Perspective On The U.S. Shutdown (and also The Red Sox)

Ken Burns

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Hiking Outside Brattleboro

Wine Snob: Meerlust

If you lust for Burgundy but long for cash, look to South Africa.

Word Nerd: Words College Kids Are Plagiarizing

The words 2013 college kids are looking up at Merriam-Webster.  At least they are learning.

Rebecca Guay

Naked and Waking

Word Nerd: Retronym

It’s the analog version of LOL

Wine Snob: Captain Jack Attack BYOW

As a Cash Mob preview, the Wine Squirrel and Monte bring some delicious whites to Captain Jack’s.

Get Blown Away By The Traveling Rhubarb Circus

Cirque De Tween

The Dr. Ralph Stanley

The good Doctor was kind enough to speak to Monte, even though it’s pretty clear he prefers singing and pickin’. …

Johhny Allen: The Marmite Cowboy

A new e-book chronicling this big bad bollock’s big bad journey across the pond to find the American dream.