A one-sentence review of Blue Moon Iced Coffee Blonde. Hits a delicate balance of a deep porter-like finish with the bright, citrusy notes typical of Blue Moon’s regular wheat ale. Very happy I picked one up with my mix-a-six today. Wish I would have gotten two.
Author Archives: Jake
Analogue Pocket
Official want of the day, even though it won’t be out until sometime in 2020… the Analogue Pocket.
Parenting and Panic
Parenting is a hostage situation: you’re in the car, but your child is the one driving it—and he doesn’t know how to drive. You can’t get out, because you decided to love him before you knew who he was—before he even was anyone. Your life split at that point into multiple tracks, and one of […]
Lazy Caturday
It took a little while to get these two used to each other, but now they’re best friends.
Casual Observations on iOS 13 Reminders
I wanted to collect some thoughts on iOS 13 Reminders that I’ve noticed over the past few weeks.
Donald Trump vs the United States
David Leonhardt of The New York Times breaks it down. Just the facts. 40 sentences. This is where we’re at.
The mirror of our own faults
This quote from Madeline Miller’s book Circe really hit me. Two children he had had and he had not seen either clearly. But perhaps no parent can truly see their child. When we look we see only the mirror of our own faults. — Circe, Madeline Miller
Spoon & Beck & Cage the Elephant & the RAIN
Yesterday was the first time I was out at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ, for a concert (or for anything, really). Months ago, I picked up some tickets for the Beck, Cage the Elephant and Spoon Night Running Tour. It’s always a risky move to plan an outdoor event in the thick of summer. […]
RIP: Cash App Coffee Boost
I sure do love me a deal, when I can find it, and there wasn’t a better thing going than the Cash App Coffee Boost. Note the past tense.
The Collection
In that moment of profound clarity, I realized there were only two options. I could allow things to go on as they always had or I could burn the house to ground, with her in it. The choice was obvious.