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Re: KC Beer Blog: Beer Release Calendars and the Brewery Arms Race

Bull E. Vard — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:16:28 -0000

The other day I looked in my beer fridge and 3 beers were represented, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Lagunitas IPA and O'Connor El Guapo (a local Virginia beer). I don't know the last time I had a bomber of something and I only try new things when I go to a brewery. Keeping up with all of the beers and trying them all seems like a fool's errand at this point.

Re: Bicyclist struck at Holland Road and Lynnhaven Parkway

Bull E. Vard — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:36:25 -0000

What's your beef here? I don't get why you're so adamant that the bicyclist was in the wrong. If the light was green he shouldn't have been in the intersection. But, the bicyclist was in a crosswalk and, at least where I'm from, drivers aren't allowed to just plow through people in a crosswalk. And if you do hit someone in a crosswalk, or anywhere, you should probably wait around for the police.

So, you're right. The biker was probably responsible, but I guarantee the driver doesn't feel that great about himself today. I don't get why people get so up in arms to be mildly inconvenienced by people on bicycles.

Re: Bicyclist struck at Holland Road and Lynnhaven Parkway

Bull E. Vard — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:18:14 -0000

This is one intersection that is not to be trifled with as a bicyclist. In my experience with bike commuting, this is one of a few intersections where you have to be perfect and look out for everything. It was here that I was honked at, cursed at and flipped off by a school bus driver with a full load of children. All I was doing was crossing with the light and he wanted to turn through the intersection and I was in his way. Luckily I was far enough through the intersection to not get hit but I'm still a little pissed at that guy 2 years later.

Re: Bicyclist struck at Holland Road and Lynnhaven Parkway

Bull E. Vard — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:11:25 -0000

Anyone who spends much time on a bicycle (or in a car for that matter) knows that the biggest danger to them is a driver futzing with his phone and swerving into the 3 inches of road lane a bicyclist is afforded.

The idea that the driver drove away lends some credence to the fact that they were probably in the wrong. But, at 5 in the morning when this happened, I wouldn't be surprised at any chain of events.

Re: The Podunk Effect

Bull E. Vard — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:35:55 -0000

I wrote something like this a couple of years ago, New Yorkers strive to have a Chili's, why do Kansas Citians feel inferior?
http://kchotblog.blogspot.c...

Re: Why I will die alone…

Bull E. Vard — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:15:50 -0000

For future reference "sassy" means fat and stupid.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Should restaurants actually ban children?

Bull E. Vard — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:15:02 -0000

I wasn't calling you a kid-racist, just Hap.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Should restaurants actually ban children?

Bull E. Vard — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:13:25 -0000

Yes they can, but no one has a 100% success rate. Like you said they can "learn". Most kids learn by doing so it would follow that they would have to have had a meltdown to "learn" to behave the next time. It isn't that I don't believe kids can behave, I think it's overwhelmingly the case that they behave, it's that I think the kidless think it's as simple as telling the kids to behave and failure to take that step means it's bad parenting.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Should restaurants actually ban children?

Bull E. Vard — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:46:24 -0000

While I don't think it's a big deal to ban children from restaurants, the instinct behind it is very similar to racism. It is dark and ignorant and most anti-kid sentiment comes from younger people who have no kids of their own. The attitude "just control your kids", "kids should be quiet", etc. is just as ignorant sounding coming from someone who's never been responsible for kids as anything some 1950's Alabama racist may have said about Jim Crow laws.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Should restaurants actually ban children?

Bull E. Vard — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:56:26 -0000

If a restaurant wants to ban children I have no problem with it. It's their right to run their business as they see fit. It also gives parents a clue where they are welcome to bring their kids. What discourages me are places that don't have a rule about kids, but make it nearly impossible to bring your kids, whether it be no high chairs, no entertainment, long wait times, etc.. It frustrates everyone when there is an unruly kid around and parents are just as frustrated as the eternally kidless. I have no problem with people wanting to eat somewhere without kids causing disruptions, just like I have no problem with restaurants that cater to kids with kids running around everywhere. It gives people choices and a choice is always better.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Should chains be prohibited from selling a city's signature food?

Bull E. Vard — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:06:24 -0000

I'm more offended by Arby-Q.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - What American beer should everyone be drinking this July 4?

Bull E. Vard — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:53:58 -0000

Tallgrass Halcyon Wheat

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Dodge City Distillery to open in Olathe

Bull E. Vard — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:32:20 -0000

I hate to be pedantic but it's not a distillery unless they actually distill their own liquor.

Re: Plog - Justin Kendall - Louis C.K. calls Kansas City 'a terrible place' on The Tonight Show (video)

Bull E. Vard — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:55:19 -0000

I'm pretty sure every city has parks, boulevards, museums and art district. I'll bet you can find this exact comment somewhere in the Chattanooga, TN version of The Pitch. That doesn't mean you're not going to make fun of Chattanooga next chance you get. Grow a thicker skin.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Which out-of-city beer are you happiest is distributed in Kansas City?

Bull E. Vard — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:51:40 -0000

Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin'

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Runza is now open in Mission

Bull E. Vard — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:39:04 -0000

A Runza and a Nu-Way are 2 completely different things, they should not be compared. A Runza's got nothing on a Nu-Way.

Re: Fat City - Emily Johnson - The Five Hottest Restaurateurs in Kansas City

Bull E. Vard — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:04:07 -0000

If it was in Ink it would be about the 5 hottest restaurateurs in Lawrence.

Re: When Tragedy Strikes

Bull E. Vard — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:53:01 -0000

Am I allowed to pee on a dead hooker in your name?

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - The five deep fried meats in Kansas City that will clog an artery

Bull E. Vard — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:49:39 -0000

For the love of God Bender, don't post stuff like this, you're going to cause Chimpotle to break 4 bills.

Re: Fat City - Jonathan Bender - Do we need a law to stop us from eating fast food?

Bull E. Vard — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:20:29 -0000

This is such a ludicrous issue. Cathy Jolly, Sam Brownback, the Funk, Ed Eilert, etc. should have as little to no say in what I eat than Fidel Castro. What someone eats is just not anyone else's business and it's a shame that people think it is. If you're fat and unhealthy, you probably shouldn't eat fast food. If you're poor and on the brink of malnutrition a couple of $1 hamburgers is a pretty good choice.

Also what is fast food? Is it just the boogeymen of Burger King and McDonald's? Are they really worse for you than Houlihan's, Cheddars or Applebees? Are they worse for you than The Rieger, R Bar or Julian?

If you, even for a second, consider it's a good idea that your local government should stop you from eating food with a certain caloric content, in 10 years you'll be rolling over when the government decides you can only eat salad for lunch.

Be responsible for yourself but protect others from government intrusion into their lives if they make different choices than you.

Re: Is City Council candidate Tracy Ward a breath of fresh air or a political exhibitionist?

Bull E. Vard — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:24:39 -0000

Oooooh sick burn. Take that Dave.

Re: Is City Council candidate Tracy Ward a breath of fresh air or a political exhibitionist?

Bull E. Vard — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:38:00 -0000

Tracy sounds like just what the city council needs.

Re: http://jeffmiller.tumblr.com/post/1639180424

Bull E. Vard — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:33:25 -0000

I agree completely, just want to point out that the last sentence is a little crass. I'm sure the Obama administration doesn't want people to die in a terrorist attack and not worried 1/10th as must about the hit they would take from a terrorist attack.

Re: http://blog.sheasylvia.com/post/556382110

Bull E. Vard — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:35:39 -0000

Blue Moon is an odd choice, but otherwise, beer is a fine gift.

Re: Chimpotle

Bull E. Vard — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:16:41 -0000

This question bugs me. Did we not learn anything from "Dead Poets Society"? You can't grade things like this on a point scale, only on how it makes you feel. Was the duke satisfactory? Did it make you feel better. Did it impress your friends and family? These are questions that should be asked, not giving the duke a numerical value.