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Dammit Valentino's! Whamageddon!

The 11th advent beer from @arlbrew.bsky.social The Brew Shop! Adroit Theory Revenge of the Damned English style porter with coffee and cacao. Been a while since I had an Adroit Theory. It's tasty.

Of course it's just hours after I've done all my laundry, and while wearing one of my favorite tshirts, that I take a bite out of my taco and get ranch sauce all over me.

More hijinks! This advent beer from The Brew Shop is Evil Twin Our Most Popular Holiday Beer, a dark Belgian style with cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Eh.

It only took one basic anthropology class for me to decide Noam Chomsky is an asshole.

Okay! Back to our hijinks! The Brew Shop advent beer for today is Humble Sea Noodle Arms foggy IPA. I'm not necessarily anti-hazy IPA...I just got tired of clumps of detritus in the bottom of my cans. This is tasty! Will it clump? Let's see.

I am glad that they are not trying to maintain the name when they're not maintaining the spirit.

Well, uh, I just woke up from my colonoscopy and I feel... really good. But I can't type worth a damn.

Oh man, I've been a big fan of John Varley. Back in the mid '90s I posted on USENET about Steel Beach and he responded to me. I was flabbergasted that the *author* responded to *me*!

Oh man, the caffeine really hits harder when you haven't had solid food in over 36 hours...

Today is officially too stupid. I'm doing a shot of whiskey and going to bed.

Okay. Tomorrow is colonoscopy prep day so one last advent beer. Thanks @arlbrew.bsky.social The Brew Shop for Lost Generation Dying Moons and Shadows Czech-style dark lager. It's tasty!

For some reason I'm reminded of the butt fumble

Time for another advent beer! Today from The Brew Shop @arlbrew.bsky.social is Sojourn Fermentory Pettinga Bavarian Pilsner. Refreshing!

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Hey @catoctincreek.bsky.social - a salted caramel applejack sour. 2 oz Catoctin Creek applejack, 1 oz Crown Royal Salted Caramel, 1 oz lemon. It's not bad! I may add a bit of simple syrup next time but it doesn't *need* it.

Today's Advent beer from The Brew Shop @arlbrew.bsky.social is one I had just recently - Parish West Coast Ghost DIPA. As my day to day drinking beer tends to be west coast IPAs I am happy to have it!

Hadn't made an omelette in a while. Ham, sauteed peppers and onions, cheese.

Started getting ready for bed and Nam remembered we haven't done our advent beer! Slightly buzzed, sure let's do a...9% abbey-style tripel? Wheee! Thanks Brew Shop!

I may have drunkenly bought myself GWAR shoes and boots.

There's a holiday market at The Crossing this weekend so Nam and I got some art. She got the two food ones and I got two cocktail ones.

We missed our advent beers on Wednesday (we forgot) and Thursday (we went to Filomina). So last night we got in on catching up on the @arlbrew.bsky.social beer advent calendar - Great Lakes Christmas Ale and Forest & Main Dance Money stout.

One of my all time favorite movies, as covered by one of my all time favorite authors.

Isn't calling her a journalist a pretty strong allegation that she was supposed to be a fucking journalist?

Hey, that's the building where my company has offices!

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

Every weekday I eat the same kind of salad. Alas, colonoscopy prep starts tomorrow so no raw veggies or seeds until it's done.

It's rather frustrating - for some reason, when my mom texts me in a group chat, the messages never arrive. Instead, I see icons in my private chat with her showing them trying to download and they never succeed.

Three guys outside with gas leaf blowers. It's so annoying. They can't ban those fuckers fast enough for me.

It's the @arlbrew.bsky.social The Brew Shop Beer Advent Calendar beer 2 - Ocelot Wintershore Belgian-style witbier. Lovely beer with an even lovelier label.

Maureen gets it - we need to live our values! A review of our local gov't needs to meet & exceed good gov't values of inclusion, community engagement, a focusing of our efforts, & identifying how we're going to support and pay for it. Join our letter to the County Board! forms.gle/91xMBMXDhFGj...

I love my local small businesses!

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

I'm so lost these days. I'm not on the bad app anymore - is this a fucking idiot who actually thinks this shit is not only good but worth fucking showing off, or is he dunking on it? 'Cause I feel like it's the former and dear God that is so fucking stupid.

It's the Beer Advent Calendar from The Brew Shop time again! We start with number one - Wheatland Spring Mediate IPA. It's not bad, but there's something to it that I'm not a huge fan of, similar to another brewery's West Coast IPA Nam got me this past week. Oh well!

Fuck off, Miyares, you fucking lame duck AG. And the other GOP AGs can fuck off too.

I asked my Korean tutor if she had any recommendations for grammar flashcards, not having luck finding what I wanted on Amazon. She couldn't find good ones herself so she made me a set! I really gotta find a way to give her a good tip at Christmas.

I named my fists Strunk and White because if we're doing this, there will be elements of style.

Just had some great jjajangmyeon. I am so lucky to have a girlfriend who has introduced me to so much fantastic Korean food.

Reasons why I go to the gym: * To be healthier * To eat shit like this for brunch (The mug has an Irish coffee in it.)

Gravy Flight at The Fancy Biscuit in Richmond. From left to right I had sausage (my favorite), tasso, and red-eye.

It's almost time for some Fancy Biscuits!

The Acme pies were amazing. Probably the best pie crust I've ever had. Fantastic fillings.

Smokecraft is dead for in-person but slammed with to go orders! Their Thanksgiving sandwich is amazing. Go support local business.

Supporting local businesses for Thanksgiving -- pies from Acme Pie Co., beer and wine from @arlbrew.bsky.social . Can't wait to share them with the family!

Taught my Korean tutor this morning about the glories that are Thanksgiving sandwiches.

Yes! Hahaha...yes!

all pies are good. simply do not say to me that any pies are bad. i do not even want to know about the kind of life that would so warp a person as to think any pie is bad