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The Race to Create The World’s Strongest Beer

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:11:00 +0000

A few breweries are fighting to create the world’s strongest beer – beers as potent as whiskey – with as much as 41% alcohol!

…the international rivalry has put a spotlight on a fascinating, though fringe, sector of the beer industry: brewers who push beer to its alcoholic limits. BrewDog is one of a handful [...]

Study Shows Beer Could Be Good For Bone Health

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:01:14 +0000

We all know that wine had gained a lot of attention for it’s potential health benefits, but recent studies show that beer, also, could be great for your health. IPA’s (my personal favorite) could be especially beneficial for their high levels of silicon, which is known to help decrease bone thinning and promote new bone formation. [...]

Sarah Palin’s Keynote Speech at Wine Wholesalers Expo

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:47:53 +0000

So apparently, earlier this week Sarah Palin gave the keynote speech for the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America’s 67th Annual Convention… and, big shock, it didn’t go so well. Number one, why would one invite Sarah Palin to give the keynote speech for a wine convention (besides the obvious assumption that most of us need [...]

Women With College Degrees Are Heaviest Drinkers

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:50:54 +0000

A recent study shows that women who have college degrees are the heaviest drinkers and are twice as likely to drink on a daily basis.

The report concludes: “The more educated women are, the more likely they are to drink alcohol on most days and to report having problems due to [...]

Go Rep. Barney Frank!

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:03:45 +0000

Congressman Frank totally slams woman comparing Obama to Hitler at [...]

Bill Clinton As…. The Closer

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:18:41 +0000

I’m glad they sent in the right guy to get the job done, getting Euna Lee and Laura Ling back home safely. There’s nobody more persuasive than Bill Clinton. You just can’t say no to Bill Clinton… er… I know I wouldn’t be able to. Is that just me? I [...]

Thoughts On David Ortiz’s Steroid Use

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:28:21 +0000

I wasn’t going to comment on the recent news concerning David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez testing positive on a performance enhancing drug test back in 2003, but I thought as a proud Yankees fan, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention it. The thing is… well, it’s complicated. My feelings about it are [...]

Glenn Beck, You Scare Me

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:34:56 +0000

So according to Glenn Beck, Obama is a racist and hates white people. Really? Really??? What about all of his prominent white staff members… or HIS MOM who was white? Absolutely ridiculous. Is this man on drugs? What’s really frightening is large number of people who actually believe the [...]

Futurama Cast May Not Return

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:08:13 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of Futurama and when I found out a month or so ago that they would be making 26 new episodes of the show that originally aired on Fox from 1999-2002 to show sometime in mid 2010, I was very excited, because I have of course seen just about every episode ever [...]

Iran’s Facebook Police

Kate Czlapinski — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:43:56 +0000

Came across this story on NPR this afternoon. Pretty crazy stuff! Are the Iranian authorities paying more attention to popular social networks such as Facebook and Twitter?

Foreign Policy: Iran’s Terrifying [...]

Blasphemy in Ireland

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:15:11 +0000

Conversation from the other night on our way to dinner

Kevin: So hon, I hope you had no plans of going to Ireland anytime soon… Me: Huh? Kevin: They’re making blasphemy illegal, with a fine of €25,000. Me: What??? Kevin: Yeah Me: Really??? Kevin: Yup Me: Well, Jesus F@*# Christ!

Yes, that could end up being a very expensive trip for us… [...]

Billy Mays Found Dead At Home

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:25:55 +0000

So it’s really been quite a week – definitely not a good week to be famous – or marginally famous even. Apparently Billy Mays – don’t you guys pretend you don’t know who I’m talking about – the infomercial guy, is dead. I see his commercials all the time on the weekends when I watch hours [...]

Strip Search of 13 Year Old Was A Violation of Fourth Amendment Rights

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:50:02 +0000

Hey, remember a couple of months ago when I went on a rant about the 13 year old girl who was strip searched at school because she might have Ibuprofen ? No? Well she was… And if you ask me, it was fairly ridiculous.

Well, the case went to the Supreme Court and yesterday it was ruled [...]

They Come in Three’s

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:09 +0000

So in the past week, we’ve now seen the deaths of three celebrities.

Some initial thoughts about them:

Ed McMahon - This is sad in the sense that it’s always sad to hear of someone’s death, but he was old. He was 86 years old and lived a pretty full life. While sad, it wasn’t exactly shocking [...]

Wife Camp

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:48:45 +0000

Kevin sent me a link to this article from Mother Jones about a sort of “Wife Camp”, a summer camp in Montreal for 10 to 14 year old girls in which they will

develop confidence, social charm and grace, a sense of style and refinement. Participants will learn an array of skills from social etiquette, [...]

Woman Fined $1.9 mil for Illegal Downloads

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:39:35 +0000

$1.9 million for illegally downloading 24 songs! Wow, definitely glad I pay for my music these days… because really, was it worth it? If you read on, she “downloaded work by artists such as No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow.” Yeah, definitely not worth it… probably not even worth the 99 cents in [...]

LEGALIZE! The Decriminalization of Marijuana

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:22:20 +0000

This was a really interesting article by Mike Miliard from The Hartford Advocate that I came across this afternoon about the progress made in the fight to legalize pot. It’s a little bit lengthy, but definitely an interesting read. While I’m by no means a pot head these days, I have smoked a little [...]

The Death of “The Cougar”

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:12:30 +0000

In this piece, Linda Holmes goes on a rant about why she feels the term “Cougar” should die a slow painful death… and I couldn’t agree more. It’s kind of sexist and super creepy and they’ve made a really horrendous reality show about it. Yuck. Yes, I do believe it’s officially time to kill [...]

Woman Who Missed Flight 447 Killed in Car Accident

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:35:37 +0000

Well they do say you’re more likely to die in a car accident than a plane crash…

“Johanna Ganthaler, a pensioner from Bolzano-Bozen province, had been on holiday in Brazil with her husband Kurt and missed Air France Flight 447 after turning up late at Rio de Janeiro airport on May 31…It said that Ms Ganthaler died [...]

Stephen Colbert Guest Editor for Newsweek

Kate Czlapinski — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:48:08 +0000

I just love Colbert (not like I love Jon Stewart, but I love him)… and that’s because I understand satire. Anyway if you dig his stuff, you’ll dig him here.

Stephen Collbert: Why I Took This [...]

Beer Hydrates Better Than Water?

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:13:41 +0000

Well, news just doesn’t really get much better than this, does it? Perhaps I’ll have to celebrate these awesome findings by doing a little hydrating on my porch this evening

Researchers at Granada University in Spain found this Nobel Prize-worthy discovery after months of testing 25 student subjects, who were asked to run [...]

Target Women: The Cougar

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:52:15 +0000

In the most recent Target Women, the always brilliant Sarah Haskins discusses the new reality dating show, The Cougar, in which an attractive 40 year old woman gets her pick of a flock of twenty-something year old D-Bags. [...]

Who’s The Boss?

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:24:10 +0000

Who’s the boss in your family? This question was asked in 16 countries.

In 11 of 16 countries surveyed, Dad took the prize as head of the household. Only five countries picked Mom. Overall, the pro-Mom nations have less income disparity between men and women. Across borders, more men than women think Dad’s in charge, [...]

The Love Between A Man and His Car: Man Has Sex With Over 1,000 Cars

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:59:38 +0000

57 year old Edward Smith, a Washington state native, admits to having had sex with over 1,000 cars. His current “girlfriend” is a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla. “As well as Vanilla, he regularly spends time with his other vehicles – a 1973 Opal GT, named Cinnamon, and 1993 Ford Ranger Splash, named [...]

A Loose Moose in New Britain!

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:50:43 +0000

I told Kevin to stop wandering around outside at 5 o’clock in the morning! But he just wouldn’t listen… and now look!

Seriously, New Britain, CT isn’t exactly rural… Actually, it’s fairly urban and in some areas one might say it’s even quite ghetto. Don’t worry, it’s really not that bad- I’ve been living here for a [...]