Cover canine photo credit: Care.
Diligent readers may recall that I participate in a weekly podcast called The Pubcast, which originates at Donum Dei Brewery in New Albany. There isn’t an overarching theme to our discussions, although guests often are drawn from the food and drink trade, and beer talk regularly lands on the docket.
The Pubcast seems to have reinforced my lifelong propensity to wax outspoken, defined as “openly and honestly expressing strong opinions, regardless of whether they offend others,” although insofar as offensiveness is concerned, it should be noted that as this particular enfant terrible has aged, a profound process of mellowing has occurred.
This softening won’t ever be confused with “touchy feely” or Kumbaya, and yet these days the worse angels of my nature respond to leashing (lashing?) far better than they ever did before. On occasion, I can almost relax.
This is why it surprised me last week when the...
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