Mops, Socks, and Chardonnay: August 2009 Archives
Now, I like
to think I like my meat, somewhat more than many people, perhaps more than I
should. Certainly more than is healthy if I didn't have a wonderful, adoring
wife who thinks a 20 ounce Porterhouse is enough to feed a family gathering of
twelve and not, as I may have contended in the past, the perfect size for an
appetizer. So when KFC announced their latest brain storm, some might have
assumed that I'd be leading the parade in celebration and downing a few of
these monstrosities on the side.
They would
be wrong.
Sorry, long
time gone. Back now. No excuses. Funny meter was depleted and needed some
recharging. Well, that's kind of an excuse but a remarkably poor one. I'll do
better next time.
So I
thought I'd start off with the recent post via Gridskipper and Transracial,
which really isn't what I first read it as - Transsexual, not that there's
anything wrong with that or anything, it's just you know, I don't spend all my
time trolling sites like that, if indeed there are sites like that, which of course
I'm sure there must be cause there's something for everyone on the World Wide
Web and have you noticed that no one actually uses that term anymore, World
Wide Web, instead it's all Internet this or the Net that, or my favorite - the
Intratubes, and obviously I'm just in ramble mode and am avoiding something which
is...oh, right, BEER!
So anyway,
there's a micro trend where the wily Czechs are combining beer and spas. Why? I
don't know, but it's got beer in it so it has to be good. Except, there's one
little detail that does bother me somewhat. They have beer baths. Now one would
think I'd be all in favor of beer baths, because well, it's beer, right? But
it's like Czech beer, which is like the best Pilsner in the world and it really
seems wrong to bathe in it instead of drinking it, preferably in an ice cold
Pilsner glass served to you by a pretty young Czech lass with one of those low
cut peasant blouse like they wear in every third rate vampire movie, well those
movies that don't have emo vampires that don't bite people and can come out in
daylight cause it's cloudy and what's with that stuff, anyway?
I mean if
it were Budweiser or something that's nigh undrinkable to start with I wouldn't
have so much trouble wrapping my head around the concept, but it's Pilsner! The
horror! The sacrilege! The waste!
Still I
like the idea of a
