Stephen

Oh, wow. I muted that Thread when it started getting a ton of activity. I guess that explains why!

I really haven't gotten a ton of traction with posts here, but I should probably give it another go!

Thanks!

Yep! You get the islay smoke you expect but the rum sweetens it up just a bit. Like it had a distant cousin for Speyside. I'm a big fan, but also not the biggest peat head so I appreciate the balance

Thankfully my next leg day isn't until next Friday. I fully understand why most plans build in rest days now. I plan to do jack shit tomorrow. Ha!

Absolutely fucked my quads with my first real leg weight workout in forever. Lord, I need muscles.

Word is bond. Also helps it's a damn good dram.

I should have for sure clarified Kentucky. I'll still be exploring what CA, OR, CO, and other blue states have to offer.

It sucks for the blue dots in red states but FOTUS won't listen to blue state leadership. Red state governors needs to feel the pain.

Well, glad I had the bourbon yesterday because I'm full on boycotting all red state drinks until the tariff nonsense ends now. No bourbon. No beer or wine except California ones. If this is the economy they want, this is the economy they get.

Winner winner!

Tomorrow night cap has been pre-ordained then!

What should be my whiskey night cap?

Wild Turkey Jimmy Russell
70 Anniversary
Kentucky Owl St. Paddy Edition
Lagavulin Nick Offerman Caribbean Cask
Hakushu 12 Year

First vote, wins!

Film folks: did Emilia Perez do it for you? Outside the acting by Karla and Zoe, the whole thing just seemed messy, superficial, and half baked to me. Like, I appreciate what they were trying to do but I felt nothing watching it.

Am I too cynical? Clearly the Academy saw something there.

Elon: "It's Apartheid and I'll Heil if I want to, Heil if I want to, Heil if I want to"

Me: "First of all, those are not the lyrics..."

Was able to make gluten free chili with blonde ale yesterday thanks to our local shop carrying Glutenberg beer. Super happy to see it!

I really would like to move more to Bluesky but the engagement here is just... non existent? I'm not trying to "go viral" like sometimes happens on Threads, but it would be cool to get something.

There's only one evil empire I support, and that's the Dodgers signing every single player in the off season!

"Please look at the gesture in context!"

Okay, fine. His family were Nazi sympathizers. He's endorsed a far right German party. He has yet to say it wasn't a Nazi salute. So great point. In context, it for sure was a Nazi salute. Great point!

I dunno, man. If Christians are more upset with a "comfort those who are afraid" sermon and not pardoning a bunch of rioters who assaulted police officers, it's pretty safe to say you're not following a Biblical Jesus anymore.

Well I'm getting followed by spam bots so clearly BlueSky has hit the mainstream.

Silver lining for all the TikTok slacktivists is that now that their app is back, they can just shrug off helping elect the guy who just said Gaza isn't his problem, find a new cause célebre, earn a bunch of meaningless internet points, and accomplish nothing all over again!

"These gentlemen in odd looking outfits standing in front of an odd looking bonfire sure are odd." - CNN during Reconstruction

TikTok coming back after the 24 hour shutdown.

"Trump cares about every day Americans. He's going to be focused on the economy."

Trump: "lol no I'm banning wind and invading Greenland also wtf are eggs"

We just opened our chicken coop door in LA from a ship off the coast of Africa. Smart devices can be pretty crazy if you think about it!

Every time I speak Spanish as an American tourist people look at me like they just saw a talking dog. I swear we don't all suck. Just most of us do.

Likewise, Vik!

Since I'm an extremely biased Californian, guess I'll be posting more here now.

Newest additions to the collection:

Wild Turkey Jimmy Russel 70th

Kentucky Owl St. Patrick's Edition (found for $50 at my local store, so score!)

Still trying to figure out what exactly I want to post here:

Software architect stuff?
Sports stuff?
Whiskey stuff?

That 20th anniversary for Half Life 2 making me feel like those kids in that M Night Shamylan movie Old.