News: Food & Drinking

Another Batch #1 Update

2 Sep 2008 at 9:09pm <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> After following the suggested 2-2-2 breakdown for Mr. Beer brewing, which dictates two weeks of fermentation, followed by two weeks of carbonating, followed by two weeks of cold-conditioning, I finally cracked open my first bottle... read on »

American Blonde Pale Export Update

30 Jul 2008 at 10:13am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> Yes, so I've decided that my very first brew needs a name. Otherwise, the namelessness of my pioneering attempt of brewmastery will forever be filed in the "I know I did it but I don't... read on »

Will You Make a Brand Switch?

17 Jul 2008 at 7:45pm <From the Current Events and Food & Drinking Departments> You may have heard that Anheuser-Busch, brewer of the entire Budweiser, Busch and Michelob families in addition to Grolsch, Bass, Becks, Hoegaarden, Natty, Red Hook, Kirin (need I continue?), recently sold its company to InBev,... read on »

That Name Again is Mr. Beer

16 Jul 2008 at 10:12pm <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> If you've known me for any small length of time, you know that I tend to enjoy the occasional beer. Beer is actually my favorite consumable product created on this planet. It is for this... read on »

Death is Knocking at My Door

14 Jun 2007 at 1:52pm <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating. Two weeks ago I went to a doctor for the first time in probably five years. My solitary goal was to get blood work done, and my solitary reason was... read on »

Atkins Update - Middle of Week #2

23 Mar 2007 at 11:26am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> I'm beginning to despise eating. I mentioned in my first status report that meals were no longer habitual indulgences, but rather a means of survival. No, I'm not out in the Amazon, searching for sustenance,... read on »

Atkins Update - End of Week #1

20 Mar 2007 at 9:09am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> Well, I don't have much time for an update, but I promised myself I'd report my status weekly. Last night I weighed myself when I got home, and the scale told me I'm at 197... read on »

Cuttin' it Close

12 Mar 2007 at 11:47am <From the Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> My flight to Florida leaves on April 6th, at roughly 6:40 AM. This leaves me with roughly 594.25 hours left to lose as much fat as possible. This is what I find to be the... read on »

What's Wrong With Drinking Santa's Ass?

6 Dec 2006 at 1:30pm <From the Current Events, Food & Drinking and Legal / Justice / Politics Departments> The other day, while perusing cnn.com for possibly the thirtieth time that day, a news story caught my eye: "Maine bans boozy Santa beer label". Since the headline was filled with Cory keywords (namely, beer... read on »

Vending Machine From the Future

28 Nov 2006 at 1:01pm <From the Food & Drinking, Web / Technology and Work Departments> Yesterday, several employees in my office were in an outrage. The reason was not due to budget cuts, salary decreases, a fluttering of pink slips, auditors, nor benefit reduction. No, yesterday people were pissed because... read on »

Fat America

22 Nov 2006 at 2:28pm <From the Culture, Current Events and Food & Drinking Departments> As I have referenced in the past, I'm quite disgusted with the fact that the United States is the fattest country on Earth. However, disgust is one thing, while surprise is another. I'm not at... read on »

Putnam County Spelling Bee

6 Oct 2006 at 4:02pm <From the Culture, Food & Drinking and Personal Life Departments> As you may or may not have known, this past weekend Cara and I went to Manhattan for a good old-fashioned dinner-and-a-show date. Nap and Paula had given me hand-made coupons for "two tickets to... read on »

Things Not to Say to Your Waitress

18 Sep 2006 at 1:47pm <From the Food & Drinking, Humor (take a joke) and Personal Life Departments> My original plan was to space these posts out over the span of a couple of days, but my cold is telling me not to work, so I'm writing them all now as a procrastinatory... read on »