Feel Me, Eat Me, Watch Me, Read Me,

If you've read this blog or know me, you know I'm into beer.  It's frequently my drink of choice (along with bourbon & martinis), and I'm about to start brewing it.  So I was interested in this list of 20 Must-Try Styles of Beer.  I like a good to-do list.  And since Canada is known for its rye whiskey, I was happy to see this list of cocktails, most of which sound delicious (not sure I need kale juice in my alcoholic beverage; I'm not drinking for my health).  I'm thinking that the Filibuster might be the one I try first.

There've been a couple of news stories that caught my eye.  What I thought initially was good news (the FDA easing its lifetime ban on gay men donating blood) is only so-so news.  What makes is so-so is that if a man has had sex with another man within the last year, they're not allowed to give blood.  So, I guess this is good for celibate gay men and bisexual men currently involved with women. I wish I were more enthusiastic about the change.

In the bad news category, last year was the hottest year on record.  Unfortunately, I don't think that many of the climate change deniers will bother to read (and absorb) that memo.

What's a list of suggested sites without a few cycling-related ones?  Check out this interesting cargo bike, and this definition of mixed company is pretty funny.

I made a couple of batches of bone broth (what I also just call stock) from pork bones gifted to me from last weekend's sausage making fest and found this recipe, which made good use of some of the stock.   I didn't end up putting pork stew meat into it (didn't have any at my coop), but I did pull off some of the meat from some roasted bones, added more cabbage, and then dumped some pastina (teeny tiny pasta) into it.  Definitely was not missing more meat.