February 25th, 2010 by sarah

At a few Monday night tastings ago…

You’d think it would come in a box, wouldn’t you?  ;p

Thanks to Dr. Joel for his incredible cell phone camera capabilities!

February 22nd, 2010 by sarah

Nothing like upsetting the hometeam on their turf!  Canadians are known for two things- hockey and “eh?” and after losing 5-3 to the US men’s hockey team Sunday, they’re doing a lot of “eh, eh, eh???” 

And I can’t possibly be the only one perplexed by ice skating/dancing.  Obviously I’m no expert and can’t discern a triple bo biple from a cartwheel so I can’t judge on technicalities, so I usually just root for them to fall.  It’s much more interesting watching ice ass-scraping anyways. 

I do love watching snowboarding.  I wish I could do a McLeggo my Eggo and all those other moves those guys have perfected.  Big air scores big.  I can’t believe they land some of those moves without digging snow out of their netherlands for days afterwards.

Biathlon is pretty awesome too.  Part sharp shooter, part cross country sprinting.  We should be recruiting in inner city schools, where many students are already familiar with popping off a few shots and high-tailing it out of there. 

As an aside, the Chargers released LT.  We all knew that was coming but it’ll be sad to see him go.  Hopefully we freed up enough money to “buy” us the Lombardi.

February 12th, 2010 by sarah

Mother Nature crashed the 4th annual Belgium Comes to West Chester event last Saturday at Iron Hill, dumping copious amounts of powder on the streets.  While the locals crowded the front bar (mostly because their cars were stuck under 2′ of snow), it took awhile for the beer geeks to dig their cars out and slide on ice sheets to find the last few parking spaces.  But if you brew it, they will come.  I actually appreciated having a little elbow room to double fist two of the more than 40 beers on tap from Iron Hill, as well as many guest taps.  Some of the coveted IH brews included Farmer Chuck and Nocturnum while Ithaca brought Le Bleu, my favorite of the night. 

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February 8th, 2010 by sarah

Studies confirm what I already knew- I’m drinking beer for my health!  The bottom line is the silicon content in beer contributes to good bone health.  And a bonus for me- hoppier beers tend to have higher silicon contents.  Two average beers could provide a person’s recommended daily dosage of silicon.  Of course, they also had to throw in that two beers a day could contribute to medical problems but whatever.  I’d like to toast this latest medical breakthrough!

February 8th, 2010 by sarah

The Saints upset the Colts 31-17 last night and we can now retire that stupid “Who Dat?” crap that’s been shoved in our ears the last few days.  I was rooting for the commercials myself and while there were some good ones (Betty White in the Snickers commercial, some of the Doritos ones), there were plenty of duds.  E*Trade should have gotten the memo that talking babies is soooooooo last season and is Go Daddy selling anything but smut?  Keep your clothes on you whores.

Commercial break over, back to the game…  the Saints overcame a 10 point deficit in the first to make it an interesting the first three quarters.  Besides one TD in the third, it looked like Garrett Hartley’s foot was the only scoring apparatus on the Saints team!  There were some wild plays like the onside kick fumbled by Hank Baskett into the arms of a Saint and Moore’s headstand at the endzone barely managing to break the plane with the ball for a successful 2 point conversion- who knew junior high breakdancing would come in handy in the NFL?  That pretty much locked it up but Porter read Manning’s intended target like a book, stepping in to intercept whatever chances the Colts still had at that point.  We can now start Mardi Gras early!