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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...

A Knight's Tale

I can't help myself. After reading and writing about the Hundred Years War and the Black Prince I was always going to watch A Knight's...

The Hundred Years War and the Black Prince

I wrapped up The Plantagenets, and another topic really interested me beyond the King John and the Magna Carta. That was a deeper look...

Replacing a toilet

This is not a job I was excited about, for obvious reasons. But about a week ago our master bathroom toilet started leaking massively and...

Jameson Caskmates Stout Ed.

Jameson probably needs no introduction. It's easily the best selling Irish whiskey and one of the most recognizable and available liquor...

Colonial Williamsburg

We'd already decided to travel to Williamsburg, Virginia for a waterpark getaway. It only made sense to get out of the hotel and swing...

First and second child leave

Well, time is flying by and we're nearing the end of my wife's maternity leave. For both our first and second child she took 12 weeks off...

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