January 2019 – MODWorks

Fishing With John

Posted on January 18, 2019March 19, 2020 by Mike

If I had to choose a favorite Criterion Collection DVD (yep, I’m old), Fishing with John would undoubtedly be the one. It’s so ridiculously and perfectly goofy, I never tire of it. There’s the ice fishing with Willem Dafoe episode, the shark fishing with Jim Jarmusch episode, Dennis Hopper and the giant squid, Tom Waits…

On Beer Tasting Notes

Posted on January 18, 2019March 17, 2020 by Mike

From my years of wine sales, I can tell you that no two sommeliers ever tasted the exact same things in the wines we presented. Not even the master sommeliers. One person’s Yuzu is another’s Calamansi, and Santa Rosa Plum is obviously Black Raspberry to the next of the smug elitist bastards. So enough with…