Green beer for St. Paddy’s? No, but let’s reward the principled, and ignore the...
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The following isn’t anything you have not heard me say before, and often, but the time draws near, and once again this year I’ll...
With the passing of Jesse Jackson, I’m reminded of 1984 (the year, not the...
Even if Orwell never goes out of fashion in New Trumpia. Cover photo credit: Rainbow PUSH Coalition; video clip here.
First, the here and now.
CHICAGO...
A few of Skopje’s many statues (one year later)
A brief recounting of the Balkan getaway in February, 2025
It’s been almost a year since our visit to Skopje, and later Albania and Montenegro....
40 Years in Beer (Book III), Part 85: Belgian beercycling concludes with the Delirium...
Kim Andersen and Roger, 2000 in Tournai.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book III), Part 84: Y2K and the Belgian beercycling inaugural (1).
With the foreplay...
40 Years in Beer (Book III), Part 84: Y2K and the Belgian beercycling inaugural...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 83: Full frontal hops in Poperinge, Bamberg and Žatec (1999).
For those who weren’t present for the...
MLK Day, 2026
I was not quite eight years old when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April of 1968, and consequently, my memories of...
Diary: Best beer list in NA? I know it when I see it, and...
(It annoys me as necessary to post a disclaimer, as it should be obvious that a diary entry is coming from me as an...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 83: Full frontal hops in Poperinge, Bamberg...
The Joes, Jr. and Sr., in the streets of post-parade Poperinge, 1999.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 82: BrewWorks, Jack Daniel’s, and the...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 82: BrewWorks, Jack Daniel’s, and the next...
Pipkin Brewing Co., circa 1999.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 81: In 2025, the heaviness got me good, and I did NOT write...
Roger’s year in music, 2025
Yes, this is 2026, and I’m supposed to be recapping my year in music in 2025. To get there, we must begin by stumbling...