I did a blind taste test of "regular" Schlitz vs. "Classic 60's Formula" Schlitz maybe 5 years ago and couldn't tell one from the other.

I've only recently - like within the last 2-3 years - seen it among the cheap beer offerings at my local beer store in Durham, NC. No idea how far and wide they distribute. Maybe we're the far southern frontier?

Don't ob-la-do the crime if you can't ob-la-da the time?

It's NEVER Lupus.

Questions for those who self-identify as "cable-free:" Do you mean you pay no money at all to a cable company like Time Warner or (heh) Cox for any services at all? Or do you still pay for services like high-speed internet but you just don't watch "cable TV" in the traditional sense?

Nielsen is comparing one set of their own numbers to another, so at least the numbers should be consistently wrong.

The Indians were SO bad 30 years ago that the very idea of them reaching an ALCS was the stuff of fairytales. Winning a Word Series would've crossed the line into absurdism.

I live in Durham and have had several people tell me they thought the Durham Bulls only became a "real" minor league baseball team after the movie came out.

The players chose to wear the alternates with Chief Wahoo for the playoffs. It's technically like their third alternate or something way down the usual pecking order, but if it's on the menu the players may order it.

Junior WESTERN bacon chee, you philistine.

Even the Irish can find Guinness hard to tolerate. At some pubs, they'll put a bottle of grenadine syrup on the bar so people can sweeten their pint to taste.

Nothing like it? Not at all? Not even for elementary comparison purposes in a comment thread for an article about gateway IPA's on a pop culture website? Because for this extremely non-clinical purpose in this extremely informal setting, I think it's close enough to get the point across.

Here's how to find a hoppy beer that won't scare you off the concept: Think of a beer you love, then look up it's IBU (International Bittering Unit), which is an objective measure of a beer's bitterness the same way Scoville Units measure a chili pepper's heat. You don't have to rely on someone's opinion or…

Sounds like you had a serious quitting problem, too.

But what will they call the version that runs in London's West End?

Letterman also had the balls to admit to EVERYONE that he cheated on his wife and was being blackmailed for it ON HIS OWN TV SHOW. He admitted that he made awful choices and hurt people who didn't deserve it, he apologized for his behavior, and he vowed to change for the better. All signs since then have indicated…

All suicides matter.

Is this A25-54, Live + Same?

There are only four meats. Don't bring any of that "fifth meat" bullshit in here.

All well and good, so long as they don't start to promote this absurd "Fifth Meat" agenda.