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Johann: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #39

nospam@example.com (Johann) — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:11:46 -0400

So what happened to days 40 ~ 100? I hope you're ok!

Tap Dance Video: Gravity's Rainbow Death Pact

nospam@example.com (Tap Dance Video) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:27:24 -0500

You actually got me curious about gravity rainbow. I am excited to read information about it now.

Charles: Gravity's Rainbow Death Pact

nospam@example.com (Charles) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:17:25 -0500

Thomas Pynchon is a horrible writer. For some reason, he's a literary legend, and I've speculated why—50% of people who try to read Pynchon just put the book down because his shit simply doesn't make any fucking sense at all. The other 50% can't understand what they're reading, but feel it must be sophisticated, high-culture stuff if it goes over their dim-witted heads. They consider their act of reading Pynchon to be the intellectual's badge of honor, and they mention Pynchon-this, Pynchon-that at wine/cheese parties to impress other pseudo-intellectual friends. The fact is, Pynchon is no different that your average rambling loon on the street-corner, except that he types 100 WPM and somehow got a book deal. Of course, there's a place for Pynchon's stuff and probably always will be.
Or, I could be the idiot. Maybe I and the other contingent of folks who refused to read Pynchon's rambling run-on nonsense were simply not intelligent enough to understand his amazing, genius work. Maybe that's the case.

Johnny the Wad: Gravity's Rainbow Death Pact

nospam@example.com (Johnny the Wad) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:28:54 -0400

How about a naked reading of GR???

self storage: Ker-engaged!

nospam@example.com (self storage) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:52:25 -0400

Hey Chris, congrats on the engagement!

Chris Lumens: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #18

nospam@example.com (Chris Lumens) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:12:41 -0400

I enjoy dunkelweizens quite a bit. I've had Ayinger and Erdinger, both of which are really good. I like the chocolate malts and highly roasted wheat malts present in these beers. I even made my own for the last time Mike did the BBBQ.

That event was held in the summer and I still found the dunkelweizen to be very refreshing, though it's a good bit heavier than a regular hefeweizen and probably doesn't make quite as good a summer beer. Maybe I need to make one of each and have a sitting-in-a-beer-garden-drinking-weiss-bier-taste-off.

Don Blood: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #18

nospam@example.com (Don Blood) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:03 -0400

I agree, the Tucher is pretty much a session beer. I prefer Franziskaner or even Julius Echter for a more classic hefeweizen.

Have you tried any dunkelweizens? I'd be interested to hear your reaction. Admittedly the dunkels are more of a winter beer, but still.

dshea: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #19

nospam@example.com (dshea) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:28:34 -0400

That's a different ale than the one I had: mine just said "Black Sheep Ale," no more modifiers. So the streak is still going.

Chris Lumens: Gravity's Rainbow Death Pact

nospam@example.com (Chris Lumens) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:45:59 -0400

I haven't worked on Against The Day in a while. Last time I was reading it was about a year ago when I was flying to Prague, so I probably don't remember what happens and need to restart.

Not sure I'm willing to pick up another Pynchon book for the shelf any time soon, though. That might be getting a little ridiculous.

Kayte: Gravity's Rainbow Death Pact

nospam@example.com (Kayte) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:41:27 -0400

I am 400 pages into Against the Day. Started it when it came out.
I wanna finish it before Inherent Vice comes out.
I'm a slow reader (slow learner? heheh..mm) because I usually have 8 or so books going at a time, but I'll keep track of my progress at goodreads. y'all should friend me on there.
KAYTE

Don Blood: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #11

nospam@example.com (Don Blood) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:15:33 -0400

Hey now. If you smell vinegar say vinegar.

Chris Lumens: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #7

nospam@example.com (Chris Lumens) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:10:10 -0400

Thanks, I'm really trying to keep the reviews interesting. I don't have the most refined sense of taste ever so explaining what I taste is the biggest challenge. I'm trying to not just spout the same thing over and over again. Glad you are enjoying it. Hopefully I can keep it interesting for 89 more days. Then those fat book deals will start rolling in.

jeremy: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #7

nospam@example.com (jeremy) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:01:37 -0400

while i'm not as devoted to beer as it appears you are these days, i'm really enjoying following your quest. mostly because i think the writing is pretty good. it's brief, but you're not just announcing the same collection of factors or qualities of each of the beers. also, the introductions and personal notes are a welcome addition that you appreciate from a friend and don't get (nor would you particularly want) from a professional review.

keep it up.

Chris Lumens: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #7

nospam@example.com (Chris Lumens) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:27:36 -0400

Is the pomegranate the one where there's a little tiny membrane of sweet stuff around a seed, and there's about 4700 seeds in the thing? If so, then I've had one once. Whatever that thing was, I hated how much work it was. That's the same reason I don't like wings - too much work for too little return.

dshea: 100 Beers, 100 Days: Day #7

nospam@example.com (dshea) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:33:50 -0400

Unrelated to the beer, it's worthwhile to try out a pomegranate. It's a fruit that's also a test of patience. It tastes kind of like a like a slightly sweeter cranberry I guess.