Well, guys, I made it. Thirty-one days without a drop of alcohol is a terrible, stupid thing that no one should do without a legitimate medical reason, in my opinion, and I'm already working hard to put it behind me. I'm beyond thrilled with the work of the writers and drinkers
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Commentist Beer Barrel: It’s a Beer!
As I'm sure you're all tired of hearing, I have drunk many, many different beers—roughly 2,300 by my best current reckoning. It has been, and continues to be, a really awesome, life-enriching hobby, with the incredibly minor drawback that finding something truly new and different seems to be increasingly difficult
Commentist Beer Barrel: Extreme Beer Aging
Straight White Super Bowl 2016: Oscars Recap
The Oscars were last weekend. Let's see how my predictions did. Best Picture, Best Director, Acting Awards (5/6) I missed only one of the big six awards, with Best Director going to Alejandro González Iñárritu for The Revenant instead of George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road. The lead acting categories went, as expected, to Leonardo DiCaprio and
Oscars 2016: Best Picture and Best Open Thread
They'll start handing out the awards in an hour or so, and I still have a personal Best Picture to anoint. But before I do, let's take a moment to remember that Straight Outta Compton was not nominated, and neither was Beasts of No Nation, and neither was The Danish Girl, and neither was Carol. Beasts
Straight White Super Bowl 2016: Best Foreign-Language Film
The Oscars are almost upon us, with all their unpredictability. You don’t need an oracle to tell you what will happen. You don’t even need a film critic. You need someone who sees into the very souls of the Academy voters. You need a Straight White Man. Okay, so you guys