I just keep, er, distinguishing myself after talks. First it was with Prof. Steve Steve. Now, my DC neighbor, fellow science-writing English major, and fellow speaker in Chicago Jennifer Ouellette reports another infraction that took place following our recent event:
Chris' manly image suffered a serious blow, however, when he bellied up to the bar after the reading. The event was held at The Hopleaf Bar, touted as one of the best beer bars in the country, with a "beer menu" that runs many pages and features fine fermentables from all over the world. So the bartender might be forgiven for showing some urban-hipster attitude when Chris asked for... a Miller Lite. "We don't have Miller Lite," the bartender sneered. Chris took the disdain in stride and asked for whatever beer was closest to it. "We don't serve lite beers at all," the barkeep huffed. We have no idea what kind of brew Chris ended up with, but he's lucky the barkeep didn't spit into his mug, so deeply ran his contempt.
I'll keep the ultimate brew type quiet....but in the meantime, since we're discussing "the intersection" between science journalism and alcohol, let me notify folks about a wine that I've really been enjoying: "Evolution," from Oregon's Sokol (not Sokal) Blosser Winery. Yeah, it's got something a tad hokey on the label about "Luck" versus "Intention," but it's really good stuff. I recommend heavily. PZ, Carl, John, Jason, Tara, Ed, every other ScienceBlogger, and all you Panda's Thumb folks....you should order crates and crates of it.
