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I just scheduled the first History of Hops field trip. I sent an email out to 21st Amendment Brewery about a tour, and they are kindly going to be hosting us next week. The is the Big Time.

John Wick is the bee's knees.

No, I feel great. Not that there's a chance California would leave, but I wish they would and create the People's Republic they always wanted. Please. You come from a state that wouldn't even let craft brewers sell their own beer. http://spirits.blog.austin360.com/2016/08/25/texas-brewers-win-fight-over-distribution-rights-law/

I'll watch Ryan Gosling in anything, so I'm pretty sure I'll be happy with the new Blade Runner.

Yeah, I loved The Division as well. I didn't put it on my list because I never finished the story, but the first 30 hours of running around and exploring were fantastic. I know a lot of people had issues with it, but I thought it was a fantastic mashup of an RPG and a cover based shooter.

That sounds incredibly tedious I could go with a number of cliche responses here, but the simplest is probably just to say the great moments far outweigh the bad. Who am I kidding, I can't resist a good cliche. The best rewards in life require sacrifice, patience, and hard work. That's what both marriage and parenting are.

I love turn-based combat, but games do need to be careful not to drag encounters out and make it too repetitive. At least real-time games move quickly on easy.

I certainly hope this poster is sprinkling these weird topics across other parts of the internet, to increase the odds of anyone caring.

You can argue the stance he took on gay marriage was on the side of the individual rights over the state. Although plenty of state governments would complain about that it was the Federal government violating their rights. It's a tough question because pretty much and action the President takes can be construed flexing government power.

I don't know, I just got yelled at by my wife because I asked her about a pair of old boots while she was eating breakfast. This time of the month is pretty much a minefield when it comes to social interactions. But I know in a few hours I'll get an apology for it. It's just up to me to not make matters worse before that happens.

I feel like I'm totally missing something with Undertale. It didn't grab me at all. edit: Just tried it again. I don't get it.

Something that all you dumbasses should know about women.

Xcom 2 and Civ 6 are the ones I will probably be replaying in the years to come. Mankind Divided was also pretty amazing and kept my rapt attention until the end.

Alan Tudyk as the Imperial Droid is awesome. He was the best part for me. HK-47 on the big screen.

Also, a video we talked about in the podcast:

Episode 7 is up, and this was a fun one. I try to get rid of my can bias and talk a bit about Prohibition. Also 21st Amendment pulls off a parody beer perfectly. https://historyofhops.com/podcast/history-hops-episode-7-21st-amendment-chat-pack

Saw Rogue One. It was great, but also emotionally draining. It was like the Saving Private Ryan of the Star Wars universe, except Private Ryan dies at the end in his mom's arms. I enjoyed it, but I am not rushing back to the theaters to see it again. It is much less space fantasy than anything else that has been done. Which if we are getting a new SW movie every year, it is good to have them break the mold a bit. Tarkin and Leia were a bit creepy, but close enough. Darth Vader was a sight to behold.

Out of curiosity, how many Americans say that they are English by heritage? I mean, we get Irish-Americans, and Scot-Americans who proudly claim their heritage (or at least the Hollywood version of their heritage and large drinking). I don't think it is any type of slight against the British, I think it is more that it is simply so common to have English roots somewhere in the family tree that it isn't much of a distinction. I can also trace my roots back to the Mayflower and a Pilgrim named John Alden, which is a cool story, but the Italian great grandmother who went by Mama Mia, never learned English, and had a tattoo is a much more interesting one.

This was a good read as I prepare for my next podcast episode, which features an all-can lineup. https://breweriana.com/beer-can-appraisal/history-of-beer-cans.html#.WFWjaEjkQGE.twitter

Obama is Kenyan, in that his father is from there. I'm Italian, in that my great grandmother boarded a ship from Northern Italy to go work in the Ghiradelli factory in San Francisco. Being an American doesn't mean you have to set aside your heritage.

I enjoyed Suicide Squad because of Robbie and Smith. They both seemed like they were having fun with their parts. That was more entertaining than the super serious Superman and Batman. If you treat Suicide Squad like a campy horror comedy, it is much more entertaining.

Spectral was also recommended to me by Netflix. It was pretty decent. Kind of had an XCom feel with this scientist who kept upgrading gear on the fly to fight new enemies. I mean, they make a plasma gun at the end.

Technically we don't know if either of them are killers. One is an actor from a horror movie and one is an actor for a fast food restaurant. My money would be on Ronald to have a few bodies buried in the backyard, if I had to choose.

Are we talking about the candidates or supporters here I don't know, I am lousy at math.

On a morally principaled scale of 1-10, Clinton voters are a 3 and Trump is a 2. Sanders supporters were a 5, but they dropped to a 4 if they switched to Clinton. This is math people.