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

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 October instead and see family and friends, and just returned to Maryland last weekend. As we've done in years past around Christmas, we drove back. That way we'd have our own vehicle and we could bring our dog instead of boarding him. We didn't want to fly and attempt forcing our son to wear a mask either, which wouldn't work out. Making it

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...

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

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

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'...

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...

I tend to look at Bourbon in two groups, and that's usually reflected in open bottles in our pantry. First are the easy sippers, usually...

Grilling season is winding down but there are still other foods to experiment with. After stumbling across this recipe for savory scones...

I've watched a lot of movies and, sure, I like horror, though usually only in October as a lead-up to Halloween. My wife is really not a...

On (Fri) Sept 18th of this year, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg passed away at 87. She was a political and cultural icon well...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...