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Huntsman

November 29, 2011by Dan Dickinson 4 Comments

Saturday: dinner at Capocaccia with friends from university. Then Primitivo, softball-sized burrata, brown butter agnalotti, Amarone. Then back to the lair. Then Merlot, Zinfandel. Then something…um, French? Then impromptu cleaning. […]

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Food / drink, Friends, TV

"The last chance for progressive politics for an awfully long time"

November 21, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

“It is time to stop listening to the voices who plead for calm moderation and for a cotton-candy centrism that melts at the first sign of resistance. It is time […]

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Economics, Politics

"Arrogance is not a uniquely American trait, but you do it better than most."

November 21, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Given the 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the fact that it’s a Marvel comic put to film, I would have thought that I’d enjoy Captain America (imdb | rotten […]

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Movies

Street Fight

November 20, 2011by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

What was this email in our inboxes? An event at a brewery? More to the point, a four-course meal? With both beer and wine pairings? Crowds of other people who […]

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Food / drink

Finally…a breather

November 13, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

We got back from Australia three weeks ago, but it’s been tough trying to catch up, both at work and in real life. So I was more than a little […]

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Daily life, Food / drink, Friends

Project FiftyBrew status: project cancelled

November 13, 2011by Dan Dickinson 2 Comments

Over a year ago I set out to drink what BeerAdvocate determined to be the fifty best beers made in Canada, labeling the endeavor Project FiftyBrew. Within six months I’d […]

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Food / drink, Project FiftyBrew

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow

November 11, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment
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General

That settles it, we need a bigger place

November 6, 2011by Dan Dickinson 3 Comments

Yup, I know we just got back from a 3-week trip and our to-do list is still blazing out of control, but the hell with it…we felt like driving down […]

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