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Good beer doesn't come in clear bottles.

Oxygen is the enemy of beer. Beer that's exposed to it will go stale (typically a wet cardboard taste) after about 24 hours. A properly filled growler is good for a few days, but once it's opened you should drink it as soon as possible. Ratio is a cool place. The owner is a friend of a friend.

I'd certainly rather see Cruz elected than Trump.

Trump's call for Rubio to step down is a poorly concealed plea for him to remain in the race. Hopefully Rubio will step aside and give Cruz a chance against Trump.

The full transcript of Romney's speech.

As far as raw intelligence goes, I suspect that Cruz would come out on top.

“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” ― Oscar Wilde

It's still going on. Rick Perry just finished speaking and now Governor Abbott is on stage. Cruz will be next.

Just arrived at the Ted Cruz rally. The place is packed and they're going to have to turn people away. I'm wearing a Wilco shirt and I'm almost tempted to cause a commotion to get on TV and make Jeff Tweedy's head explode.

He hasn't graced us with his presence. Hillary was here a few months ago, but the rest seem to stick with Dallas and Houston.

I just read that Ted Cruz, Governor Abbott and Rick Perry are having a rally Monday. It's only a couple of miles from my house, so I think I might check it out.

Shipping beer and wine via UPS and Fedex is a weird thing. While not illegal, their rules actually forbid consumer-to-consumer shipments of alcoholic beverages. You're supposed to be a registered merchant, blahblahblah, but in reality it's more of a "don't ask, don't tell" situation. They seldom ask about the contents, but if they do it's best to just say that it's full of car parts or homemade jelly. Some people call them "live yeast samples" which isn't really a lie, but it's safe to assume that UPS knows what's actually in the box. There's no special surcharge or tax for sending liquids o

Yeah, I know. It cost my other neighbor $90 to ship 12 bottles of Pliny to my house. My friend's wife is willing to cover the cost. I read that the USPS is considering allowing beer shipments in order to raise much-needed money. It would be nice if they could get the price down, because right now it's almost as cheap to fly Southwest and cart back two suitcases full of beer than it is to ship a few bottles via UPS.

My neighbor will be returning from his second deployment to Afghanistan in April and his wife is planning a big party with a limo, steaks and his favorite beers and I've been saving the rare/unusual beers that I've come across over the last few months. Last week his wife asked if I'd fly to Vermont to pick up a case or two of Heady Topper and the other "big" Vermont beers. She's picking up the tab, so why not? I'm anxious to try Trillium's beers, so I'm going to ask my friends in Brookline if they can mail a dozen bottles. I'd been saving some bottles of Pliny that a friend brought back f

The SiriusXM audio fidelity is so poor that I just can't listen to it.

It's true and it's my standard retort whenever people use that line.

My brother's boyfriend doesn't.

There's quite a difference between beatifying someone and exhibiting a little common decency toward a dead person. Of politicians whose deaths I would celebrate because they sit on the other side of the aisle from me? Nobody. Not a one. I can't see it ever happening. Barack Obama has ordered airstrikes which have killed thousands of men, women, and children. Hillary Clinton has also had a hand in it and both are on record as having been opposed to same-sex marriage. Would cheering their deaths be acceptable? I consider their performance in office to be quite poor, but I won't dance on the

Decency aside, fair enough, although I hope the author won't be upset if dies and people on the right celebrate. Myself, I find it petty and unbecoming.

Looks like Julian couldn't make it to the gig:

I'd expect them to play the entire album in markets where they haven't already done so.

I know that. He was a senator who voted to filibuster a Republican president's late-term nomination to the court. It doesn't take a genius to imagine his stance if Republicans try to filibuster his nominee.

And in all but one case it was because they controlled the senate and therefore confirmation process. If a Republican lame duck president were in office right now and the Democrats controlled the senate they would block any confirmation of the Republican nominee. That's how politics works. President Obama has the distinction of being the only president to ever vote to filibuster a Supreme Court nominee (Alito, I think?) and Senator Schumer, who has been vocal about the need for President Obama to choose the next justice said this near the end of George W. Bush's presidency: