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Diary: It’s very disappointing when independent small business owners become science...
Recently at Pints&union we received a cyber complaint from a disgruntled customer.
To his credit, the patron made no effort to conceal his identity, which...
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Technically Challenged
Diary: “The moral and aesthetic nightmare of Christmas,” by the late,...
In 2021, I pleased the local powers-that-be by allowing the NA Confidential blog to run its course, and by doing so, liberated myself from...
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GREEN MOUSE SAYS: Jason Applegate should run for State Senate
When this popped up on retiring State Senator Ron Grooms' feed, I couldn't help myself.
Of course the dedication went out to Kevin Boehnlein because...
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On Memorial Day, I’d prefer DRINKING beer
A few year ago at a bar I frequented, one of the younger 30-something employees was pushing hard for a Memorial Day promotion to...
Make your own fun, but I will not carry a gun
I will not carry a gun, Frank. When I got thrown into this war I had a clear understanding with the Pentagon: no guns....
Diary: For 11 years, NABC’s Fringe Fest added conceptual depth to Harvest Homecoming
Charles Dickens anticipated the record of my working career as it pertains to the late NABC Bank Street Brewhouse (415 Bank Street in New...
Shane’s Excellent New Words: NIMBY versus YIMBY, though not to neglect BANANA
Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
-- Warren Zevon
"Shane's Excellent New Words" was a...
Diary
Diary: Brief reflections on professionalism, perception, arrogance and respect
“Professionalism” probably means different things to different people. The Internet yields this checklist, which I find reasonably accurate:
“The eight core characteristics of professionalism are:...
Diary for 1 June 2021: Constructive criticism is seldom tolerated at the grassroots
If there is any one surefire takeaway that springs to mind from my lengthy period of civic engagement — the grassroots era, those "localism"...
Shane’s Excellent New Words: NIMBY versus YIMBY, though not to neglect BANANA
Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
-- Warren Zevon
"Shane's Excellent New Words" was a...
The house painting job
My dentist practices in a rural community a good forty-minute drive from where I live near Louisville. The route passes through the town where...
Diary: It’s very disappointing when independent small business owners become science deniers
Recently at Pints&union we received a cyber complaint from a disgruntled customer.
To his credit, the patron made no effort to conceal his identity, which...
Recipes for Chaos
GREEN MOUSE SAYS: Here’s how Floyd County’s brewery lead over Clark...
Several weeks ago the Green Mouse filed a report with upper management.
He noted that Jeffersonville's Red Foot brewery (256 Spring Street) had ceased operations,...
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No, Jason, a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) can’t enhance walkability when there isn’t...
In fairness, and in most significant respects, living in New Albany is not the same as living in the Soviet Union of old. However,...
40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Six: From a 1990 portal, Sportstime Pizza to Rich...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Five: The end of the beginning (1989-1990).
An anecdote to kick off this installment, as relayed by the Irish...
40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Five: The end of the beginning (1989-1990)
Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Four: That infamous Madrid episode, and a necessary curtailment.
According to conventional sources of Internet wisdom, a Europhile is...
