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Fine Pairings: Schlafly Oatmeal Stout and Paul Tremblay’s The Little Sleep

November 26, 2011
Fine Pairings: Schlafly Oatmeal Stout and Paul Tremblay’s The Little Sleep

Schlafly Oatmeal Stout pairs well with Paul Tremblay’s The Little Sleep. When enjoying a book about a narcoleptic detective, coffee immediately comes to mind. The roasted barley and oatmeal with coffee and raisin notes helps me to empathize with the character of Mark Genevich, drowsy yet always searching for the morning breakfast-and-coffee perk needed to keep me going.  My wish for you, dear reader, is for less violence and misery than befalls Private Investigator Genevich when enjoying your Oatmeal Stout.…

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It’s vice to be a writer (see how I did that)

December 20, 2009
It’s vice to be a writer (see how I did that)

I’m finishing a bottle of $3 wine right now. I’m not a “wine guy” at all, but today, right now, I am. This begs the survey: what are your writing vices? What self-destructive rituals help get words on paper? Or, if not “help,” what vices will you continue to entertain in hopes that one day they may help?

Me, I love cigars. Their smell has become associated with writing for me. Much like the smell of coffee to heavy eyelids, cigars prime my synapses and tell my head to start working. Can I write without cigars? Of course. But it’s a vice, so I’d prefer not to.

Are all vices some form of depressant? According to University of New South Wales Psychology Professor Joe Forgas, writers tend to be depressed. Are vices, then, necessary?

What’s yours?…

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