Wednesday, January 27, 2016

dream

a doctor tells me that i have a liver tumor...i palpate my liver and feel a golf ball sized tumor and exclaim, "oh yes i do" as she watches me...

Friday, January 08, 2016

dream of Mom

i am driving up Rt 15, heading home...looking forward to seeing Mom and watching some football with her...joking to myself that she better have some beer for us!!!

Saturday, January 02, 2016

2015 CRAFT BEER

  • Anti Venom: Centennial” IPA – Du Claw Brewing Co., Baltimore MD
  • Molotov Cocktail” Simcoe single hop imperial IPA - Evil Twin Brewing, Stratford CT
  • Birthday Beer” chocolate stout – Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner TX
  • Holly Jolly” christmas ale – Fat Head's Brewery, Middleburg Heights OH
  • X8 Spiced Winter Warmer” ale – DuClaw...
  • Lucky Basartd” ale – Stone Brewing Co., Escondido CA
  • Twenty One” imperial India brown ale – Avery Brewing Co., Boulder Co
  • Mosaic single hop imperial India pale American wheat lager – Evil Twin Brewing, Mount Pleasant SC
  • Hop Ranch” imperial IPA – Victory Brewing Co., Downington PA
  • '72 Imperial” chocolate cream stout – Breckenridge Brewery, Denver CO
  • Raspberry Stout” - Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond VA
  • Woody Stout” bourbon barrel aged – Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn VA
  • 2015 Beer Camp” hoppy lager – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico CA
  • Raison D'Extra” raisin ale – Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton DE
  • BLVK CELEBRATION” imperial porter -Adroit Theory, Purcellville VA
  • The Oracle” double IPA – Bell's Brewery, Comstock MI
  • smoked porter with chipotle peppers – Stone Brewing...
  • Liquid Bliss” chocolate peanut butter porter – Terrapin Beer Co., Athens GA
  • Rye” whole hopped IPA – Yard's Brewing Co., Philadelphia PA
  • Hop Back” amber ale – Troegs Brewing Co., Hershey PA
  • Lil' B” imperial porter – Evil Twin...
  • For Lover's Only” imperial Stout – Parkway Brewing Co., Salem VA
  • The Cowboy” smoked Pilsner – Evil Twin...
  • Grapefruit Sculpin” IPA – Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego CA
  • Fore” smoked stout – Dark Horse Brewing Co., Marshall MI
  • Tres” blueberry stout – Dark Horse...
  • Mexican hot chocolate stout – Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick MD
  • Ten Fidy” imperial stout – Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont CO
  • Enlightenmint” chocolate peppermint stout – Twisted Manzanita Ales, Santee CA
  • The Brown Note” brown ale – Against The Grain Brewery, Westminster MD
  • Mango-Habanero Brown Ale – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, Goochland VA
  • Hop Hunter IPA” - Sierra Nevada...
  • Lucky SOB” Irish style red – Flying Dog...
  • HBC-431” single hop Imperial IPA – Flying Dog...
  • Tokio” oak aged stout – Brew Dog, Scotland
  • Cocoa Mole” spiced chocolate Porter – New Belgium...
  • Haxan” - Right Proper Brewing Co., Washington D.C.
  • Black Marlin” porter – Ballast Point...
  • Love Stout” - Yards...
  • The Long Thaw” white IPA – Harpoon Brewery, Boston MA
  • Heelch O'Hops” Double IPA – Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville CA
  • Dorado” Double IPA – Ballast Point...
  • Victory At Sea” porter – Ballast Point...
  • Smokestack Series” Imperial Stout 2014Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City MI
  • Enjoy By 02.14.15” IPA – Stone...
  • Sump”stout – Perennial Artisan Ales, St Louis MO
  • Sidamo Coffee Stout” - Hardywood...
  • La Calavera Catrina” Three Chopt Tripel Ale – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Indra Kunindra” India-style export stout - Ballast Point...
  • Deep Cocoa” porter – Victory...
  • Pandemic” Imperial porter – 3 Stars Brewing Co., Washington, D.C.
  • Vanilla Virginia Black Bear” Russian Imperial Stout – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Wookey Jack” Black Rye IPA – Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles CA
  • Breakfast” oatmeal coffee stout – Mikkeller, Norway
  • Yin & Yang” Black & Tan – Evil Twin...
  • Schlafly “T” Tasmanian style IPA – The Saint Louis Brewery, St. Louis MI
  • Double Jack” Double IPA – Firestone...
  • Schnickelfritz”chocolate cherry Imperial milk stout – Saucony Creek Brewing Co., Kutztown PA
  • Hop Knife” Harvest Ale – Troegs...
  • Mosaic” IPA – Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego CA
  • Le Freak” Belgian-style Imperial IPA – Green Flash...
  • Blood Orange GoseAnderson Valley...
  • The Remedy” brown ale – Parkway...
  • On The Wings Of Armageddon” Imperial IPA – DC Brau Brewing, Washington D.C.
  • 30th Street” pale ale – Green Flash...
  • Soul Style IPA” - Green Flash...
  • Hop The Pond” Double IPA – New Belgium...
  • 2015 “Blushing Monk” Belgian-style raspberry ale – Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids MI
  • 17” mint chocolate stout – Perennial...
  • Nomad-er Weisse” Berliner-style ale – Evil Twin...
  • Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity” brown ale – Bell's...
  • Uncle Jacob's Stout” - Avery...
  • Southern Hops'pitality” IPA – Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co., Kiln MS
  • Hi-Res” IIIPA – Sixpoint Brewery, Brookly NY
  • Bourbon Barrel Sidamo” Imperial coffee stout – Hardywood...
  • Black Ops” bourbon barrel stout – Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn NY
  • Lorenzini Double IPA” tangerine & blood orange – Maui Brewing Co., Maui HI
  • Chillwave Double IPA” - Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland OH
  • Shipwrecked” Double IPA – Mission Brewery, San Diego CA
  • Abrasive Ale” - Surly Brewing Co., Brooklyn Center MN
  • Lil One” ale – Maine Beer Co., Freeport ME
  • Rumpkin” rum barrel aged ale – Avery...
  • Spring IPA”- Abita Brewing Co., Abita Springs LA
  • Palate Wrecker” Imperial IPA – Green Flash...
  • Blue Reserve Hommelbier” Belgian/American ale – Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington VA
  • Bitter Valentine” Double IPA – Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
  • Hop Continuum No. 1 Blood Orange Gypsy IPA” - DuClaw Brewing Co., Baltimore MD
  • Ovila” Belgian-style Abbey tripel – Sierra Nevada collaboration w/The Abbey of New Clairvaux
  • Stickin' In My IPA” rye IPA –collaboration with NOFX - Champion Brewing Co., Charlottesville VA
  • Rye Of The Tiger” rye IPA – Great Lakes...
  • Tenebris: Tequila barrel aged” barleywine – Adroit Theory...
  • Mirror Pond” pale ale- Deschutes Brewery, Bend OR
  • Black Butte Porter” - Daschutes...
  • Warrior” single hop IPA – Flying Dog...
  • Brewhouse Rarities” Earl Grey Black wheat – Flying Dog...
  • Fresh Squeezed” IPA – Deschutes...
  • Illuminatos” Russian Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Fearnought” Imperial brown ale – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Monk's Blood” Belgian-style dark ale - 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco CA
  • Virginia Stingo” red wine barrel-aged – Strangeways Brewing, Richmond VA
  • Supertramp” tart cherry ale – Flying Dog...
  • Soft DK” imperial stout – Evil Twin...
  • Lips of Faith Series” pear ginger beer – New Belgium...
  • Bravo Four Point” IPA – Devils Backbone...
  • Haxan” - Right Proper Brewing Co., Washington D.C.
  • Rowdy” rye IPA – Atlas Brew Works, Washington D.C.
  • Killer Kolsch” - Champion...
  • Smells Like Freedom” IPA – collaboration: D.C. Brau Brewing Co. & Oskar Blues Brewery
  • B/A/Y/S v2.0” Imperial stout – Adroit...
  • Coconut Curry Peanut Butter PorterAdroit...
  • Don't Fear the Reaper” Imperial IPA – Adroit...
  • G/I/A/A” DIPA – Adroit...
  • REDemption” Imperial Red ale – Adroit...
  • Bloody Roots” brown ale/oak-aged – Adroit...
  • Angel's Trumpet” mango IPA – Adroit...
  • The Devil Went Down To Oregon” Imperial rye ale – collaboration: Devils Backbone & Ninkasi Brewing Co.
  • Symposium” IPA – Green Flash...
  • Road Warrior” Imperial rye IPA – Green Flash...
  • Kentucky Rye Barrel IPA” - Alltech's Lexington Brewing Co., Lexington KY
  • 411 Smoothie IPA” - Omnipollo, Belgium
  • Ortolan Bunting” American strong ale – Adroit...
  • White Noise” IPA – Adroit...
  • Trendy” Triple IPA – Adroit...
  • Femme Fatale Kabosu” IPA – Evil Twin...
  • Femme Fatale Blanc” IPA – Evil Twin...
  • Femme Fatale Sudachi” IPA – Evil Twin...
  • Imperial Doughnut Break” Imperial porter – Evil Twin...
  • Even More Jesus” Imperial stout – Evil Twin...
  • Aun Masa a Jesus” Imperial stout – Evil Twin...
  • Justin Blabaer” tart blueberry – collaboration: Evil Twin, Westbrook Brewing Co. & The Charleston Beer Exchange
  • secret stache stout” - Finch's Beer Co., Chicago IL
  • Raspberry Reserve” ale – Sly Fox Brewing Co., Royersford PA
  • Ovila” Belgian-style Abbey Saison – collaboration: The Monks & Sierra Nevada...
  • Calling” IPA – Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City MI
  • Double Liberty” IPA – Anchor Brewing, San Francisco CA
  • Pump[KY]n” Bourbon barrel-aged porter – Avery...
  • Sunday Morning Stout” Bourbon barrel-aged w/coffee - Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton PA
  • Mach 10” IPA – Bear Republic Brewing Co., Cloverdale CA
  • Tongue Buckler” Imperial Red ale – Ballast Point...
  • Kristin's Passion” Mexican hot chocolate porter – Old Ox Brewery, Ashburn VA
  • Kristin's Temper” jalapeno pale ale – Old Ox...
  • Peach TripelHardywood...
  • Vinalia Urbana” white wine barrel-aged Belgian-style golden ale – Hardywood...
  • Nuclear Nugget” Imperial honey IPA – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Rosemary SaisonLickinghole Creek...
  • Bourbon Barrel Three Chopt” Tripel ale – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Darjeeling Three Chopt” Tripel ale – Lickinghole Creek...
  • Supreme Leader” spiced Imperial stout – Lickinghole Creek...
  • HiFi + LoFi Mixtape” fresh + barrel-aged ales, Stochasticity Project series– Stone...
  • Treasure Chest” IPA w/hibiscus, prickly pear & grapefruit juice – Green Flash...
  • BLVCK Celebration” rum barrel-aged Imperial porter – Adroit...
  • Equinox” pale oat ale – The Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma CA
  • mo-no” galaxy dry-hopped pilsner – Stillwater...
  • vacuum readymade/” smoked india-styleblack ale – Stillwater...
  • Gemini” super-hopped ale – Southern Tier Brewing Co., Lakewood NY
  • Choklat Oranj” stout – Southern Tier...
  • Pom Peri Possa” sour cherry stout – collaboration: Omnipollo & Buxton Brewery, UK
  • Kirsch Gose” - Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown PA
  • Raspberry Sour oak barrel aged – Avery...
  • The Maharaja” Imperial IPA – Avery...
  • Birthday Suit” sour plum Abbey ale – Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City UT
  • Bramble Frumenti” sour blackberry beer/Genius Loci series – Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn VA
  • Jewbelation #17 Reborn”ale – Shmaltz Brewing Co., Clifton Park NY
  • Black Butte XXVI” bourbon barrel-aged ale w/pomegrante molasses, cranberry & cocoa nibs – Deschutes Brewery, Bend OR
  • Not The Stoic” Belgian-style Quad – Deschutes...
  • Robust PorterSmuttynose Brewing Co., Hampton NH
  • Pumpkin AleAlewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg VA
  • Pear LagerDevils Backbone...
  • Stringduster” multi-grain ale – Devils Backbone...
  • Beta Max” DIPA – Devils Backbone...
  • Spider Bite” Black Wheat IPA – Devils Backbone...
  • Trukker Pils” - Devils Backbone...
  • Ambition Ale” - Devils Backbone...
  • Devils Tale” black IPA – Devils Backbone...
  • PorterPort City Brewing Co., Alexandria VA
  • Oktoberfest – collaboration: Sierra Nevada & Brauhaus Riegele; Augsburg, Germany
  • Counter Culture” ale – Flying Dog...
  • Twisted Gourd” Imperial chocolate chai pumpkin ale – South Street Brewery, Arrington VA
  • Fairgrounds” Fall ale – Brothers Craft Brewing, Harrisonburg VA
  • Habanero Sculpin” IPA – Ballast Point...
  • Dead Ringer” Oktoberfest – Ballast Point...
  • Pumpkin Down” Scottish ale – Ballast Point...
  • 24 Carrot Golden Ale” - Stone...
  • Imperial Pumpkin PorterEpic Brewing co., Salt Lake City UT
  • The Gourd Standard” pumpkin IPA – Flying Dog...
  • Honey Kolsch ale – Rogue Farms...
  • The Walking Dead” blood orange IPA – Terrapin...
  • Oatmeal Yeti” Imperial stout – Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver Co
  • Showdown” rye IPA – Great Divide...
  • Honey Queen” Braggot – Samuel Adams...
  • IPADiamond Knot Craft Brewing, Mukilteo WA
  • Gingerbread StoutHardywood...
  • 2015 Christmas” - Sly Fox...
  • Enjoy By 12.25.15” IPA – Stone...
  • R.I.P.A. On Rye” rye whiskey barrel-aged rye DIPA – Shmatltz...
  • Blackout Stout” Imperial – Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland OH
  • Salted Caramel Brownie Brown AleNew Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins CO w/Ben & Jerry's
  • Bramble Berry Bourbon Barrel – New Harus Brewing Co., New Harus WI
  • Delirium Noel” Belgian ale – The Huyghe Brewery; Melle/Ghent, Belgium



2015 FILMS VIEWED

  • Ex Machina (Alex Garland), 2015 **at the theatre**
  • Submarine (Richard Ayoade), 2010
  • Basquiat (Julian Schnabel), 1996
  • Beautiful Losers (Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard), 2008
  • Dummy (Greg Pritikin), 2002
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller), 2015
  • Fed Up (Stephanie Soechtig) 2014
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams) 2015 **at the theatre**



2015 BOOKS READ


  • The Peripheral by William Gibson, 2014
  • Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy, 2014
  • The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graves, 1999
  • The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, 2013
  • This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein, 2014
  • Earth In The Balance by Al Gore, 1992
  • Cameraworks by David Hockney w/ intro piece “True To Life” by Lawrence Weschler, 1984
  • No Logo by Naomi Klein, 2000
  • The Shining by Stephen King, 1977
  • Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, 2013
  • Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes, 2014
  • Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow, 2008
  • Baba Yaga by Toby Barlow, 2013
  • The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris, 1988
  • Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, 2010
  • Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta, 2013
  • Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler, 2009
  • The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler, 2012
  • The War On Bugs by Will Allen, 2007
  • Moxyland by Lauren Beukes, 2008
  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, 2012
  • The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint, 2004
  • Chasing Ghosts by Paul Rieckhoff, 2006
  • Death Of The Liberal Class by Chris Hedges, 2010
  • Deadly Spin by Wendell Potter, 2010
  • Extra Virginity by Tom Mueller, 2012
  • The Tao Of Vegetable Gardening by Carol Deppe, 2014
  • Green Is The New Red by Will Potter, 2011
  • Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill, 2014
  • An Indigenous People's History Of The United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, 2014
  • Indian Country by Peter Matthiessen, 1984
  • Mankiller: A Chief And Her People by Wilma Mankiller,1993
  • Revival by Stephen King, 2014
  • Happy Hour In Hell by Tad Williams, 2013
  • Sleeping Late On Judgement Day by Tad Williams, 2014
  • Sister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-Perry, 2011
  • Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, 1990
  • Rock My Soul by bell hooks, 2003
  • Bone Black by bell hooks, 1996
  • Headscarves And Hymens: Why The Middle East Needs A Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy, 2015
  • The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, 2010
  • Roads To Quoz by William Least Heat-Moon, 2008
  • Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls, 2009
  • River-Horse by William Least Heat-Moon, 1999
  • The Great American Stickup by Robert Scheer, 2010
  • All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks, 2000
  • Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy, 2015
  • The Art Of Living Consciously by Nathaniel Branden, 1997
  • The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan, 2001
  • Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut, 2008
  • The Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa, 1989
  • Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life & Times of Richard Brautigan by William Hjortsberg, 2012
  • Trout Fishing In America by Richard Brautigan, 1967 (re-read)
  • In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan, 1968 (re-read)
  • The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 by Richard Brautigan, 1970 (re-read)
  • A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety by Jimmy Carter, 2015
  • The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western by Richard Brautigan, 1974
  • Reckless: My Life As A Pretender by Chrissie Hynde, 2015
  • On The Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks, 2015
  • The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks, 2010
  • Foodopoly by Wenonah Hauter, 2012
  • Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik, 2015
  • Dreams To Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul by Mark Ribowsky, 2015
  • Finders Keepers by Stephen King, 2015
  • Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, 2015
  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson, 2012
  • Welcome To Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson, 2015
  • Hyperbole And A Half by Allie Brosh, 2013
  • Babel by Patti Smith, 1978
  • Katrina: After The Flood by Gary Rivlin, 2015