Oh geez. I just want to yell whenever I see VT plates in Boston, “WASH YOUR DAMN CAR.” Also “DID YOU BRING US ANY SWITCHBACK?” because VT does have some good beers.

While the red/blue aspect plays a part, that’s my own personal bias. Obviously if you are a more conservative person, you probably didn’t mind the ads. What is of greater offense to me is simply the larger issue we have a society of political and policy discourse. Not all policy fits into political agendas, and…

Gah. I didn’t even think of that. Of course, I first thought of the British Ski-Jumping Guy from the 88 Olympics in Calgary. Of course his first name is Michael. 

You should know where we’re going, and get out of our way! Yeesh! 

The state itself is lovely. I said nothing of the people, who are generally incapable of going faster than 55 in the left lane.

And until recently, Land O’Lakes was a big contributor to Steve King, someone who only believes there should be White American

Wisconsin, making America Grate Again!

Oh geez. That was national? Thanks to GODDAMN MUTHERFUCKING NEW HAMPSHIRE, we get the dumb conservative advertisements here in the Boston area, since the Boston media market includes the populated areas of New Hampshire.

Lounges if you are lucky. Most in the states have bartenders, but some don’t. Abroad a ton of lounges don’t have bartenders, just all the fixings for most standard cocktails and either a beer fridge or self-serve taps, OR in Japan, an automatic beer dispensing machine. (Of course if you are flying Ryanair or other…

I flew to Dublin once from the East Coast on Thanksgiving afternoon. Had to take a short flight to New York first. Since I fly often I got bumped to first class on the EWR-DUB leg, and the flight attendant was pushing drinks like they were going out of style. I had a single bourbon while the plane was boarding, and…

I thought the last line was “I’ll spend the rest of my days masking it up to them.” And he was dropping the hint of the Wayne boys next caper after they get out of prison. 

reportedly comprised 169 bottles of extremely expensive champagne

Hipster Stalin?

My uncle was stationed in Germany during the Korean War. He had leave one weekend, and went with a buddy down to Sicily, where the buddy had family. They get to some small farm outside Palermo, and the relatives are greeting them and saying that they will have a big feast. My uncle asks what they’ll be eating, and his…

Ha! That’s awesome. And Boston (like most cities) are actually pretty friendly. I travel a lot, and despite reputations most places are generally kind to tourists, even New York and Paris. People might not go out of their way to greet you, as people are busy and have places to go, things to do, but if you get into a…

Eh, yes and no. To some extent there is, just based on size, but then again (my theory only) that I don’t think Boston really wants to supplant New York or be New York; we’re content to simply “beat” New York.

Duck Boats, efficiently named as both conveyance and safety precaution for occupants. 

Gift of the Ursae

It’s a mixed bag. I wasn’t thrilled about the Locker Room gear, but the Parade gear isn’t wowing me. 

One of my friends was a Conducktor. He recently left the company to take another job, but drove in four parades, including Belichick after the SB against Seattle, and Mike Napoli in 2013. It’s a pretty good gig, and the tours are interesting.