First, a summary of how day 1 ended which I think is important. I split a bottle of…
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Linked: “24 Hours in San Francisco”
December 18, 2014
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via The Bold Italic: For 24 Hours in San Francisco, 17 students from The Academy of Art University’s PH 462:…
Soylent: Day 1
December 18, 2014
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I’ve had 1/10th of a day’s worth of Soylent. It’s 11AM and I feel full. I don’t have…
★ RateBeer’s ‘My Year in Beer 2014’
December 17, 2014
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First of all, possibly at the surprise of some of my loyal readers, I don’t plan on doing…
★ Wine: Champagne Le Mesnil Blanc De Blancs Grand Cru
December 17, 2014
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No vintage stated on this one. Opened it tonight for our weekly Wine Wednesday with the neighbors. I…
★ Wine: Champagne Tasting from last week
December 17, 2014
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I’m still doing my best to learn more about Champagne. I did a tasting last week with only…
★ Beer Haul: Time to Unpack 3 of 4 Belgian Boxes
December 17, 2014
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Culinary: Soylent has arrived. Starting this up tomorrow
December 16, 2014
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There will be a lot to learn in this one. Once a year, I do a 2-4 week…
Culinary: Sandwich Competition @ My Place w/ Friends
December 15, 2014
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Once every 1-2 months, we get together and do a sandwich competition. I’ve been perfecting my base recipe…
★ I’m not ordering from Crush Wine anymore
December 15, 2014
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Received this today: There are a lot of ways to sell these hard to get Bourbon and Rye…
“Soylent shipping notification”
December 11, 2014
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Dear Soylent supporter,We are happy to inform you that shipping labels have been printed for your order. Please…
Is a Masters Degree the new normal?
December 9, 2014
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I don’t have a lot of real-life friends but it seems like the ones I do encounter are…
Technology: Really Feeling Crystal Method Radio on iTunes
December 9, 2014
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I do need to slide the station from hits to variety but so far today, this has been…
Linked: “Fans scramble for iPod Classic, the music player Apple killed off”
December 7, 2014
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via The Guardian: With a storage capacity double the size of any current iPods still being made, versions…
Linked: “The cult of the Leica Camera”
December 5, 2014
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via Esquire: The camera arrives in a thin, brown cardboard box. Inside the box is another box, also…
Photography: The Lake is Freezing Over
December 5, 2014
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First, I shouldn’t have judged the E-PL2 so much. It is a small camera, it does feel cheap…
★ Reviews: Hill Farmstead Works of Love #1
December 5, 2014
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4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20 750 ML Growler filled at Hill Farmstead yesterday. Enjoyed in 2 stemware glasses @ 44…
Music: Speaking of awesome things I’ve enjoyed lately…
December 4, 2014
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As I get older, the variety of new music that interests me gets less and less. I don’t…
Film: Saw Interstellar again
December 4, 2014
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70MM is still the best format to experience this film and tonight is the last night that most…
Linked: “Short-form blogging”
December 3, 2014
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via Scribbling: I find tweets too reductionist and Medium pieces too bloviating, so I came to the same…