Friday Smirk

The boys discussing "Islamophobia Month" (yes that's a real thing!) I always refer to the late Hitch when mentioning "Islamophobia", as he once said, "Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons"..

Midweek Mirth

New Christmas decoration for all those dog owners out there..

Wonderful, wonderful

 

Just got back from a five day trip to Copenhagen, we thought we'd snatch a quick winter break before the Christmas holidays settle in and social stuff gets too busy. Anyway, it was a splendid trip, in the picture above we're sampling the beers at the Mikkeller/Three-Floyds bar in the meat packing district (Warpigs) an excellent selection of ales! I went for the "Pump Action Mosaic" a 5.4% hazy American pale, very nice it was too!

Another 20 years

We cracked open one of these the other weekend, it's one of my favourite wines from Bordeaux called "Clos du Marquis" from the St. Julien district. This wine was probably one of my "gateway wines", i.e. the wine you had when you didn't know much about wine that really turned your head and made you realise what this whole "wine thing" could be about, I first tried it in 1996 and it blew me away. It's a delicious drop and 2009 was a superb vintage, it's still great and has only improved since then. These wines were built to age and improve and this one has at least another 20 years in it I reckon, luckily I have a couple more bottles left, I will report back in 5 years time to see how they're getting on.

Saturday Smile

It's that time of year again, when pets run scared and teenage boys do their best to set fire to anything that moves and alpha fathers terrorise their neighborhoods with an alarming disregard for health and safety, why we put up with it I don't know?

Friday Smirk

The lads discussing the rather oddly named "Thanksgiving". As we all know it's really just "Harvest Festival" dressed up as something American, those yanks love nothing better than to twist something English into their own thing.

Autumn

Autumn in progress round these here parts..