

The Crown s4
The Crown is a Netflix made, lavishly produced, phenomenally acted look at the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It's pretty crazy...

Extreme chocolate cake
I've been toying around with baking ideas, mostly after my wife watched the latest Great British Baking Show (or GBBO) series. First...

George Washington's greatness
George Washington, our first President, continues to be a hero to many, highly esteemed in both United States and world history. He's an...

Whiskey advent
My wife went over the top with a combo anniversary/Christmas gift this year and got me a whiskey advent calendar. So yes, it had a...

Sweet emotion
Our toddler is smack dab in the middle of being two and we expect emotions to run high. Tantrums and other outbursts were already...

History reading list
As part of the Christmas gift for my mom this year, I had the idea to put together a shortlist of approachable history books. She likes...

Great King Street Artist's Blend
Maintaining a variety, both in what I have open at home and in what I write-up here, is a fun part of exploring whiskey. Today's is a...

Smoked pork shoulder
With the arrival of our second son, we needed (greatly wanted) reinforcements this December, so my mom was here for a couple of weeks and...

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 wife's favorites (I like them too) and always take priority. I'm a big fan of It's a Wonderful Life (1946), though we don't watch it annually. We've done Die Hard (1988) on Christmas Eve a bunch of years in a row now, which started as a joke but is becoming a fun tradition. (I know Die Hard isn't actually a Christmas movie, it just takes

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...




















