Recently, I indulged myself in a quick bit of fermenting. One of my favorite magazines, Imbibe, had a recipe for homemade ginger beer. Currently, that recipe isn’t up on their website (they have one that is a bit of a cheat since it uses a CO2 cartridge). I’ll reproduce it here with my changes though … Continue reading From the Bar and From the Back Room – Ginger Beer and Kvasir
Month: May 2014
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Pennsylvania’s anti-equal marriage rights law struck down; let the whining commence
Finally, a break from work and a chance to kibbitz on the interwebs. Here in the US, we are celebrating Memorial Day, a day to remember those who have fallen in combat during our various wars. It’s also a time for celebrating the summer, even though it isn’t officially summer yet. Everyone wants to grill … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Pennsylvania’s anti-equal marriage rights law struck down; let the whining commence
What the Boss Likes – a little schadenfreude for the right wing wingnuts
Supposedly there is supposed to be tens of millions of anti-Obama people on the Mall in Washington DC right now. I guess not so much, considering that one would think that these "patriots" would meet near the Washington Monument in their belief that the Founding Fathers would agree with them. It seems that the fans at … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – a little schadenfreude for the right wing wingnuts
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – what to do if your child comes to the conclusion they are an atheist? maybe not follow the God Squad’s advice
In one of the latest God Squad columns, the querent is a Catholic parent whose 16 year old son has declared he is an atheist. He asks for Rabbi Gellman’s advice on how to convince his son there is a god. The parent, the father, admits that even he and the mother don’t go to … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – what to do if your child comes to the conclusion they are an atheist? maybe not follow the God Squad’s advice
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – we’ve always done it so that makes it always okay
I thought I'd also add to the commentary about the recent US Supreme Court decision about allowing prayer at town meetings. The excuse that the conservative judges used to allow this nonsense is no more than "we've always done it so that makes it always okay". If each state wants to have its own rules that … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – we’ve always done it so that makes it always okay
Club Schadenfreude 