up the price of hops.”Continue reading “On Beer Price Pressures”
Category Archives: Asides
On Dreariness
We’re into our third day of rain. It’s just dreary. Tuesday wasn’t terrible. Just wet. Wednesday was foggy. At one point mid-morning, looking out the windows in the office, it looked like the office was inside a cloud. And then it cleared. And then it rained. And now it’s windy and rainy and windy. AndContinue reading “On Dreariness”
On Random Observations
Here’s a collection of random ramblings taken from recent e-mails and ‘net postings, just to keep casual readers up-to-date on the things Allyn Gibson has written elsewhere…. On Jean-Luc Picard: The Buried Age is a “Lost Era” novel. It’s about Picard’s “lost weekend” when he went to L.A., hung out with Harry Nilsson, recorded anContinue reading “On Random Observations”
On the Morning
Blech. It’s cloudy. It’s dreary. It’s wet. Blech.
On a Chinese Fortune
Nothing says an urban clime like a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant with a cheap lunch special within walking distance of the office. Orange chicken. Niiiiiiicccccccccce. I got a fortune, too — 🙂 You will have good luck and overcome many hardships. 🙂 Okay, it’s so vague as to be on the point of uselessness, but there’sContinue reading “On a Chinese Fortune”
On Rugby Shirts
Doing the laundry this weekend I made a shocking — and tragic — discovery. My favorite rugby shirt has worn out. Why me? My favorite rugby shirt! Why me!
On Stupid Phishers
Though I’ve ordered maybe one thing from Amazon in the past six months, I get e-mail from Amazon at least four or five times a week. Usually it’s suggestions — someone who bought this is generally now buying this, and don’t you need to buy this, too? Well, okay, it’s always suggestions. Suffice it toContinue reading “On Stupid Phishers”
On Recent Purchases
I went out today looking for the soundtrack to Across the Universe. According to Interscope’s website, the CD went on sale yesterday — odd, considering it’s a Friday instead of the traditional Tuesday — only I couldn’t find it anywhere. And in any event, I wanted the special edition exclusive to Best Buy — supposedly,Continue reading “On Recent Purchases”
On a Friday Philosophy Moment
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” — Edmund Burke On a related subject, The Nation has an intriguing article comparing Bush’s invasion of Iraq to Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt. I’m reminded of, “Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.” :/
On Steamy Weather
Late last week it started to rain. It rained for several days. This was a good thing — we’ve had a bit of a drought here in Maryland this summer. The reservoir has fallen a good fifteen feet or more. The newspapers run stories about homes without water. And the temperatures fell. The middle ofContinue reading “On Steamy Weather”