Late entry:

RISK is bad because when you lose, you’re out of the game and can’t keep playing. Being behind but with long-shot odds to still win is better than having to go watch TV or sit on the porch while the two jerks still playing battle it out.

Half whatever the meter says right then, plus a couple bucks tip.

I know this is an “about” section on a personal webpage, but:

“followup” wipe?

Can make a pretty solid one-word argument against any team winning the Super Bowl. Chiefs? Foxborough. Dallas? Nahhhh. Patriots? Eh. Redskins? Redskins. Giants? Bah. Raiders? Ha.

A buddy was working in an LA wine store that had accounts for celebrities and big spenders, and had been briefed that sometimes big names come in.

Soup is the perfect food.

1) It is actually North Carolina, not Duke, that gets all the calls and favorability, from its Tarheel alum Swofford running the conference, to referees who have an admitted bias against the non-blues from just growing up on Tobacco Road. The refs in the 2005 National Championship game fouled James Augustine out to…

When I make em at my bar and am not pressed for time, I stir on ice the spoonful or two of absinthe in the rocks glass, then strain the chilled absinthe into a small shot glass and gift it alongside the cocktail.