Friday Happy Hour

Harpoon, right here in Boston, has free tastings. Go my children, go.

McCain Courts the Anti-Catholic Vote

McCain spent most of the week courting John Hagee and the rest of the week gloating of his endorsement. Greenwald at Salon has video of Hagee explaining how Hitler was the perfection of the Catholic apostasy. The Catholic League response here.

The Original Infinity Pool

Rock pools at the beaches in Sydney, Australia. Sounds like a dream vacation to us.

Download Anything

The Orbit Downloader.

Tina Fey Update

TF will host SNL this week to celebrate the end of the WGA strike. Awesome.

Vintage TV Station Signoffs

TV-signoffs.com. We're old enough to remember the Star Spangled Banner at TV station sign-on before early morning cartoons. from BoingBoing.

The History of Evil

via Slate V.

Remember When Lindsay Lohan Was Hot?

Homage to Marilyn Monroe in NY Mag. nsfw.

Wine on the Web

Vinography (blog)

OpenBottles (log wines you've liked)

Boston Wine Buzz (blog)

In Vino Veritas (blog)

Any wine sites you like? Add links in the comments.

Rilly, Rilly Expensive Wine

1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc reviewed at Slate.com

Handmade Bonbons

Made in a converted diner.

Everyday

So infectious, it's already been parodied on The Simpsons. We love the soundtrack, by Carly Comando. Just beautiful.

Singles Night at the Opera

Not exactly, but close--the way they scheduled it right before Valentine's makes it less a singles event this time. Soiree with the Boston Lyric Opera.

Yes We Can

www.dipdive.com. Like TS said to me, "Just watch it."

Imbibe Magazine

Or, for cheap-0s like us, Imbibe Unfiltered. Watch for us to mine their blogroll for a return of Friday Happy Hour.

Mark Bittman Blogs

The Gray Lady continues attempts to be cool: Bitten. (Soon NYTimes.com will be nothing more than a blog aggregator. Hmmm...)

US (Junk) Bonds

In a follow-up to an earlier post about Bush's fiscal policy, the WSJ (in one of their rare free articles) projects that the Bush legacy may be exactly what you'd expect from the first MBA-in-chief: Moody's may soon downgrade US bond status from triple-A to whatever junk bonds are called.