Though I’ve always been a fan of Thanksgiving (who doesn’t love 4 consecutive days away from work/school/life?), the holiday has never been extremely special for me. Yes, I’ve been living pretty far away from home for the last seven years, so going home, seeing family, and eating home-cooked food is always special (holiday or [...]

I haven’t talked much about Michigan Football this year, partly because I’ve been less engaged with the season - only one alcohol-fueled (except while driving) road trip as opposed to three - but mostly because this season has been less than inspring. Sure I’ve watched (most of) every game, and I’ve been proud of [...]

Those of you who checked my Twitters over the weekend (one person - Hi Chelsea!) may have seen that the beer bet was ended this weekend. The picture above, documenting our first sip after 27 days, confirms that this is in fact true. It was a mutual decision to end the bet…No one [...]

Fun Fact: The last time I shaved with a razor was Tuesday, August 21, 2007.
I’ve received quite a wide range of reactions since starting this facial hair experiment a little over 11 weeks ago. The most common of these are listed below (in descending order of frequency):
- Comparisons to a terrorist. In addition [...]

Many of you have asked, so I thought I’d update you on Beerfast. I’ll be perfectly honest with you - the last 3.428571 weeks have been anything but easy.
Its a little unnerving to think of how much of a beer drinker I am (was?). I guess its true though - I’ve [...]

Those of you that have been around this blog for a while know that Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. Over the last few years, I’ve had some pretty amazing costumes and pumpkins…
In 2004, I dressed up as a fireman, which, though not that unique of an idea, was amazing [...]