

The Winter Soldier
Probably my favorite plot arc of the entire MCU is the development of Bucky Barnes. Captain America has been my favorite Avenger since...

Antietam
The Confederates invaded north into Union territory twice during the Civil War . The second invasion culminated with the most famous and...

Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce
Dinner was great and stupidly easy last night and I feel a need to share it. That means two food posts in a row, but it's this or nothing...

Whole wheat lemon poppy seed muffins
I felt like making something. We have a bunch of whole wheat flour, which I considerably over-purchased, and poppy seeds and no plan for...

Glenglassaugh Revival
Of late I feel Scotch has been neglected, mostly as a result of focusing on exploring American whiskey. The whiskies reviewed here are...

Six months, a great age
Son #2 isn't quite six months old yet and he's really a ton of fun right now. A couple years ago I remember our neighbor asking when #1...

Mediocre movie, great scene (Batman/Vader)
There aren't many pop culture characters bigger than Batman and Darth Vader. Even if one's an all-time villain and the other the greatest...

Boy that escalated quickly, part 2
Covid has dominated our lives and conversations for the last 14 months. Most of it involved painfully slow progress on the cases then...

Monticello
I'll never get over the dense history of the East Coast. Since moving out in 2014 we've visited quite a few cool places and hopefully...

Ted Lasso
After first seeing ads for Ted Lasso I just wasn't that interested. A show starring Jason Sudeikis, about soccer in England, and on Apple...

Bulleit Blenders' Select No.001
I really want to like Bulleit . Their baseline Bulleit Bourbon was one of the first American whiskeys I found enjoyable and it helps...

Fire in a crowded theater
In his speech Wednesday night President Biden, as an introduction to his plans for gun control, said this (shorted to eliminate some...

Frozen
Just like Moana before it, our (first) son is currently completely obsessed with Frozen. It's the songs, mostly, though the full movies...

Tumbling down the growth chart
We were a bit surprised at #2's latest well-check. It turns out he'd fallen from 50+ percentile weight/length at three months all the way...

Michter's US*1 SiB Rye
I'm still mostly stuck on American whiskies at the moment and it makes sense to stay there with the next review. Since I've only done one...

Covid surface transmission
Covid has brought a lot of changes to our day-to-day life both at home and out in public. Much of this we've just gotten used to, like...

1917
My wife and I finally watched 1917 last weekend and I can't stop thinking about it. If not already apparent I like writing about...

Shortbread cookies
Who doesn't love cookies? I certainly do and felt there was a hole in my so-far meager list of baked items. Generally my favorite are...

Whisky 302: Malted barley and peat
As with many things, the why is frequently makes the what much more interesting. Similar to Whiskey 202: Bourbon, Kentucky and corn ,...




















