

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 ,...

The Suez Canal
It's done now, but for a hot minute the Suez Canal was the talk of the internet. And there were some pretty great content. And images....

Cleaning out the pellet grill
Using a pellet smoker isn't all fun and delicious games. That thing needs some maintenance. So each spring brings another must-do task...

Noah's Mill batch 20-38
As I briefly mentioned here I'm gradually working on some mid-tier whiskey recommendations, for which American products will be ~$40-65....

Without Remorse
I read a lot as a kid, certainly more than I do now. In 8th and 9th grade I crushed most of the then-current main Tom Clancy novels....

Twenty Trucks
We have a toddler son and, to the shock of nobody, he's thoroughly obsessed with trucks. Construction equipment, emergency vehicles,...

Two weeks into home with two
Since my wife went back to work two weeks ago, the time has come where I'm responsible for two kids during the week. I was both dreading...

Starting whiskey recs v2.0
Since publishing the original Starting Whiskey Recommendations a few things have bugged me. First, it seemed silly to include two...

WandaVision
I'm a big fan of Marvel and the MCU, even if I've never been into actual comic books, and they've been just about the only movies my wife...




















