

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...

OGD 114
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...

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

31 days of Halloween
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...

Legitimacy
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...

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...



















