Joe’s Pilsner is truly one of my favorite beers.  It is light and has a nice breadiness to it, with a good crisp slightly hoppy finish.  It is a great brew any time of the year and the fact that is is sold in cans makes it a total win win for me.  I’ve sung […]

I posted the other day about how it’s Novembeard, a time to celebrate the manly joys of growing facial hair.  Apparently the Boy Scouts got the memo.  Check out their latest ad campaign from the folks over at Ogilvy.  Manly boys! I was a Boy Scout for a while when we lived in Iowa in […]

If my KISS lunchbox or my Star Wars Underoos taught me anything, it’s that the REAL money is in merchandising.  If people are fans of something, they’ll buy up all sorts of doodads to build a deeper connection to the object of their obsession and show the world that they have great taste. Cha-ching!! With […]

See that picture above?  That’s how my garage looks – overrun with elves (Mad Elf’s, to be exact).  I have just about 100 of those little suckers in there, but I don’t feel it’s enough.  I need more!

I guess you could say that I got BOO-zed and Cigared for Halloween!  I got home late last night because I’ve been working on project that is due on Friday, and we are in our typical crunch time when we have a hard and fast deadline. When I got home I was tired and hungry, […]

With Halloween in the rearview mirror, it’s time to turn our attention the great autumnal tradition that is Novembeard.  It’s a time for men (and some old Italian women) to celebrate their god-given gift to grow facial hair. 

I can’t believe that Saturday’s freak snowstorm on the east coast has left thousands of homes in the dark STILL!  With over 19 inches of wet and heavy snow falling in parts of Northern New Jersey over 600,000 homes were impacted, and this includes my better half on this blog,Jim.  He didn’t have power Saturday […]

This morning on my way into work I had to make a quick WalMart run.  My wife has been couponing to save our family $$ and she made a run to WalMart yesterday, and had a few things she forgot so sent me this morning on my way into work.  As I was making my […]

If you’re like me, then you have certain must-have beers that mark the holiday season.  And if your must-have beers are seasonal brews, you know that you must strike while the shelves are full to ensure you have what you need when those special days roll around.  For me, the holiday beer hoarding just began […]

When it comes to gender, our readership is a little lopsided.  Of the 12,000 or so folks who came through the site over the past month, 68% of our were dudes and 32% were ladies.  This is a bit less balanced than other spirits-related blogs, which tend to be about 55% men to 45% women.  […]

That’s right, Mad Men’s Red Headed Bombshell thinks that scotch whisky is sexy.  It was one of the things that attracted here to her husband, Geoffrey Arend.  He ordered Scotch when they were out on a date, and she thought that was sexy.  I’d say it worked out well for Mr Arend!  You would never guess […]

Hello, my Name is Don, my brother’s name is Jim, and we want to speak directly to you…the lurkers.  We know you are out there.  You come to the website every week and you look at what we post, and you read our comments.  You find this site entertaining so you keep coming back, but […]

Wow – one little mention of Fox News in our latest infographic and the comments section turns into a political battleground!  CTFO people!!  I was just making a joke about drunks and politics, and you’re turning it into Point-Counterpoint! Speaking of that, I googled Point-Counterpoint and came across this cool old clip from Second City […]

Sometimes a couple of drinks can put you in the zone. Other times it makes better sense to stick to the Poland Spring. Here’s an attempt to demonstrate how your behavior and outlook change as you go from sober, to nicely buzzed to bombed out of your mind:

There’s a time and a place for everything, and tipping a few back is no exception.  For instance, you don’t want to show up half in the bag for a meeting with your boss, but you might require a couple of glasses of liquid courage before you approach that cutie at the end of the […]