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    <title>The Brier Patch</title>
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    <subtitle>Credible, but non-specific.</subtitle>  
    
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        <title>QotD: World&#39;s Best Beer</title>   
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        <published>2007-09-20T22:16:03Z</published>
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     What is the best beer on planet Earth?  Submitted by Remmy Van Hornie.  Free beer.       <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>QotD: Middle Name</title>   
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        <published>2006-09-08T07:44:38Z</published>
        <updated>2006-09-27T22:58:10Z</updated>
    
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          What&#39;s your middle name?  Is there a story or history behind it?  None of the Brierley men have middle names.  That&#39;s what my dad has always said, anwyay, and I&#39;ve always thought that was pretty cool. I chuckle to myself whenever I fill out a for...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>At last it&#39;s Skyline time</title>   
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        <published>2006-09-08T06:57:38Z</published>
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    Come on, people! Where are all the skyline chili lovers? I can&#39;t be the only one. Show yourselves!  For those woefully unaware, Skyline chili is a Cincinnati delicacy. No, it&#39;s more than that. It&#39;s an obsession. It&#39;s long been my belief, that the...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>A party-time necessity</title>   
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        <published>2006-08-09T19:23:44Z</published>
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          Herein, a list, reproduced in it&#39;s entirety (because it deserves it) from Esquire via Reddit. My top 10, what are yours?    When all else fails, have a Martini.  If it doesn&#39;t have vermouth, it&#39;s not a Martini. If what you really want is iced gin...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>QotD: Shaken not stirred</title>   
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        <published>2006-07-22T03:23:55Z</published>
        <updated>2007-10-14T15:15:07Z</updated>
    
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    What&#39;s your favorite drink or cocktail? What&#39;s in it? Question submitted by charm.vox.com I love manhattans. Someone once told me that a “real” manhattan contains Canadian whiskey (which is just…weird) but I&#39;ve always concocted them with:    2 ji...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <published>2006-07-19T17:04:01Z</published>
        <updated>2006-08-04T18:46:29Z</updated>
    
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    Who is your favorite Muppet? Why? QotD submitted by knitwitology.vox.com. Oh Muppet Show, how I miss you. My favorite Muppet is poor, miserable Beaker. I think he&#39;s the Muppet who most looks like his personality. Very. Afraid. Whenever you saw hi...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Allow me to introduce myself</title>   
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        <published>2006-07-18T00:21:14Z</published>
        <updated>2007-07-27T04:13:03Z</updated>
    
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         I&#39;ve had a weblog since 2000. In the intervening six years I have heroically compiled a whopping 34 posts. I blame my lack of productivity on many things, but I think chief among them is that I am an incorrigible fiddler.  Rather than writing, I w...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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