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Suds With Securb: Pairing Beers And Chocolates

If  chocolate, vanilla, toffee and dried fruit are flavors and aromas that are commonly associated with beers. Why then are we so hesitant to pair beers with chocolates and cordials? The rich chocolate flavors of a porter or stout are only more pronounced with the proper chocolate. When drinking a beer with nutty esters the addition of almonds or caramel...

Why Michael Vick is Now A Philadelphia Eagle

The Philadelphia Eagles shocked the world of sports this past Thursday by announcing that they have signed NFL bad boy Michael Vick to a 2-year contract. After the knee-jerk reaction of the announcement had worn off, I'm pretty sure I know exactly why... this was a cleverly concocted scheme, devised by the NFL itself, to get one of their marquee players back on the field, and making them money.

Updated! The Bud Light Party Cruise 2 Ways To Win!

Big Dave Matthews Band Cruise Getaway Sweepstakes This fall, a lucky group of shipmates will have the opportunity to see Dave Matthews Band perform on a small private Caribbean island. Enter the Big Dave Matthews Band Cruise Getaway Sweepstakes for a chance to win roundtrip airfare and a cruise cabin for two for a 3 night/4 day cruise to Port...

‘Inside MMA’ Knocks Out One Hundred Episodes on HDNet

Bas, Kenny and Ron to celebrate milestone episode with a look back at some of the program's memorable moments - Friday, August 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET "Inside MMA," HDNet's original weekly program devoted completely to news and highlights from the world of Mixed Martial Arts will celebrate 100 episodes with a special installment on Friday, August 21 at 9:00...

Dave Matthews Band – “Why I Am” Video Premieres On Myspace

Why I Am, the second single from Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, has hit the airwaves and is being played on radio stations everywhere. Today on MySpace, the video for Why I Am makes its debut, shot from Dave Matthews Band's live performance on June 26th at 02 Academy - Brixton in London, England   You should also sign up to...

Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009)

Sometimes we need to take a step back and reflect on how a stranger changed our lifes. I have never meet Les Paul or owned a real Les Paul guitar. I have played a ton of them. Some good and some bad. I remember my first Les Paul copy when I was 14 years old. I worked all summer to save...

The TMR Zoo Launches Entirely New Site Design

Notice something different? If you don't then you are either blind or that frontal labotomy finally took. The TMR Zoo has been transformed from top to bottom to give you a new site design that is easier on the eyes, and more importantly, much easier and quicker to navigate. Feel free to look around and let us know what...

TMR Book Review: The Hunted by Brian Haig

As Communism falls in the USSR, and free market and capitalism is still in it’s infancy, Alex Konevitch is making millions. He quickly figures out quickest way to make money, buying construction supplies from a falling, corrupt government system, and selling the same on an open market at a much higher cost. All of it legal and surprisingly simple. He...

TMR Music Review: Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

Are Elvis Costello fans thrilled by his predilection for genre-jumping? Or do they find it maddening? To be certain, no one listening to My Aim Is True in the late ‘70s could have predicted that the dweebish punk heard on that record would routinely take time out from rock ‘n’ roll to compose classical music, take a stab at...

TMR Book Review: Screenplay – Inglourious Basterds

There are certain things that we have come to expect in a Quentin Tarantino screenplay: Great dialogue, non-stop action, and violence immediately come to mind, and his newest fare, Inglourious Basterds, doesn’t disappoint in any of those areas. This is a story about LT Aldo Raines, a hillbilly from the mountains of Tennessee, and his group of merry men knows...

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No, Seriously, Sexism in Video Games

In my last post, I made a point of ridiculing the notion that a lack of female protagonists means that developers are sexists. Essentially,...

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