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The Mandalorian theme

The Mandalorian season two resumed late this year (my thoughts from s1) without missing a beat, and keeps getting better and better. I'm...

Muppet Christmas Carol

Christmas movies aren't a must-do thing for me. Still, every year we see a number of them. Elf (2003) and White Christmas (1954) are my...

Russell's Reserve 10 year (vs WT101)

Somehow to this point I've completely neglected Wild Turkey, a distillery I like quite a bit. Let's take care of that. The history of...

Unexpectedly early

The due date was December 17th. Right now only one hospital visitor is allowed per mother giving birth, and even in normal times children...

Rorke's Drift

I'm enamored with Carnage and Culture, a book covering nine battles through the history of western civilization and attempting (rather...

Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve

I feel it's time for more Bourbon. Today's expression has been a consistent staple in my house the last few years, a hint as to how much...

To give the Covenant back their bomb

As happens periodically, I'm drawn to play through the old Halo campaigns. It'd been years since attempting Halo 2 Legendary and I hadn't...

Vacation after (Thanksgiving) vacation

Most vacations we take aren't very relaxing. That's as true now as it was before we had kids, though where we go and what we do has...

King Connery

Sean Connery, probably my absolute favorite actor, died a few weeks ago. There's something fitting about it all ending in the Bahamas....

Arran Amarone Cask Finish (2010)

With the whiskey reviews accumulating here, I'm trying to show off the diversity available. That's most apparent with Scotch, which is...

Artemis and angst

Recently I watched Hotel Artemis, currently available on Prime. Set in Los Angeles in the near future, the city is crumbling and burning...

Hiking in Frederick County

While I wasn't excited to move to Maryland when we made the jump in 2014, I've since come to love a number of aspects of living here. One...

Ardbeg 5 Wee Beastie

To continue with single malt reviews today's whisky is another from Islay, that amazing and beautiful little island off the west coast of...

Weekly reset

My wife has a mostly typical work schedule and is usually only busy during the week. Like most people, the weekends are for everything...

Roadtrip (and Cuyahoga)

We won't be traveling to Minnesota for either Thanksgiving or Christmas this year, with the baby due in December. So we decided to go in...

The Electoral College

The Presidential election is tomorrow. It'd certainly be best if we know the winner sooner rather than later. Today I think it's a good...

Whisky 301: the regions of Scotland

Like the 200 series on American whiskey, the 300s will cover Scotch whisky in more detail. An introduction to the regions is a good...

Minnesota vs Maryland: driving

It turns out lots of behaviors you learn and know in life are largely regional, and this becomes profoundly clear when leaving your...

Cannae

The book I'm reading now was given to me by a friend, and it's called Carnage and Culture. It looks at nine battles where 'western'...

Room shift

It's often said the time to move a toddler out of their crib is when they start climbing out. That never happened for us. Instead we...

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