If you want to connect with your Scottish heritage...or someone else's Scottish heritage...or maybe you're wondering what might happen if you marry someone with a robust history, you'll learn plenty from Mike Myers and Mike Myers and Anthony LaPaglia in So, I Married an Axe Murderer.
Head! Pants! Now!
The Movie
Charlie MacKenzie is a dedicated San Francisco coffeehouse poet, whose poems revolve around his numerous failed relationships. Every one that ends on his doing because of some weird, inexcusable paranoia. His best friend Tony and mother May can only criticize him for his wrong-doings. But Charlie believes he very well may have found the perfect woman in Harriet, a meat butcher with a heart of gold. But Charlie begins suspecting something about Harriet that may not be so perfect.
Woman...woooooman.
The Wine
There Squire Winery in NC offers a Highlander Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot.
Lightly spiced with hints of oak, the medium bodied red is a smooth blend of Cabernet, Sauvignon and Merlot grapes.
The Beer
Unless you live in California or New York, you currently have to go to BrewDog's website, and order Tactical Nuclear Penguin. It's a Scottish beer that has--get this--32% alcohol by volume.
A warning label on the Tactical Nuclear Penguin bottle does state, "This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. It is exactly the same manner you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost."
Read more: World's Strongest Beer: BrewDog's Alcohol Heads to U.S. - TIME
And, just for this one, the Whisky...
I'm not a big scotch person, though I love the smell, but from what my scottish whisky drinking friends tell me, Laphroaig 10 Year Single Malt Whisky is supposed to be awesome.
If it's not Scottish, it's crap!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Obsequious
How do I love thee? Let me count the bunnies boiling on the stove. In 1987, Alex Forrest made men everywhere think twice about extracurricular activities. She was the original psycho chick. Can anyone listen to Madame Butterfly objectively after that?
The Movie
In Fatal Attraction, happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?
Ummm...too far. Too too far. Way over the ledge. Little known nugget of trivia? Glenn Close still has "the knife" hanging in her kitchen.
Wine a Little
The Tait Vineyard in Australia actually has a Shiraz-Cabernet-Merlot blend called, "The Ball Buster."
Beer Goggles
Arcadia Cocoa Loco Pale Ale makes everyone look pretty.
The Movie
In Fatal Attraction, happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?
Ummm...too far. Too too far. Way over the ledge. Little known nugget of trivia? Glenn Close still has "the knife" hanging in her kitchen.
Wine a Little
The Tait Vineyard in Australia actually has a Shiraz-Cabernet-Merlot blend called, "The Ball Buster."
Beer Goggles
Arcadia Cocoa Loco Pale Ale makes everyone look pretty.
Entrepreneurial
So there I was at the Blackjack table with all my wash 'n' dries... did I tell you I had they idea for them first?
After Henry Winkler jumped the shark and before Michael Keaton was dropping off and picking up in Mr. Mom, Ron Howard paired the two in a not-so-well-known gem, Night Shift. Loooove brokers.
The Movie
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night as their brothel. Against his better judgement, he gets talked into the idea, only to find that it's more than his boss that has objections to this bit of entrepreneurship.
The Wine
This is Chuck telling Bill to Drink Up. Two Buck Chuck seems appropriate. Try Charles Shaw's Sauvingon Blanc; it's light and grapefruity.
Blue Collar Beer
Three words...Pabst Blue Ribbon
After Henry Winkler jumped the shark and before Michael Keaton was dropping off and picking up in Mr. Mom, Ron Howard paired the two in a not-so-well-known gem, Night Shift. Loooove brokers.
The Movie
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night as their brothel. Against his better judgement, he gets talked into the idea, only to find that it's more than his boss that has objections to this bit of entrepreneurship.
The Wine
This is Chuck telling Bill to Drink Up. Two Buck Chuck seems appropriate. Try Charles Shaw's Sauvingon Blanc; it's light and grapefruity.
Blue Collar Beer
Three words...Pabst Blue Ribbon
Feeling Paranoid?
I think of the immortal words of Socrates who said, "I drank what?" Or, perhaps Rockwell who made us ponder "Who IS watching me?" Just when I'm feeling skeevy, I hearken back to Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly who's collective instability turned out to be.... well, spot on.
You'll definitely feel much more balanced when you see what paranoia really is in Rear Window.
The Movie
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.
If only they had a nice mellow glass of fermented grapes to take the edge off.
The Wine
Cline Vineyard Bridgehead Zinfandel. Dangerous and lethal, guaranteed to wallop...but it's got class with blackberry, toasty vanilla and chocolate. It's watching you.
Beer Me
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde. How can you not love a beer that calls itself "End of the World?"
You'll definitely feel much more balanced when you see what paranoia really is in Rear Window.
The Movie
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.
If only they had a nice mellow glass of fermented grapes to take the edge off.
The Wine
Cline Vineyard Bridgehead Zinfandel. Dangerous and lethal, guaranteed to wallop...but it's got class with blackberry, toasty vanilla and chocolate. It's watching you.
Beer Me
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde. How can you not love a beer that calls itself "End of the World?"
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