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Food & Wine Thursdays: I Miss Low-Alcohol Beer1 comment

David D. wrote 3 weeks ago: There was a time not that long ago when a bottle of Chimay Brewery’s Grande Reserve Blue Label … more →

Tags: Beer & Meat, dispatches from academia, I'm just sayin'..., Beer, Belgian ale, Food, Food & Wine, Food and Wine, high-alcohol beer

But What About Second Climax?

Clint wrote 4 months ago: Shut up, Pippin, you weren’t even in this film. If movies get much longer, we are seriously go … more →

Tags: Projected Pixels and Emulsion, climax, elevensies, Rrrrrrrrrun!, Second Climax, The Hobbit

Not About Wine: No, Let's Not Have A Conversation

David D. wrote 5 months ago: I took a wine work junket with a colleague up to Paso Robles a few days ago and on our drive we deci … more →

Tags: I'm just sayin'..., Just Wrong, Week in rage, Assault Weapons Ban, Gay Marriage, Gun Control, Health Care, Politics, Same Sex Marriage

Food & Wine Thursdays: Whither, Robert M. Parker Jr.?

David D. wrote 5 months ago: A couple days ago it was announced that influential wine critic and noted hairstyle icon Robert M. P … more →

Tags: Wine & Cheese, Food & Wine, Food and Wine, Parkerization, Robert M. Parker, robert parker, Robert Parker retires, The Wine Advocate, Wine

On Cobra Commander1 comment

Erik wrote 5 months ago: Back when Christmas was really about the amount and quality of loot a child managed to receive throu … more →

Tags: I'm just sayin'..., brothership, Christmas Cheer, cobra commander, G.I. Joes, Skeletor

Food & Wine Thursdays: In Praise of Fresh & Easy

David D. wrote 5 months ago: I was disappointed and more than a little distressed to learn that the supermarket chain Fresh & … more →

Tags: Armchair Philosophy, food, I'm just sayin'..., food deserts, Fresh & Easy, Grocery Stores, Supermarkets, Tesco

What a difference a port makes...

Clint wrote 5 months ago: It’s probably safe to say the Skyrim craze is over. It was released over a year ago, and for a … more →

Tags: Level up!

A Satellite Show Thanksgiving1 comment

Erik wrote 6 months ago: “You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to … more →

Tags: Puffery

Politics on Paper: They're Talking About Us1 comment

Erik wrote 6 months ago: The following is an unedited screed from your humble Satellite Show administrator. It may not reflec … more →

Tags: Puffery

On Forced Narrative in Journalism1 comment

David D. wrote 6 months ago: Something I’ve written about before and have been a long-time critic of is the problem of wine … more →

Tags: Armchair Philosophy, 2012 Presidential Election, American Politics, Barack Obama, Bias, Elections, fivethirtyeight. com, Journalism, Mitt Romney

"Just like Mr. Futterman said..."2 comments

Clint wrote 7 months ago: The Oracle of Kingston Falls Yesterday, Justin wrote about Gremlins 2. I did not know he was going t … more →

Tags: Projected Pixels and Emulsion, 1980s, Gremlins, China, bizarre overthink, 2010s, political allegory

Food & Wine Thursdays: A Blast from the Past1 comment

David D. wrote 7 months ago: Due to some pressing work and personal commitments, no new post this week. In the mean time, please … more →

Tags: Wine & Cheese, dispatches from academia, Food, Food & Wine, Wine, Music, natural wine, wine music, Wine History

Food & Wine Thursdays: On Ice Cubes2 comments

David D. wrote 7 months ago: I was at Downtown LA’s neo-speakeasy The Varnish a few days ago and marveled at the impressive … more →

Tags: Wine & Cheese, I'm just sayin'..., Armchair Philosophy, Cocktails, the varnish, ice, ice cubes, O'Shea Jackson

I Didn't Go Watch the Endeavor1 comment

Clint wrote 8 months ago: As I write this, it’s Friday afternoon. My office shut down for an hour today, just so everyon … more →

Tags: Space Shuttle, endeavor, Depressing Thoughts, Musings on Apathy

Food & Wine Thursdays: Anatomy of a Wine List1 comment

David D. wrote 9 months ago: I was talking to a friend after his recent trip to Manhattan and he was lamenting the wine list at t … more →

Tags: Wine & Cheese, Wine, Food and Wine, Wine Lists, Good wine lists, Bad Wine Lists

Over Our Dead Bodies...28 comments

Clint wrote 9 months ago: It was the last refuge. Where vampires, werewolves, and innumerable other creatures that went bump i … more →

Tags: Projected Pixels and Emulsion, twilight, zombies, squick, dramas that should be comedies, looming horror, Warm bodies

Not About Wine: Why I Hate The Newsroom, But Can't Stop Watching It4 comments

David D. wrote 10 months ago: In high school, my AP History teacher made a comment that still sticks with me: “we don’ … more →

Tags: Not about wine, The newsroom, aaron sorkin, SportsNight, HBO

Epimetheus9 comments

Clint wrote 11 months ago: Erik didn’t want to talk about Prometheus. At all. But that’s okay, because I will. Prom … more →

Tags: Projected Pixels and Emulsion, Ridley Scott, Prometheus, Damon Lindelof, Unintentional Comedy... OR IS IT?, Bullshit

Realism stops at the shoes

Clint wrote 11 months ago: Yeah, I’m hung up on this. Actually I hadn’t really looked into it since my last rant, b … more →

Tags: Nerd Alert., Catwoman, anne hathaway, stiletto heels, dark knight rises, Nolan + Women = Wha?, Continuing disappointment


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