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Day of Days (Band of Brothers)

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Operation Overlord , the Allied invasion of France during World War II. It was the largest...

Accepting reality

As a kid I was relayed the old wives' tale that men inherit their hair from their maternal grandfather and, since mine was completely...

High proof face-off (ECBP, OE7, 1792FP)

I've been struggling with what whiskey post to do next, mostly thinking it would be another individual bottle. Then I realized I had...

Heart healthier meals

Since learning my cholesterol rose rapidly in the last year or so (see here), I've pretty successfully changed my diet. This is an update...

Lion, Witch, Wardrobe (and the Narnia order)

After we finished The Hobbit I was determined to regularly keep reading better, longer books to our firstborn. The next book seemed...

Shogun

Maybe you've heard about the new show from FX (and Hulu) called Shōgun . It's a mini-series, meaning one season only, and is an...

Polybius and the political cycle

I've been reading Polybius, 'The Histories' (or according to Penguin Classics, 'The Rise of the Roman Empire'). A second century BC Greek...

Learning about myself through my son

I'm sure I've said in the past how kid #1, our son, is basically my Mini-Me. It's not a reference to how he looks, it's that he generally...

Target Field

The original plan for Arizona was to write up Chase Field, the home ballpark of the Arizona Diamondbacks. We saw a game there for the...

East Valley (AZ) observations

As I've said in the past (The Cactus League), we have family in Arizona and we travel down with some regularity, maybe once a year. At...

The Hobbit

I recently finished reading The Hobbit to my five year old. It was easily the longest, most complex book we've read to him in totality (I...

Nikka Whisky from the Barrel

Two things have Japan currently at the forefront of my mind. First, Shohei Ohtani and U.S. newcomer Yoshinobu Yamamoto joining the...

I'm her person

The first year with a kid can be a challenge for a dad. It's hard to connect with a little baby like a mother does, we don't have the...

The Water of Life transformation

Dune: Part 2 (2024) is in theaters now and I made sure to see it in IMAX opening weekend. It was great fun to attend an event movie with...

The People's Front of Judea

It's cliche right now to say that this or that movie couldn't be made today. There are cases where it's true, however, though it's...

The Barbary pirates

The ongoing war in Gaza is not the only major event currently on-going in the Middle East. As a direct result of the war the Houthis, a...

Barrell Bourbon Batch #32

If, like me, you frequently browse the whiskey selection in liquor stores, you've probably noticed a brand called Barrell. They have a...

Cooking (mis)adventures

Not too long ago I was toying with writing a 'cooking as therapy' post. Over the last few years I've been taking over more and more of...

The Blues Brothers

Sometimes with movies (or whatever else) it's easy to wonder if your recollection of something was perhaps an extension of a particular...

Re-learning how to eat

I haven't always been good about going to the doctor for routine, preventative visits, but I have made it in twice in the last two years....

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