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Beer, A History of Brewing in Chicago by Bob Skilnik

In the first chapter, maybe even the preface, the author begins to complain that Chicago never recovered from the Great Fire and never will.

This was during the craft beer explosion of the twenty-teens, mind, and I myself worked at a Chicago brewery at the time.

I decided then and there that the book was hopelessly out of date and not worth reading.

Sadly, most were just prisons by another name, and beatings were also heavily featured.

I have parents that are kind and will listen without judgement and be supportive.

My father is reliably discreet. My mother is a gossip, though, and I can’t tell her anything I don’t want the entire family to know.

Day’s over. I work in food service, and any symptoms of a GI illness are cause for a sick day as a matter of public safety.

You have to be in the right headspace for Iron & Wine’s “Each Coming Night”

The only person I know who does this is a former Navy man.

Well, I enjoy my job, is a big part of it. But I also commute by bike, which gives we time to decompress and switch gears, pun intended, between work and home.

Weekly pedicures.

No, I delete individual items as I read them, but never delete the whole folder in one go.

Art Brut. Their catalog just isn’t a draw from me, but I saw them open for another hand and they’re immaculate performers, they honestly blew the headliners away with their amazing energy and perfect read of the audience.

It’s true that PHP is not for animation and indeed requires a server request for every interaction, but many web apps would be better if they were more server-side-oriented.

Hear me out: PHP

I do, since before “blog” was a word.

Uruguay, New Zealand, or SE Asia

It’s a position that could have been filled by a man but a woman was selected instead. hmmmmmm

Penguins (of Madagascar): The Movie

You have to know that Professor Mearsheimer has also been censured, extensively, with aggressive protests and counterprotests outside his office for years.

If I would guess, though, there’s also at play that he’s a renowned expert and you’re a pseudonymous rando.

tildes seems pretty active

spacebattles as well

and the dwarf fortress forum, too

one at a time for maximum delta-P

I’ve been calling it the “U-bomb” for years

which stands for “UnderBoob Of My Butt”