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Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye

As a companion piece to Bourbon or Rye? , it's high time I review a Rye whiskey. Why not start with one that's close to home? No...

Whiskey 201: Bourbon or Rye?

Doing the Whiskey100s was fun, for me to write and hopefully you to read, and it's now time to expand on them. After some deliberation I...

Dr. Seuss

Lately we're reading more and more Dr. Seuss . Soon after Jack was born we acquired (can't remember if it was a gift or what) a little...

Golf league @ PB Dye

This post definitely goes with the idea this blog is sometimes a sorta virtual scrapbook. Ideally, whether or not I write for that long,...

The Decline and Fall of the French Empire

For what should be the last time (I finished the Roberts book) I'm writing a Napoleon-centric post, though I can't promise there won't be...

Mortlach 12 'Wee Witchie'

Like quite a few others, I didn't know Mortlach distillery before our first trip to Scotland in 2016. My wife planned the vast majority...

Rush Hour

Ever since I was a kid I've loved Jackie Chan. While I don't exactly remember how it started, my family would occasionally rent his Hong...

Grilling a whole chicken

It was Labor Day weekend and you better believe we did some grilling. The most interesting item was a whole chicken done on the Weber...

Some minor reorganization

I, shall we say, can be a bit obsessive about organization and tidiness. In general this is seen in the way our house looks but...

Laphroaig 10

Well my fun week continued and other things got in the way of a second post last week, which always annoys me. The air conditioner...

It's been a week

We've started potty training in earnest, which my wife courageously began without me during my weekend in Vegas . Our son went naked...

Using a charcoal grill

Nearly all my friends use gas to grill, so I thought I'd do a little explainer on charcoal and why it's preferable. My wife was (*Bane...

Vegas (and traveling) during Covid

Think of me what you will, but a friend and I traveled to Las Vegas this past weekend. After getting a few nights comped at the Palazzo...

Smoked chicken wings

Lately I've really been craving chicken wings. Since I don't think I've grilled them before (I know we've done slow-cooker and oven...

Making mocktails

If you actually know me and didn't already know the following I apologize for not sharing. We're expecting our second child in December....

Dalwhinnie GoT House Stark 'Winters Frost'

To coincide with the final season of Game of Thrones, and its total train-wreck of a narrative, Diageo last year released a line of...

Board games after children (The Mind)

Board games, particularly strategy games, have always been something I enjoy. As a kid through elementary and middle school I played a...

Homer, AK

We have family that lives near Homer, Alaska. It's quite a trip, but it's one we try to make once a year to see those loved ones and...

Sick and tired

This was supposed to be a happy post. Going to be called 'The boys are back!' I'd cover the return of baseball over the weekend. It's...

Disney remakes

What's the real motivation behind all of the 'live-action' remakes of Disney animated classics in recent years? Is it simply a straight...

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