Category Archives: Kewel!

Congratulations!

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Phil Kadath

To the Issaquah Brew House! Winners of Best in Show at the World Beer Championship with their Bullfrog Ale Smoked Frog Porter IBH was the location of my very first microbrew. Their sampler will put most folks over the 0.08 … Continue reading →

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The Soundboard: Working for a Living Edition

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Phil Kadath

No, I’m not going to subject you to any Huey Lewis and the News, though I never really thought they were that bad. But seeing as how this is the busiest week I’ve had in a while and all I … Continue reading →

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In the mail…

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Alaska

This should be entertaining. I enjoy pastiches of great character fiction (Sherlock Holmes being the definitive example), but I’ve often wondered what creative mischief could achieve by going back to the original and … editing it. Interleaving new material among … Continue reading →

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Buy this Book!

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Alaska

Today is Book Bomb Day for the latest edition of James Wesley, Rawles’ novel Patriots. It’s got a spiffy new cover and subtitle. Much like Atlas Shrugged or Unintended Consequences, if you haven’t read it, you should. None of those … Continue reading →

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Aha! Yess!

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Phil Kadath

I blame the Puritanical division of the Republican Party for a lack of commercials such as this in America

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Not an April Fool’s Joke

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Alaska

If you’ve never seen an actual working pillbox shaped like two boots and a helmet, well, here it is: It’s like wacky roadside fast-food architecture designed to attract the kiddies, but with machine guns. Click to embiggen. I played with … Continue reading →

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The Soundboard: Protestation and Placidity Edition

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Phil Kadath

As it usually goes, I went though the CD collection and dug out the Portishead rarities. And after a thorough going-through I was jonesin’ for “more but different”, which led to the Tricky file. And as such, you get Maxinquaye … Continue reading →

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Welcome!

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Phil Kadath

To the DMV Automotive Repair Center

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Horse ‘n’ Buggy

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Alaska

For Boomershoots past, I’ve packed my Toyota Tacoma pickup to the gills. That’s fine when it’s just me. But this year, I’ve got a passenger — the Packing Rat — and all his gear, as well as a spare shooting … Continue reading →

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Heh. Yeah.

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Phil Kadath

The first line is not certain, though highly probable. The second line I’ve been singing to myself since I got my first paycheck back in 1987. Image by David Reich – Found via JR @ Ride Fast.

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