Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

The goats got frisky, the herdsmen were convinced, but the monks initially disapproved … papyrus reeds scattered on the floor and thick incense to keep the bugs away … “Red Bull and Jolt Cola have got nothin’ on this rocket fuel” … the third round of...

A Tribute to Beers Long Past (or is that passed?)

A departure from my usual opaque comments on media & general web goofiness: I ran across a blog touting the tastiness of various stouts and ales, and it touched off a memory of some of the great beers that I once downed, that are sadly, no longer with us (*hat...