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Open Thread

by Tim F|  June 26, 20099:06 pm| 30 Comments

This post is in: Beer Blogging

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By request.

Now I have to drink those.  urp.
Now I have to drink those. urp.

Notice how the table cloth print ’tilts’ to the right. The Belgian started with substantially more gravity…

For those homebrewers out there, send me beer pics (portusjacksonii[at]yahoo[dot]com) and I will post them in later open threads.

As always, chat about whatever.

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  1. 1.

    Dave C

    June 26, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    Beer looks tasty, but that glass on the left sure seems to have a rather massive head-to-liquid ratio. Did you do that intentionally for photo-aesthetic purposes?

  2. 2.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    June 26, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    Notice how the table cloth print ‘tilts’ to the right.

    Tilting to the right happens in the best of families. Those are some good looking brews. I’m talking about Betty Grable, Farrah Fawcett, Halle Berry poster good looking.

  3. 3.

    Laura W

    June 26, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    TUNCH IS SO FREAKIN’ FAT!

  4. 4.

    Death By Mosquito Truck

    June 26, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    Very nice, Tim. I’m sitting here crying.

  5. 5.

    Death By Mosquito Truck

    June 26, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    Thanks for the open thread, Tim. Now I gotta go play Apples to Apples. Wish me luck.

  6. 6.

    MikeJ

    June 26, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    Generalissimo Fransisco Franco is still dead.

  7. 7.

    John Cole

    June 26, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    Not to go all Batshit Bob on you, but what the hell happened to the prices of raisins. I was picking some up for my morning oatmeal and I swear the price jumped two bucks a box.

  8. 8.

    DougJ

    June 26, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Not to go all Batshit Bob on you, but what the hell happened to the prices of raisins. I was picking some up for my morning oatmeal and I swear the price jumped two bucks a box.

    That sound a lot like BOB.

  9. 9.

    Laura W

    June 26, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    @John Cole: Too many winos in the country. Can’t let the grapes hang on the vines that long.
    I’ve heard.

  10. 10.

    Johnny B. Guud

    June 26, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    Not to go all Batshit Bob on you, but what the hell happened to the prices of raisins

    I think El Rushbo said this afternoon that the cap and trade bill will cause the price of everything to go up.

    See? He’s a genius! Amirite?

    /sarcasm

  11. 11.

    Comrade Stuck

    June 26, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    And to go with your Home brew.

    Stuck’s Friday Foreign Flick Fandango

    This weeks recommendation is Tell No One. A French Tale (yes that French). It is a dazzling kidnap mystery that you will not be able to guess the outcome. The acting and screenplay are just spectacular. And for the ladies, and too, the manly men of BJ, a genuine love story. Not contrived but with real chemistry between the actors.

    One of the best movies I’ve ever watched, no joke. It get’s a 4.5 Star Rating out of 5.

  12. 12.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    June 26, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    @Laura W: Mine have been hanging on the vine way too long.

  13. 13.

    Death By Mosquito Truck

    June 26, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    *Fans self*

  14. 14.

    Rosali

    June 26, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    I understand.

  15. 15.

    demo woman

    June 26, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    @Comrade Stuck: Tomorrow I’m going to watch Persepolis and Tell no One is on my list for next week. I can watch movies on my computer instantly through Netflix but I’d rather watch them on my TV. Last week I saw Marley and Me and I was disappointed. The book described Marley in such a way that you developed a bond with him. The movie missed that connection although as a lover of dogs, I still managed to go through several tissues.

  16. 16.

    Comrade Stuck

    June 26, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    @demo woman:

    Tomorrow I’m going to watch Persepolis

    I’m generally not a big fan of animated flicks, but several people have recommended Persepolis so maybe I’ll give it a look see.

  17. 17.

    Comrade Stuck

    June 26, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    @The Grand Panjandrum:

    Mine have been hanging on the vine way too long.

    Pun Alert!

    Yes, I am evil.

  18. 18.

    hal

    June 26, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    When you type in Demerol into the google, it’s first suggestion is “demerol Michael Jackson.” Now that’s a legacy.

  19. 19.

    MikeJ

    June 26, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    When you type in Demerol into the google, it’s first suggestion is “demerol Michael Jackson.”

    General Sir Michael Jackson never could control himself.

  20. 20.

    Nicole

    June 26, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Has Greenwald’s piece on Klavin’s piece been linked to here yet? Apologies if it has and I’m posting it again. But if not… oh my. The comments are hilarious- especially on Klavin’s page, after Greenwald links to it.

  21. 21.

    Xenos

    June 26, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Having too many small children underfoot for home brewing to be an advisable hobby, I am devoted to working my way through all the regional small brewers. Overall quality is way up since I last tried this ten years ago.

    One notable newcomer is the Mayflower brewery in Plymouth. Their Pale Ale is a very competent rendering of a relatively quotidian product. Makes for an excellent session beer, with just enough complexity to keep interesting over a long evening.

  22. 22.

    wonkie

    June 26, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    I am so grateful to have an open thread and an opportunity to whine. I have stomach flu. My husband is out backpacking on the coast (not the Argentinian coast) and I am home alone, so weak I had to sit down three times while making a sandwhich, the first food I have been able to keep down in two days.

    Last time John put up an open thread I whined about having headlice. This is my life! I do in home health care and whatever my client’s grandchildren get, I get too.

  23. 23.

    iluvsummr

    June 26, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    China’s govt might block a Chinese firm’s planned takeover of Hummer on environmental grounds.

  24. 24.

    Jon H

    June 27, 2009 at 1:40 am

    BBC is reporting that Russian gas company Gazprom is starting a cooperative venture with the Nigerian state oil company.

    The new African venture will be called Nigaz.

    That has to be the most infelicitous trademark since German firm Siemens tried to trademark Zyklon in the US for its household vacuum products.

  25. 25.

    Jon H

    June 27, 2009 at 1:47 am

    No, really.

    Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn (£1.53bn) deal with Nigeria’s state operated NNPC, to invest in a new joint venture.
    The new firm, to be called Nigaz, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria.

  26. 26.

    freelancer

    June 27, 2009 at 3:27 am

    Some blatant Blog-whoring so forgive me, and while trying to represent science as non-partisan, but given the cards that have been dealt, I’m seeing more and more that a one-party system is emerging, and that the right simply wants a ticket to crazytown: A nightmarish place where the music is the song “Butterfly” as covered by the Jonas Brothers and played on repeat, ad infinitum.

    In my absence, there is, as always, laughter.

    EDIT: OMG multiple links worked, The wordpress gods favor me this evening! Huzzah!

  27. 27.

    cosanostradamus

    June 27, 2009 at 6:48 am

    .
    NEWS FLASH:

    MICHAEL JACKSON IS NOT DEAD
    “King Of Pop Is Alive & Well & Recovering From World’s First Reanimation”
    .

  28. 28.

    harlana pepper

    June 27, 2009 at 7:34 am

    Beer pr0n!

  29. 29.

    ajf

    June 27, 2009 at 8:32 am

    Beer and politics? This now has to be my favorite blog.

  30. 30.

    Max

    June 27, 2009 at 10:07 am

    Can we have pics of pets interacting with homebrew?

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