July was a sci-fi themed challenge. I enjoyed most of what I read this month, though there were two books I didn’t make it all the way through. I do plan to finish some day, one I just started late in the month, and the other I was reading on my iPad, which I kind… Read More My July comics reading list
Hey, another milestone number of beers. I’m now about 27% through my challenge, though that doesn’t sound as exciting as “one hundred.” To mark the occasion, I’ve recorded Ava singing the complete “99 Bottles of Beer.” So read beer 100, then start the video for the complete experience. I’m kidding, I’m not cruel enough to… Read More 365 Iowa beers: Beer 100! (Also 101-106)
Sorry for the delay in beer updates. After the binging of Des Moines Beer Week, I slowed down for a little bit. Plus, I got some freelance opportunities (some worked well, some not so much), so I had to shift my focus for a bit to things that pay. Maybe I’ll get paid to write… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 93-99: Back to drinking
Back in 2010, former Saturday Night Live star Rob Schneider was coming to Des Moines to do a stand-up comedy show at the Funny Bone. I was offered the opportunity to interview him. I wasn’t especially excited, mostly because I have a terrible track record of getting comedians to be funny. I’ve had some great conversations… Read More That time I talked to Rob Schneider about Harvey Pekar
I fell a little behind in getting this beer rundown written up. This assortment of beers is from visits to breweries during beer week, as well as a stop by the Iowa Craft Beer Tent at the Des Moines Arts Festival. I know that last one isn’t part of Beer Week, but it felt like… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 82-92 Des Moines Beer Week Part 2
This morning I logged onto my favorite movie forum and clicked on the thread for the upcoming Ghostbusters remake/reboot. Ever since the female leads were announced in early 2015, the discussion has largely been about how this film was basically spitting on the childhood of any male born in the 1970s. The thread has been… Read More Everyone needs to chill out about pop culture
I spent a good portion of June reading “The Girl With All the Gifts.” It was written by The Unwritten/Lucifer author Mike Carey, but it’s a novel, not a comic. There’s a film version coming out in September, directed by Col, McCarthy, who directed the entire second season of “Peaky Blinders.” Between that and “Peaky… Read More My June comics reading list
This week I attended the Rifftrax Mystery Science Theater 3000 Reunion show at the State Theater in Minneapolis. I saw Cinematic Titanic at the same theater in 2008, and had long hoped to catch Rifftrax in person. This was a special treat, since in addition to Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, the show… Read More Review: Rifftrax/MST3K Reunion
When I started thinking about my idea to try 365 Iowa beers in one year, I initially decided to limit myself to no more than two beers a day. It seemed like a good way differentiate between “challenge” and “drinking problem.” But the Des Moines Beer Week just presented too many good opportunities to try… Read More 365 Iowa Beers: 58-81 Des Moines Beer Week Part 1
I’m clearing out my last few beers in this post, before I come back with the list of beers consumed during Des Moines Beer Week. I will say that Beer Week has opened my eyes to some breweries outside Des Moines that I need to visit. Beer 51: Peace Tree Blonde Fatale ABV: 8.5% Purchased… Read More 365 Iowa Beers: 51-57
