…a word or two about what I’ve been doing.

Most of the past weekend, except for a house party on a rain-drenched Saturday, involved working on three of my 12 or so long-ignored unfinished book ideas. More about that later. (I may need a lot of reference/research help from a few loyal readers.)

At that party Saturday, I discovered Session Lager, a neo-retro beer from our Hood River, OR pals at Full Sail Brewing. Just introduced last month, Session proves that microbrewers can indeed brew “regular” American beer, and do it better than the big boys. (Of course, Full Sail has already proven this, having contract-brewed the Henry Weinhard line for two years.) Session is a crisp, clean, classic mass-appeal drink. It even comes in a classic “stubby” bottle (with a detachable paper label so it can be reused by homebrewers!) and only in 12-packs. (An Oregonian story claims the Portland branch of Owens-Illinois Glass had to get permission from Miller to make stubbies again; as a legacy from when Miller bought and closed the Olympia Brewery, it “owns the mold.”)

And as for a certain story hogging the news channels tonight, I have absolutely no comment. Until further notice (at least one day), this site will be 100 percent celebrity-free.