Michigan State University’s Newest/Most Awesome Class

This semester Michigan State University is offering History 110H. It is entitled History of the Modern Comic Book, and I looks to be awesome. The class is taught by Ethan Watrall who works in the history department but is also heavily involved in the Serious Games undergrad and graduate programs at the University. He’s posting [...]

Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

So, after punishing a stone 13th anniversary, I really wanted this to be something beautiful to compliment the glory that was the previous beer. I was a tad disappointed. Not that this is a bad beer, in fact, it’s quite the fine ale… It’s just not overly impressive.
The beer pours a nice deep [...]

Stone 13th Anniversary Ale, or how I realized that there is a God, and that he loves us very much.

So, the great state of Michigan is encountering a problem right now. No, not insurmountable job losses. No, not a devastating foreclosure crisis. No, not white flight. Nor even brain drain. We are, in fact, still lacking Stone’s Vertical Epic ‘09. In light of that, I’ve decided to review [...]

Cascade Traditional Mead

Long time, no read. I’ve had a pretty crazy summer and sadly my blogging (and drinking) have suffered mightily. Luckily it appears that  things are finally settling down and I’ve been able to successfully hop off the wagon and hit the ground running/stumbling. If I seem a bit rusty, I hope you understand.
I picked up [...]

brooklyn lager

This weekend, I embarked on a roadtrip to the home of Spider-man, Daredevil, and a whole host of other superheroes. New York City welcomed us with open arms and a shitload of tolls. The grand plan for this trip was to see Paint It Black play at the music hall of williamsburg saturday [...]