More Awesome For The Entire World

My time in Australia and New Zealand taught me several important lessons: 1) Winter is the best time to visit the antipodes.  Most of the unpleasant wildlife is hiding from the elements.  Humans, luckily, have mastered pants technology and can cope with inclement weather.  Sadly, winter does limit the scantily clad on display.  Take the …

SCIENTIFIC DRINKING WORLD TOUR 2010 – Portland, OR

Now in our third day in the Rose City and the stats are pleasing. Beers consumed: 6 delicious imperial pints and counting Black Blood of the Earth Distrributed to Portlanders: 2.5L and counting Hours slept: not enough, but that’s the cost of fun. To the folks at the Lucky Devil, McMennamins Imbrie Hall, and Deschutes …

BBotE: Recent Developments (2/8/10)

Coffee Science is a forever advancing field. Like other disciplines, it comes in fits and starts, though this could be due to caffeine. Even more important is the role of happenstance in the advancement in the body of human knowledge; the headscratching declaration of “Huh, well, that wasn’t supposed to happen.” This last Sunday, I …