tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post1057167332978826834..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: A tessellation of the plane. And beer.Dauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-17668848843326643812012-10-17T12:26:27.359+02:002012-10-17T12:26:27.359+02:00Brooklyn Brewery brews up some White House Honey A...Brooklyn Brewery brews up some White House Honey Ale <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/dining/reviews/a-white-house-beer-we-can-believe-in.html" rel="nofollow">"The verdict: It was good. Very good."</a>Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-227894436882050652012-09-04T04:03:11.114+02:002012-09-04T04:03:11.114+02:00Keith Moon would have turned 66 on August 23 if he...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon" rel="nofollow">Keith Moon would have turned 66 on August 23 if he were still alive!</a> He died from an overdose of sedatives prescribed to relieve symptoms of alcohol withdraw...<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Moon_Rising_%28song%29" rel="nofollow">CCR's "Bad Moon Rising"</a> was a number-one hit in--you The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-85964175061652069932012-09-03T12:13:36.202+02:002012-09-03T12:13:36.202+02:00OK, stop f*cking with us: Sept 3: Sun Myung Moon...OK, stop f*cking with us: Sept 3: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/sun-myung-moon-dies-at-92-washington-times-owner-led-the-unification-church/2012/09/02/001b747a-f531-11e1-aab7-f199a16396cf_story.html" rel="nofollow">Sun Myung <i>Moon</i></a> dies in Korea (Sept. 2 on the US east coast)Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-51347864964579913342012-09-02T11:58:39.656+02:002012-09-02T11:58:39.656+02:00So dig this. Blue Moon gets lots of play on this ...So dig this. Blue Moon gets lots of play on this half-serious synchromystic post--and the comments.<br /><br />August 31 was a rare blue moon, which is nature's way of smiling on....Neil Armstrong's funeral, same day.<br /><br />September 1. Obama, who got the cop a Blue Moon, releases his beer recipe.<br /><br />Coincidence? Cosmic joke? Or weird ploy by Obama to slip "beer"Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-60550755413305325962012-09-02T10:13:51.071+02:002012-09-02T10:13:51.071+02:00"With public excitement about White House bee..."With public excitement about White House beer fermenting such a buzz, we decided we better hop right to it." haha<br /><br />I'd rather have a beer drinker in the whitehouse than a teetotaler!Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-18555681004504644712012-09-02T06:19:45.191+02:002012-09-02T06:19:45.191+02:00The White House has released the recipe for the be...<a href="http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe" rel="nofollow">The White House has released the recipe for the beers they're brewing.</a>The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-47186363875179732242012-08-16T18:22:55.264+02:002012-08-16T18:22:55.264+02:00Obama plays up love of beer to ferment coalition o...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-installs-brewery-for-obama/2012/08/14/19a72546-e67d-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_story.html?tid=pm_pop" rel="nofollow">Obama plays up love of beer to ferment coalition of the swilling</a><br /><br />Obama apparently likes beer enough to have had the WH kitchen staff brew their own with he kit he paid for. I'd like to try that stuff, but Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-6139393461731331562009-08-01T12:26:47.177+02:002009-08-01T12:26:47.177+02:00Well, the only thing with poetic resonance is that...Well, the only thing with poetic resonance is that the deeper you go the easier it is to forget to calibrate the bullshit detector. It is fun though; undeniably weird patterns are emerging.<br /><br />I didn't realize Blue Moon was such a girly beer, Gid! Still, the name does have some poetic resonance. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon" rel="nofollow">wikipedia</a>:<br /Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-89802339905503511172009-08-01T05:57:42.729+02:002009-08-01T05:57:42.729+02:00As for "this poetic resonance thing", Da...As for "this poetic resonance thing", Daurade, don't stop, ya don't stop now. You are, really are, on the right way.<br /><br />You feel shy, and that's understandable. But your hesitation is not heartfelt. You can see what is here, what resides in these names. <br /><br />The cards are dealt ... read 'em.The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-23402826175686363462009-08-01T05:27:30.460+02:002009-08-01T05:27:30.460+02:00Eh, nothing so complicated ... perhaps yr not fami...Eh, nothing so complicated ... perhaps yr not familiar with Blue Moon, but it's a girly beer.<br /><br />I mean, our prez drinks the most popular beer in the USA, no surprise. <br /><br />And our loose cannon vice prez goes non-alchey but some weird independent brewery, well that's just exactly Binden's style. <br /><br />And Gates, the Harvard man, <a href="http://The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-74228479748995020652009-07-31T11:39:33.685+02:002009-07-31T11:39:33.685+02:00OK Gid, you can forego the clarification. Blue = ...OK Gid, you can forego the clarification. Blue = Cop. And Moon should be self-evident. That's what you were getting at,no? <br /><br />Must be the beers I drank last night. I missed my exit on the way to work today.....Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-38026467059064181142009-07-31T08:13:37.333+02:002009-07-31T08:13:37.333+02:00Yes, they do form a kind of checkerboard pattern. ...Yes, they do form a kind of checkerboard pattern. Politicians in white, pawns in dark coats---you see, they are on the same side after all! lol<br /><br />Seriously though, I gotta tone down this poetic resonance thing. They're getting progressively less ironic. The Weinman and Moon pieces are pretty evident, but this one and the Jackson one make me seem a rather strident lunatic. Which Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-86990283365570451692009-07-31T05:08:49.223+02:002009-07-31T05:08:49.223+02:00Okay, but back to the idea of the names here, the ...Okay, but back to the idea of the names here, the real irony is that the whole dispute started with Gates forcing himself through the door (gate) in his Harvard-owned home ...The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-39477962966720350112009-07-31T04:54:20.255+02:002009-07-31T04:54:20.255+02:00"The president was drinking Bud Light, Biden ..."The president was drinking Bud Light, Biden was drinking Buckler (a nonalcoholic beer), Gates was drinking Samuel Adams Light and Crowley was drinking Blue Moon" (CNN) <br /><br />I was with them (as in, duh, of course *he* drank *that*) before the Blue Moon ... gotta admit that I didn't see that one coming...The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-63802717467208165682009-07-31T04:52:18.096+02:002009-07-31T04:52:18.096+02:00Oh, my bad, I thought those were white coats on th...Oh, my bad, I thought those were white coats on the prez & vice-prez ... nonetheless, checkersThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-82968979690613792912009-07-31T04:51:12.157+02:002009-07-31T04:51:12.157+02:00Speakin' of checkers, check out the suits at t...Speakin' of checkers, check out the suits at the table during the fabled beer talk: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/POLITICS/07/30/harvard.arrest.beers/art.beer.summit.afp.gi.jpgThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.com