...the doorknob principle, solved!...dog owners have long lived in terror that doggie scientists would someday crack "the doorknob principle" and thereby liberate house-confined pooches everywhere...on the other hand, no one - not even cat lovers - ever worried that stupid cats had any hope of solving the mystery of the doorknob...now, in truly terrifying footage, it has been discovered that a fiendish feline has figured out how to release itself and its canine companion from cruel kitchen captivity...WARNING: this video contains shocking images that some may find extremely disturbing:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-24622710....
...the "wrong dog" is outed...meanwhile, in the continuing case of our phantom rabid canine, it has been presented to the Court that Sammy may not be "the wrong dog" after all...in a hearing this morning before Judge Wingo, the neighborhood nutcase suing your editor stated he didn't know which of my dogs(!) bit him but it could have been Sammy the Shih Tzu...after angrily ripping the eejit Plaintiff for completely changing his story and using "vitriolic" language against yours truly, and misleading the court, and lying about another matter, the Judge had no choice but to let the case go to trial next week since there was a fact in dispute, i.e., which dog!!!...but not before blasting the defendant again when he sarcastically said that he didn't ask the dog for his name...whereupon the Judge fairly unloaded on him because "you're in no position to be sarcastic to the court when you've submitted a pleading which is beyond uncivil" and then changed your story completely...you can be sure I will provide an update on this "dog" of a case...
...the "wrong dog" is outed...meanwhile, in the continuing case of our phantom rabid canine, it has been presented to the Court that Sammy may not be "the wrong dog" after all...in a hearing this morning before Judge Wingo, the neighborhood nutcase suing your editor stated he didn't know which of my dogs(!) bit him but it could have been Sammy the Shih Tzu...after angrily ripping the eejit Plaintiff for completely changing his story and using "vitriolic" language against yours truly, and misleading the court, and lying about another matter, the Judge had no choice but to let the case go to trial next week since there was a fact in dispute, i.e., which dog!!!...but not before blasting the defendant again when he sarcastically said that he didn't ask the dog for his name...whereupon the Judge fairly unloaded on him because "you're in no position to be sarcastic to the court when you've submitted a pleading which is beyond uncivil" and then changed your story completely...you can be sure I will provide an update on this "dog" of a case...
...Halloween awaits...so with those scary stories, we can't wait to see what kind of cats venture forth on Halloween night...
...it's a hard job but somebody has to do it...the editor and chief correspondent of Pete's Brew have just returned from an exhausting field trip to sample the brews of Spain's Costa del Sol...first up on Day 1 was Ambar, a bottled beer served by our hosts the O'Callaghan's...for a snob who normally disdains bottled beers I am happy to report that this particular brew was so delicious that I was compelled to re-taste it on Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 during our week-long stay...next up was Cruz Campo on Day 2 (not to be confused with Sen. Ted (No) Cruz (Control) (Demagogue-TX))...CC was merely OK - perfectly suitable for mid-afternoon tapas but nothing to write home about so I'll stop writing about it...on Day 3 we got to sample Alhambra Especial and it was especialle indeed, a delightfully refreshing, full-bodied lager that required 2 pints to fully appreciate...next up was San Miguel on Day 4...this is also a fine Spanish lager, more body and better than Cruz Campo but not on the level of Alhambra...Day 5 demanded that we try Estella (or something like that - things were getting blurry by 1 PM!) at O'Callaghan's Pub which was outstanding and made all the better as we were treated like royalty at this charming wee Irish pub in the middle of Sambillas...but the best was held for last, a delicious beer called Jarra Rambia at a to-die-for tapas restaurant called Cruz Blanco, where we lolled away a sun-drenched afternoon on the patio while the gracious owner brought all kinds of delightful goodies to savor...
...update...a few words about the photos above...the first one is of the cliffside restaurant where we enjoyed a tapas lunch in Ronda, a lively mountain "white village" (or pueblo blanco)...the second picture shows street musicians in Ronda who were very happy to have their picture taken...the next two pictures are of Cadiz, the city on Spain's Atlantic Coast from which Columbus embarked on his voyage to the Americas...showing a typical sidewalk café scene and the old cathedral with its Moorish-inspired design...Cadiz is a fascinating ancient city that seamlessly mixes the old with the new...the fifth picture was taken from our friends Kevin and Jill's lovely patio overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and lastly is another tapas bar where we whiled away another lazy afternoon...
...and...we have received 2 more photos from our correspondents Sharon and Jill demonstrating just how difficult the Spanish beer tour was...the first is in O'Callaghan's Pub, the wee Irish Pub mentioned above, with Robert, the proprietor...the second picture is me with my new friend who is clearly lost on the wrong continent but is also clearly a fellow afficiando of fine brews...
...update...a few words about the photos above...the first one is of the cliffside restaurant where we enjoyed a tapas lunch in Ronda, a lively mountain "white village" (or pueblo blanco)...the second picture shows street musicians in Ronda who were very happy to have their picture taken...the next two pictures are of Cadiz, the city on Spain's Atlantic Coast from which Columbus embarked on his voyage to the Americas...showing a typical sidewalk café scene and the old cathedral with its Moorish-inspired design...Cadiz is a fascinating ancient city that seamlessly mixes the old with the new...the fifth picture was taken from our friends Kevin and Jill's lovely patio overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and lastly is another tapas bar where we whiled away another lazy afternoon...
...and...we have received 2 more photos from our correspondents Sharon and Jill demonstrating just how difficult the Spanish beer tour was...the first is in O'Callaghan's Pub, the wee Irish Pub mentioned above, with Robert, the proprietor...the second picture is me with my new friend who is clearly lost on the wrong continent but is also clearly a fellow afficiando of fine brews...
...Duh and Duh-er...on our final flight leg back from Boston to DC I was stopped by a burly TSA agent at the airport who remarked that my driver's license had expired...ha ha, no way, I told him, thinking he was kidding...those boys don't kid!...he fairly glared at me as he pointed out that it had indeed expired last month, sending me frantically digging thru my carry-on to produce my passport...not sufficiently awakened by this encounter, three days later I was again stopped trying to enter the indie/punk/alt 9:30 Club in DC by an alert security guard who said my license was no good...the good guard let me in after asking me 1) if I was a cop, and 2) if I was from the Liquor Authority (honest - at least I didn't flub the answer and say yes!)...our niece Jennifer agreed that The Waterboys were terrific...and this story has a satisfying ending...when I presented my license renewal application to the DC Department of Motor Vehicles yesterday, the nice woman looked at it and said "you listed your hair color as grey/brown, which is it - you have to pick one"...so I did what anyone would in that situation and asked her, and of course she said: "BROWN"!...and I said "YES!!...you made my day you sweet thing!...
...so I know you're all awaiting my pick for the beer of the month...and the winner is Sam Adams Harvest Ale...for one who is not a fan of Sam Adams, I have to say it is de-lish-us!!...
- the Brewmeister -
