I had a good run with the Grateful Dead. But by 1994, my expectations were diminished. I started seeing the band in the mid-1980s, during a pocket of high energy, powerful tours that peaked, for me, at Riverbend in 1985 (otherwise known as the show when I “got it” for the first time). Garcia’s diabetic… Read More the last time.
It’s only March, but I’m pretty sure that, as always, this will work out to be the longest Uncle Crappy post of 2016. And “this,” of course, is the annual roundup of entries in the Eleventh Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Bocktown). And, as usual, we start with me.… Read More eaucnffc (btybb) tipoff.
If you’re playing in the Eleventh Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Bocktown), the time to enter is now. If I have your picks by noon today, you’ll be eligible to win our $50 Bocktown gift card. And if you don’t? I’ll think of you when I’m eating my delicious… Read More countdown.
Here it is, your annual reminder that you have about 24 hours to submit entries to the Eleventh Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Bocktown). Not sure what I’m talking about? 1) Where the hell have you been for the last 10 years? 2) Click here to get caught up.… Read More twenty four.
Most March Madness basketball contests only go to 10. But this March Madness basketball contest — the Eleventh Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Bocktown) — goes to 11. I have a hard time remembering where I live these days, so I’m going to post a refresher about the ins… Read More this one goes to eleven.
I don’t chase whalez. But sometimes they find me anyway. Hunting for whalez — the beer nerd term for difficult-to-find world-class craft beers — can almost be a full-time job. And to me, that runs counter to the notion that even for the most obsessed among us, beer should be fun. And getting a random… Read More a heady glass.
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