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...

Diary: Even I have to admit the parade manages to slow traffic

The Harvest Homecoming parade returns today after a year's COVID layoff. Those of you who know me well understand the depth of my love-hate...

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...

Diary for 19 September 2021: Your shrinking attention spans annoy me

If there is any one common denominator to help explain the ever bottoming nadir of daily life in the industrialized (and desperately sick) world,...

Diary for 7 September 2021: Time to learn

I was awake early this morning, and started listening to WUOL 90.5, Louisville's classical station. It took me back to the early 1980s, the period...

Diary for 28 July 2021: “Craft” is especially nonsensical when tacked to “hard” seltzer

The point of these “diary” entries is to write as the mood strikes me, in the moment. I'd suggest we piss on hard seltzer, but...

Diary for 27 July 2021: I really hate having to drive a car to...

The point of these "diary" entries is to write as the mood strikes me, in the moment. The past few weeks I've made many, perhaps...

Diary for 24 July 2021: Oversight of government entities? By the News and Tribune?

Let's begin by defining our terms for those just tuning in. The News and Tribune (N&T) is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) daily newspaper serving...

Diary for 21 July 2021: The artist’s name comes first

Can you name the Pope who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel? Didn't think so. I had to look it up: Julius II. While I'm...

Diary for 15 July 2021: Once there was a bridge

Roger, describe your relationship with City Hall in one photo or less. pic.twitter.com/7OZNAjBVAw — Roger A. Baylor (@newalbanian) March 11, 2021 Twitter games amuse me at...

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40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 67: Yuletide atrocities, courtesy of the Butt-Head...

Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 66: The Updated Good Beer Guide to Louisville (1996). We shouldn’t attempt to fashion the elusive silk...

Highlands crowds jubilant as “Brother Joe’s Travelling Salvation Show” heads south

  On Sunday, Pints&union took to the airwaves for a final round of self-congratulation before decamping for Louisville. From beginning to end, the symmetry between Joe's...

40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 66: The Updated Good Beer Guide to...

Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 65: Smoky treats, a 9-hour, 9-brewery, 9-beer Bamberg stroll in 1996. The 1996 F.O.S.S.I.L.S. Membership Directory Issue (#66...