493 Reviews
From the sun-drenched sandy shores of PEI we are now docked in the downpour drenched ports of Vancouver Island. Our island hopping hopfest continues. From green gables to perpetual precipitation, from spud fields to rain forests, it’s a coast to coast toast to find...
Astrophysics may sound like very cerebral work, but I don’t think it is all that hard. Nothing the old slide rule and compass can’t handle. I mean it’s not rocket science is it.* Now fluid dynamics, that’s a much more interesting and practical field of science. And...
I am not much of a puzzler but I did one a few weeks ago and I was quite proud of myself. It said 2 to 3 years on the box and it only took me a day to finish!* This puzzle of a pint took me a little longer to finish than most brews. Possibly because it is 8 million...
When I saw the name of this brew I sent up the ol’ bat signal for the COMDB translation department. They took on this assignment with their usual indifference. Apparently 主命 means “master’s orders” in Japanese, which just so happens to be the name of the Department of...
Way back in the day, driving South from a 4 month tour of duty at the mines, I headed into Toronto to catch up with my old buddy Smitty. I can still remember the bar had a complex bamboo fan arrangement on the ceiling all connected by chains and sprockets. We sat down...
Ducks I have no problem with. The otter that shits on my dock, that’s a different matter. The Department of Morality loves the playful little rodent but she isn’t the one washing down the dock. Today he left the remains of a crayfish (claws that’s all) and his calling...
According to Bellwoods, the Ratclops is a mythical brewery beast. I picture a Darwinian metamorphosis of the Muridae family , hunkering down under the vats, feasting on yeast, gorging on ungainly grains, and ferreting away festering fermentations. The results being...
I remember working the night shift back in the day. Blackout blind on the window, do not disturb sign on the door. Eleven o’clock alarm clock. A thermos of Joe to go. No big bosses around to boss you around. It wasn’t bad once you got used to it. But 6 months of...
Dobie Gray just wanted to drift away. Clint was on the high plains drifting. And Bow Wow was doing the Tokyo drift. In case you aren’t familiar with Bow Wow perhaps you know him from his original stage name, Lil’ Bow Wow.* Back here in the COMDB land of semi-reality I...
According to a preeminent American academic journal,* you can build a bigger brain by increasing your vocabulary. At COMDB we are always looking for ways to get smarter, so welcome to a new COMDB feature “It Pays to Increase Your Word Power”, Our word of the day is...