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Entries from November 28th, 2008
Fascists Take New York, Too
November 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The city of New York, beset by the end of the world, has decided to pay for its continued existence by actually enforcing its parking regulations. Naturally, this has some people upset. So it’s news.
And, yes, we’ve done this dance before. But this post isn’t a halfway funny screed so much as it is a [...]
Entire Industry: Fixed
November 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
The New York Times is mighty pleased with its recent Obamafied Facebooking efforts. The crumbling paper took out a couple ads on the internets, and the populace responded by taking a second and a half to click a button that said the paper isn’t the worst thing in the world. And the marketing drones cry [...]
Extreme Beer Fight: Updated!
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Beer, Media
Via BeerAdvocate’s wicked active forum, we’ve got an update on the snippy non-fight that the New Yorker has conjured up between Sam Calagione and Garrett Oliver.
The beautiful thing about the internets is that, when you’re a wicked big public figure and you get burned in print, you can fire up the keyboard and set things [...]
Tags:Beer·Internets·New Yorker
Gov: Bring ‘Em On
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
State House News cornered Governor Deval Patrick today and asked him about all those vultures circling overhead. The governor worries not. Not even about Treasurer Tim Cahill.
Patrick tells the News Service, “I’m running,” adding, “I fully expect there are going to be challengers, and that’s all right. Keeps my game sharp.” What about having to [...]
Tags:Deval Patrick·Idle Speculation·Politics as Bloodsport·Tim Cahill
New Yorker Gets Extreme
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Beer, Media
Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione gets his star turn in this week’s New Yorker. Burkhard Bilger’s sizable treatment is dubbed “The rise of extreme beer,” but Southern Tier, Russian River, Lost Abbey, Short’s, Stone, Clipper City, and like a hundred other worthy craft breweries are nowhere to be seen.
Instead, it’s a straight, if sudsy, profile. Nothing [...]
Tags:Beer·New Yorker
Word to Your Moms, I Came to Drop Bombs
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
A couple days ago, Mayor Menino declined to give Michael Flaherty a free shot at him over City Hall. The Southie pol responded by investing in a roll of dimes – and putting them to good use.
Yesterday, he whacked Hizzoner over Boston’s not-quite-frosty hiring freeze. And today, it’s free tax breaks for anybody who [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Mayor Menino·Politics as Bloodsport
More Famous on the Internets Than Ever Before
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
State House News throws mention of my newfound employment into this week’s Personnel File. They’re even kind enough to note the word count of that monster of a story I wrote back in February. Good thing they never got their hands on the 9000-word first draft, I suppose.
Greetings From Southie
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Spotted yesterday morning, nestled in a South Boston stoop.
Tags:Beer·Dunkin' Donuts·Savagery
Avalanche on Tap
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Beer
Finally got November’s Beer Advocate magazine clip online. It’s an interview with Hutch Kugeman, brewmaster at Lake Placid’s Great Adirondack Brewing.
In between the time when we talked and the time when this fine-ass piece of journalism hit the streets several weeks ago, Hutch took Gold at the GABF for his Whiteface Black Diamond Stout. Even [...]
Tags:Beer·Housekeeping
