http://runawayjim.org Musings on beer, music, technology, urbanism, and life... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:43:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm continuing through my beer collection that's too large at the moment.  Last night and tonight were no different.  Luckily, I have a lot of very refreshing beer, which is perfect for these ridiculously hot and humid summer nights. Over the holiday weekend, I had a bunch of Festina Pêche.  I ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/07/08/its-hot-but-here-goes/ I saw this on George's site and had to post it here.  It's hilarious... and it's a good reason not to do drugs... at least not whatever he was on at Woodstock (perhaps the brown acid?). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM[/youtube] http://runawayjim.org/2008/07/04/dont-do-drugs/ Gas is expensive.  That's a no brainer.  Most people are bemoaning the increased prices in gasoline and pushing the government to do something about it.  However, I don't have a problem with expensive gas.  Now before you go and accuse me of being one of those people who doesn't drive ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/07/03/why-4-gas-is-a-good-thing/ I've been drinking more.  While that might sound bad, that just means I've been increasing my one beer per night to 2-3 beers per night.  The reason for this is I just have too much beer.  Since our honeymoon in Vermont, when we came home with about 3 cases of ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/07/03/rock-art-harpoon-rock-art/ To avoid having to play catch up again, here's tonight's beers, since they're out of the ordinary. I started with Picaroons Man's Best Friend.  It's a porter, I imagine an American Porter considering the body and bigger flavor.  It's got a nice roasted malt flavor with just enough smoke to give ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/07/01/two-more-beers/ As I previously posted, Sunday night was the Dogfish Head Beer Dinner at Julian's on Broadway in Providence.  We arrived a little before 6 and found a couple of Nikki's regulars already there drinking.  We went inside and waited for them to start (which we were told would be promptly ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/07/01/dogfish-head-dinner/ I've had a lot of beers that I haven't written about.  You can always check my beer list if you're curious as to what I've been drinking.  I keep that more up-to-date than my posts about beers I've had.  Anyway, here's some of the beers I've had since I stopped ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/07/01/playing-catch-up/ I know it's a little late, but this coming Sunday is a Dogfish Head beer dinner at Julian's on Broadway in Providence.  It's sold out (which is why this is a little late).  I imagine they'll be open after it's over and still have some great Dogfish Head beer on ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/06/27/dogfish-head-beer-dinner-at-julians/ I last left off with resting from my seven mile walk around Fredericton.  Following that, we headed back downtown for dinner because we were on our own that night.  Sean and I met up with Dustin from Stanford who said he was meeting a bunch of people at Brewbakers.  Since ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/06/26/resnet-2008-final-days/ ... but most of us don't want another post-hiatus Phish with only a handful of decent shows in a 3 year period.  So to help the band sustain their reunion, Dan Greenhaus over at Jambands.com has come up with a small list of ideas that could help the band sustain ... http://runawayjim.org/2008/06/26/everyone-wants-a-phish-reunion/