Beer Fridays XXI

Russian River's Imperial / Double IPA is named after Pliny the Elder, a Roman scholar who helped give hops its botanical name, "Lupus Salictarius", which translates to wolf among scrubs. Pliny the beer definitely fits this description as well. Its double helping of hops gives it the claws to thrash through the inadequate competition of lesser Pale Ale's. It is fragrant, and malty, and borders on the sublime with 8% ABV and 90+ IBUs. Unfortunately, The Elder only comes on tap, which makes drinking it a rare and special occasion, like that super hot girl you met on instant messenger that lives far away but you fly out to see her every once and a while and totally wreck that @#$%. (A+)

The Lost Beer Fridays XX

Moylan's India Pale Ale is surprisingly hoppier than their masterpiece, Hopsickle. It is dry and spicy and pours a deep golden color. It is thinner and has less flavors to explore than its cousin, and only contains 6.5% ABV, but it's still a refreshing hit of bitter beauty. It may not be the first girl at the bar you ogle or accidentally grope on your way to the jukebox, but it is the one aggressive enough to ask for your number... or penis. Either way, you should give it to her. (B+)

New Comic Book Day XXI

It's that time of the week again, when Wednesday rears its beautiful head and the Comic Book Fairy comes down your chimney to hide long boxes in your living room. This week's box will hold the answer to several questions. Will The Brave And The Bold's second arc be as old school thrilling as its first? Will Checkmate continue to be the one decent in-continuity DC book that doesn't have Green Lanterns? Will Bucky escape the clutches of the Red Skull in time to don the ridiculous new black and chrome Cap suit? Will this next Marvel Zombies series finally put the nail in the coffin for this undead franchise that shockingly just won't die? What superhero pastiche will fornicate with what inappropriate person / object / woodland creature in the latest issue of The Boys? And finally, will we get to see Good Bendis, Bad Bendis, or Both? You see, Brian Bendis is the Rex Grossman of comics. Often times, he's throwing perfect touchdown passes with Powers and Ultimate Spider-Man, but he just as frequently tosses long bomb interceptions with anything he touches that says Avengers. With both the much delayed Mighty A's #5 and a new issue of Powers releasing this week, we will probably see both side of this comic-quarterback's coin. But, who knows, maybe he'll surprise us and throw a short slant in the end zone to Naked Ultron Girl's tight end. Get it, because tight end is a football position and a reference to her behind. Double entendre! Oh, and pick of the week goes to Brubaker's Cap #31, of course.

The NFL Abridged: Week VI

(STL 3 - BAL 22) Still no wins for the lowly Rams as they couldn't overcome their QB's six turnovers quite as well as the Cowboys last week.

(MIN 34 - CHI 31) Seriously, WTF was that? I don't even want to talk about it.

(MIA 31 - CLE 41) I wonder how much longer it will take for some Quinn trade rumors to start popping up. Chicago isn't far away Brady...

(WAS 14 - GB 17) Santana Moss put this one on himself and I can't say I blame him.

(HOU 17- JAC 37) The Jags continue to battle it out with the Titans for second place in the AFC South.

(CIN 20 - KC 27) Larry Johnson finally had a decent game. Gonzalez had a great one. Cincinnati is a tiger-striped pile of poop.

(PHI 16 - NYJ 9) I was very confused when I saw the Eagles playing the Wolverines and even more so that the Jets changed up their uniforms and didn't go with pink.

(TEN 10 - TB 13) Another dookilicious performance by the anointed one Young leaves the Booty Plunderers tied for first in the NFC South.

(CAR 25 - ARI 10) The other team leading that division? The Carolina Panthers, led by 68-year-old Vinny Testaverde.

(NE 48 - DAL 27) This weeks marquee matchup ended up being about what anyone would have guessed, the Boys getting steamrolled, T.O. and Moss about breaking even, and the Pats being douches and running up the score.

(OAK 14 - SD 28) LT finally gave fantasy owners what they were waiting for with four TDs and almost 200 yards on the ground... not that it's all that impressive against the Panty Raiders.

(NO 28 - SEA 17) The Saints came marching at last, getting their first win against the so-so Seahawks. Bush had a bunch of yards, but no touchdowns to ease the pain of the eventual loss of all his ill-gotten USC accolades. I wonder if they can still reverse the outcome of that ND game...

(NYG 31 - ATL 10) Shockingly, the Falcons are not good. The Lil' Giants are on a roll, but they only play JV so nobody really cares.