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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-bkalafut Recent reviews written by member bkalafut en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_475822591620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Tupac Shakur nearly equated it with success, the 69 Boyz think it clearly better than E&J, and Snoop Dogg seems to recommend it as an accompaniment for cannabis, which I suppose is no more ridiculous than the "traditional" palate-deadening... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475822591620 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:57:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475822591620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475094879876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Orange pop, along with bland pizza (maybe at Showbiz, complete with the animatronic "Rock-afire Explosion"!) was de rigueur for birthday parties around the time I was in kindergarten, and in general tends to be a beverage for that age group. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475094879876 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:05:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475094879876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473403592324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - San Pellegrino has been one of the most common mineral waters on the U.S. market for some time; the company's other beverages, including Sanbitter nonalcoholic bitters, a chinotto-flavored soda, and an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473403592324 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:45:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473403592324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473319640708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - The U.S. has a strange and somewhat shameful history of banning herbs either in a panic or before thinking things through.  Coca and cannabis are the two most familiar examples, followed by the sassafras that used to commonly be found in root... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473319640708 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 05:04:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473319640708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471154396804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Human color perception is, from a certain perspective, odd.  Electromagnetic waves--coherent or not--with wavelengths in the 490 nanometer range, when added to those in the 630s, do not yield 420 nm waves, yet we see both 420 nm waves and the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471154396804 Fri, 22 May 2009 22:36:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471154396804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469556629124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - If I ever had to give anyone an example of brand dilution, I'd send him to the liquor aisle to look for the Cruzan products.  On the one hand, there are premium Cruzan Estate and Cruzan Single Barrel rums that around here aren't even... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469556629124 Thu, 7 May 2009 06:13:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469556629124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468856245892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Amrhein's is located on the northern edge of south Boston ("Southie"), within walking distance of the Convention Center and the Seaport Hotel and not too far from a T stop.  It's thus in the guides given to out of town tourists, which play up its... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468856245892 Fri, 1 May 2009 03:34:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468856245892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468735987332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - After this year's Biophysical Society conference, I took the Green Line all the way out to Newton to dine at O'Hara's at the request of the owner's uncle, who is my uncle too, although the two of us aren't related.It was well worth the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468735987332 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:44:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468735987332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467980750468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Medieval Times is great, as tacky concept restaurants go.  Build a cinder-block "castle", serve people roast game hen and soup, give them a show of stunt jousting and stage swordsmanship, and everyone's had fun, even though we all know that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467980750468 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:07:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467980750468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467532942980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - "The regulars are coming out!"19 April, 1775.  Acting under instructions from Britain's Secretary of State to seize militia weapons and imprison leaders of the ongoing rebellion against Crown authority,  General Thomas Gage, then... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467532942980 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:53:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467532942980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466979884676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - The makers of Bénédictine claim that it is made from twenty-seven herbs and spices; one plausible recipe includes myrrh, galangal, cascarilla, licorice, millefoil, and hops.  But when tasting either... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466979884676 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:01:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466979884676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466458414724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - To help with long exposures I knew I'd be making on a recent trip to Boston, I wanted a travel tripod, something small enough to easily fit in a suitcase.  The Targus TG-42TT seemed to be a good choice.  It weighs about one pound, folds... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466458414724 Thu, 9 Apr 2009 04:01:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466458414724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466120445572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - in my review of Le Tourment Vert I noted that absinthe was until very recently illegal to import or sell in the U.S. not due to any harmful constituent but rather because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466120445572 Wed, 8 Apr 2009 03:59:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466120445572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466097966724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - An aquarist could do without a siphon for water changes and tank cleaning; a hose or even a bucket will do.  But it's more convenient for the entrance end to be stiff and straight, so that one can aim it here and there in the aquarium to pick up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466097966724 Mon, 6 Apr 2009 04:52:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466097966724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465351708292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia, and traditionally made absinthe was recently found, by gas-phase chromatagraphy--mass spectrometry, to not be outlawed in the U.S, at least since thujone levels in spirits made with wormwood were reset to 10... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465351708292 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:15:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465351708292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465316318852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Growing up, the only time I ever saw Fels-Naptha (which I'm always inclined to misspell as "Fels-Naphtha") used was in the garden, as part of a Jerry Baker less-harmful insecticide.  Nearly every drugstore, hardware store, or supermarket... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465316318852 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:21:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465316318852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_317550530180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - This is a beer on which I'd like to do rheological tests, were I to have that sort of free time.  (If the academic career works out, it could make a good project to give an undergraduate.)  On the one hand, Samuel Smith's Oatmeal... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~317550530180 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:21:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_317550530180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464233008772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - I stopped over in Ridgecrest on my latest trip from Tucson to Palo Alto to take one of the Maturango Museum's tours of Little Petroglyph Canyon in the Coso Range, and spent the night at the Motel 6.At $35... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464233008772 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:21:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464233008772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464230059652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Graffiti is obnoxious, for sure, and usually the manifestation of some sort of personality flaw--what kind of individual, on seeing a nicely kept fence, wall, or building, feels so overwhelming an urge to write his name in bubble letters or make a crude... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464230059652 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:54:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464230059652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464197684868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Irish distillers and American importers responded to the popularity of premium whiskeys, especially single-malt Scotch, in the natural way, by introducing single malts, premium ten- and twelve-year-old versions of popular brands such as Jameson's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464197684868 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:10:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464197684868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463222443652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Thinking perhaps it was an import red ale, I had a Killian's at a spring training game at Hi Corbett Field today, thinking it a better option than Miller Genuine Draft or Coors and having Blue Moon a bit too often.It... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463222443652 Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:06:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463222443652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462568132228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - As I'm on the road and preparing a talk, I have no time to give this beer the review it deserves--this will be made a full review at some later date:As a fan of witbier, I've heard quite a bit of praise of Maine's Allgash White, but wasn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462568132228 Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:44:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462568132228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462484967044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - I can't review Union Oyster House in the meaningful sense of the word, as I dined there alone, and moreover ate at the bar (and not the oyster bar, which closed as I arrived), but will share my impressions:I expected the USA's (arguably)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462484967044 Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:27:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462484967044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_327864848004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - Beers that I've had from five of the other six Trappist breweries (Westvleteren is very hard to come by unless one lives in the abbey's immediate vicinity) are easily categorized, largely as dubbels and tripels.  But Orval could be said to be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~327864848004 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:52:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_327864848004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459099901572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bkalafut - When it comes to gadgets, I'm a late adopter.  I never owned a pager, owned but never really used several PDAs (including the Sharp Zaurus), held off on purchasing a cellular phone until 2007, and until very recently did without a laptop, notebook,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459099901572 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:08:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459099901572?linkin_id=8003929