The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Jason B:

heresiarch 17: By providing a demand for ethically-grown meat, I'm doing more to end factory farming than simply not eating meat would do. They seem unconvinced.

Well, they should be unconvinced. That's not to say that your stance has no impact--it does, and it's valuable. But to say that the decision to not eat meat is somehow less impactful that demanding a certain kind of meat is a bit strange. It might keep animal-killing operations from abusing the animals on the way to the killing, but since the killing of the animal is the ultimate abuse anyway, the abuse-diminishment seems slight, if the animal-killers even pay attention.

That said, I spent thirty-six years (enthusiastically) eating meat, so I can hardly condemn others for that.

Peter Erwin @ 27:

That's interesting--everything I've ever heard had Reagan pegged as the second Catholic president. It seems that idea (what I would have considered knowledge) is no more true than is the Obama-Muslim meme. It was certainly part of the dialogue surrounding the campaign in 1984 (I don't quite remember the campaigns in 1980). Strange.

But I guess I wasn't the most politically engaged ten-year-old in 1980. Maybe I missed something.

Since then, in the twelve national elections since Kennedy, there’s been a Catholic on a major party ticket exactly half the time:

William Miller - Republican vice-presidential candidate, 1964
Edmund Muskie - Democratic vice-presidential candidate, 1968
Sargent Shriver - Democratic vice-presidential candidate, 1972
Geraldine Ferraro - Democratic vice-presidential candidate, 1984
John Kerry - Democratic presidential candidate, 2004
Joseph Biden - Democratic vice-presidential candidate, 2008

Maybe someone's already brought this up, but this list seems to be missing:

Ronald Reagan - Republican presidential candidate, 1980
Ronald Reagan - Republican presidential candidate, 1984

A fascinating post, regardless.

I'd add a pun of my own, but that's probably unnecessary. I'd just be gelding the Yili.

If only that show hadn't been a musical. Everything else about it was pretty good. Great in parts.

Fake Foucault is just headache-inducing.

The real thing gave me plenty of headaches too. It was worth the pain, but holy shamoley those were some grueling readings.

Bruce Cohen @ 57: and Moe?

To say nothing of Shemp. Poor Shemp. Always forgotten.

Speaking of bad singing, does anyone remember Groucho Marx in The Mikado?

I think my head just exploded.

albatross@28: Ah, so does River play Jason B, or should it be Jayne? (Probably Jayne. River would just kill them with her brain.)

If I were to match myself up with Firefly characters I'd call myself a blend of Wash and Jayne. (Wayne?) Since I look a lot more like Jayne, I'd just have to hope that Adam Baldwin has the range to take on some of Wash's personality.

Sometimes I try to kill people with my brain, but all that ever happens is a flag with the word "BANG" pops out of my ear.

The question is: who plays what roles in Serenity’s production of Oklahoma!?

The mere thought gives me nightmares. If someone sullied my memories of one of the best shows of all time by transforming it into a schlocky musical I might have to take up residence in a clock tower. With or without a high-powered rifle.

I'll blame it on "not enough coffee yet," but when I subtracted 5 from 9 I was left with 5. From there I went with "Egypt" and "giraffe."

When I got to the end I said, "Ha! Didn't work on me . . . wait."

I put the "mental" in mentalism.

I used to be enthusiastic about this kind of thought experiment, but twenty years of religious debate and discussion has changed me. Now this stuff just makes me tired. So pointless.

So why did I take the time to read? Why am I now taking the time to post this?

Because I'm an idiot.

The only beer I've ever found too hoppy--because I'm a huge fan of the hop--was Great Divide Brewing's Hercules Double IPA.

This went beyond bitter, and even beyond floral. I felt like I was chewing on a dandelion. It was ridiculous.

But then the next time I had it it was just fine.

My default (when I was in Minnesota--not so easy here in Oklahoma) was Summit. The IPA first, and the EPA second.

I need to drive north soon.

Caroline@114: I've mentioned it before, but I thought I disliked all beer until I tried a stout.

That's how I corrupted my wife. I said, "Have a Guinness--it's like coffee." She's a coffee demon, so she sucked it up.

Then I plied her with dark beers, increasingly light beers, until she declared her beer love.

She still doesn't like the exceedingly hoppy beers, but I can bring home most beers and she'll partake.

If the Bud is too cold to be poured, this can be considered a further improvement.

I think the Jasons are unanimous here: Budweiser is crap. It's too bad that the people who started the company decided to associate their product with Ceske Budovice, the same town that boasts Czechvar (formerly Budvar, but Budweiser brought their money to bear and disallowed them their own name), which is a far superior Pilsner.

Steve @ 108:
My brewing friends warn me that several Belgian breweries toss in common yeast as sediment so suckers like us will cultivate it, hoping to steal their secrets.

I'll second the recommendation for St. Bernardus. I just had it for the first time a month ago, and it was awesome.

Another great Belgian is St. Sebastiaan.

As for the high ABV--Sam Adams Millennium claims 20%.

And now that Belgian-based InBev has bought Anheuser Busch, there's hope that AB will start brewing beer.

Belgians rule!

Duvel is my favorite, but Maredsous (same brewery) is a veryclose second.

Carl@52: That's generally my impression of libertarians (with either-sized "L"). They're essentially the seagulls in Finding Nemo, but with delusions of dominance.

Lee@54: That's hysterical. My wife and I just watched all three extended versions of LOTR this last weekend. I'll have to remember that.

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