Daily Archives: October 2, 2003

Beer news

Posted on October 2, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The Spoetzl Brewery, makers of Shiner Bock, has announced that it will start brewing a light beer. With Shiner Light, the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner hopes to take advantage of Texans’ growing thirst for light beer and their mounting aversion … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Food, glorious food | 28 Comments

The great Limbaugh implosion

Posted on October 2, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I was going to do a rundown on Rush Limbaugh’s bad day yesterday, which included his resignation from ESPN and a screaming headline about allegations of drug abuse, but why bother when Eric McErlain’s on the case? He’s got all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Other sports | 5 Comments

An oilman in Iraq

Posted on October 2, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The top story in today’s Chron is this interview with Philip Carroll, the senior American oil official in Iraq. It’s pretty upbeat, as you would expect from a man in his position, but it demonstrates that we have only just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq attack | 3 Comments

Sniping and griping

Posted on October 2, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

If there’s a more beautiful sound right now than Republicans sniping and griping at each other over a new Congressional map, I don’t know what it is. Governor Perry’s self-imposed deadline of Wednesday has come and gone, and the joint … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Killer D's | 6 Comments

Comment spam

Posted on October 2, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Grrr. Last night I was hit by a comment spammer, who injected an ad for his scummy website all over my blog. His IP address is 65.77.116.28, and the IP address of his accursed website is 207.44.162.33, so all you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Administrivia | 4 Comments