Sunny!

My second "garden beer" of the season and it's not even May yet! I must say this sunny spell we're having in the UK at the moment is most welcome, life seems to hold so many more possibilities when it isn't cold and chucking it down with rain. For those that are interested this is a beer from my favourite producer, Verdant down in Penryn, Cornwall. It's called "Even Sharks Need Water" and one that I've had a few times before over the years, never gets old, always tastes absolutely banging!

Friday Smirk

The lads pointing out that praying to a rock in a box is about as effective as praying to an imaginary deity, stuff seems to work roughly as frequently as you'd expect by pure chance..

Interesting

Thought this chart was interesting (if true), the more Trump bangs on about NATO the more I think he's either lying (normal) or simply ignorant (likely) or both (the possibility that he might have a point never really comes up). The US military budget applies to the whole globe and is allocated as such, the proportion dedicated  to the North Atlantic (or more accurately Europe) is probably completely commensurate with the fact that most of the population of the USA is living around the "North Atlantic" and expect a state defense strategy. Ah Americans, can't live with them, can't steal their resources and shoot them in the face..

Emergencies

I always used to find this work avoidance strategy worked particularly well with salesmen, especially on Friday afternoons when they were trying to position their total lack of planning and foresight as a great "opportunity" (aka "emergency") for you that weekend.

Midweek Analysis

When I was a young boy I thought we'd have flying cars and robot butlers by 2026, instead we have...

Blast from the past

A blast from the past, a collaboration beer by Verdant and Garage made for their Little Summer Beer Bash 2025 which my Son and I attended in Falmouth, Cornwall. We spent a glorious weekend down there just chilling out, eating great seafood, attending the festival and playing snooker it was lush! This beer, nearly a year on, tastes exactly the same, dank, citrus and so easy to drink a real Summer pleaser. It's a shame there's no festival in Cornwall this year, the organisers have decided to locate it in Bristol instead, ah well, we're quite partial to a bit of Briz too!

Monday Mirth

I always like a pub that's got a decent food menu..

Rock Gods?

 

The recent Artemis 2 rocket that passed around the dark side of the Moon took 42 minutes and 50 seconds to transition, during this time communication with Earth was cut (i.e. the Moon was in the way!) This fact is scary enough but not as spooky as the fact that the running time of the Pink Floyd album "Dark Side of the Moon" is exactly 42 minutes and 50 seconds. Gilmour = God? you heard it here first!