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Perception Beats Reality In New Jersey’s Showdown Over Sports Gambling
January 7, 2013 | Adam Reeves 1
Every week in his gambling blog on Grantland.com, “Cousin Sal” Iacano recommends creative prop bets for readers tired of betting over/unders or picking against the spread. Because sports gambling is illegal pretty much everywhere, Cousin Sal counsels his readers to place their bets using something he calls “Jermajesties”—an imaginary currency named after Jermaine Jackson’s fourth son, Jermajesty Jackson. While naming your son Jermajesty is arguably less absurd than Cousin Sal using the term to advocate illegal gambling without actually advocating illegal gambling, this practice begs the question: why bother?
What Happened the Last Week of 2012?
January 6, 2013 | Zach_Heimach
Does 2012’s expiration give anyone else a wave of relief? We’ve been buffeted by current event waves throughout an entire chaotic and historic year. This will be our send off to a year which brought us a highlight real of tragedy and jubilation, history and triviality, mundanity and fun. But she’s not out yet, so we’ll give her her due. 2012 crashes its last upon our temporal shores. We’re soaking wet, sandy and sore but there’s one final wave, so we might as well ride it. Read More
Beerstagrams 12/28-1/4
January 4, 2013 | Tristan Chan
Welcome to our newest weekly segment where we bring you our collection of our instagram’d beer pics, aka beerstagrams,to help get you ready for happy hour! This week’s Beerstagrams feature a melange of beers that were acquired from trips back home, a trip to Copper Kettle, a sneak peak of Fate Brewing Company which will open at the end of the month and one of the coolest garages/breweries you’ll ever encounter when Tom Horst of Crystal Springs brewing showed us around.
Pop Culture Week In Review – Welcome to 2013!
January 4, 2013 | Drew Troller 3
Hope you all had a healthy, happy, fun New Year’s Eve! The world of entertainment certainly did. Here are some of the highlights for our last 2012 pop culture week in review. Enjoy, and we hope to see a lot more of you in 2013!
PorchDrinking Best Songs of 2012
January 4, 2013 | Scott Hoffman 1
I was sorting through the nominations I received for the best songs of 2012, and I quickly realized – we’re an eclectic bunch. Beyond a clear number 1 (The Lumineers – Ho Hey), the rest of the list would essentially be a huge second place tie. Never has it made more sense to create a playlist.
PorchDrinking Best of 2012: Albums
January 3, 2013 | Scott Hoffman 9
Happy New Year, folks! Just because we’re officially moving on to 2013 doesn’t mean we can’t continue to reflect on the fantastic year that was 2012. Please join us in our recap of the BEST moments, events and releases of the past year.
Awesomesauce- BadLipReading
January 3, 2013 | Laura Mego
Move over Gossip Girl, there’s a new queen bee in town.
While Gossip Girl can be cutting, BadLipReading never fails to elicit a laugh. The YouTube account’s owner has released a series of videos that embarrass politicians, musicians, and the occasional movie star in equal measure. The anonymous creator takes video clips from the internet, television, and movies and overdubs the dialogue or lyrics to comic effect. Read More
Porchdrinking New Year’s Playlist
January 2, 2013 | Tristan Chan
So we’re about a day or two late. But hey NYE fell on a Monday so really the calendar was a little early because our playlists always go up on Wednesdays. Come on calendar… you know better. Plus we may or may not have been nursing a beer hangover just like the rest of you all. Here’s a list of songs to help you ring in the New Year, just in case you didn’t get enough Auld Lang Syne.
The Year of the Rookie Quarterback
December 31, 2012 | Mike Zoller
With the NFL regular season winding down, it’s time to reflect on the past 16 weeks. There has been a lot of controversy this season with replacement refs and Bounty Programs just to name a couple of issues. But there have been bright spots. One of which is the play of this year’s rookie quarterbacks.
PorchDrinking Gives Thanks for 2012
December 31, 2012 | Tristan Chan
It has been a crazy ride for us this past 6 months. In June of 2012 we set out to create a fun side project for our group of friends as an excuse to write again, and more importantly drink beer. What has transpired is a group of nearly 60 writers, editors, and staff members who have volunteered their time to create something truly amazing.
Story Time With Hank | Back Room Dealing
December 28, 2012 | Hank Henry
“Here it is, kid. As promised, see?” He leveraged one foot into the air with tremendous effort and, twisting his whole body to generate the requisite torque, THUMPed it against the side of the stoic, wooden chest.
The chest did not deign to respond. It sat on the cold concrete, amidst the dank and the dust and the chittering bugs, and pretended we weren’t there.
Its black varnish shone with a malignant inner warmth separate from the light cast by the single exposed bulb dangling at the end of a long cord from the ceiling overhead, spinning slightly in a draft I couldn’t feel.
The chest had no clasp or keyhole that I could see, no adornment at all save for a plain, silver orb, like a globe bisected neatly from North to South pole, that bulged tumor-like from its front. Read More
Pop Culture Week in Review 12/21-12/28
December 28, 2012 | Admin
The end of the year is my least favorite time for pop culture. TV shows go on hiatus. News outlets are only doing their “Best Of’s” and not reporting any news. Though unless you count what Demi Lovato is getting her mom for Christmas as ‘news,’ there really isn’t anything to report as people are spending time with their stupid families instead of working. The only good thing to come out of all this is the movies released on Christmas Day. But you can really only see one on Christmas. So then you get a huge backlog of movies you have to see and spend $13 per ticket (in New York- I hear there are magical places that charge less than $10 for a movie ticket but I don’t believe they exist) to see. But you can’t really afford to see them because you just dropped a ton of cash on DVD box sets for the whole family. Hang on, I need a cookie.
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Saul vs. Saul | A Matchup Between Fan Favorites on Homeland and Breaking Bad
December 27, 2012 | Drew Troller
If you’re not watching Homeland, shame on you. If you’re not watching Breaking Bad, shame on you. These are two of the BEST shows on television right now—so good that even as they get more and more insane and less and less believable, I still find myself more addicted with every episode. Read More
PorchDrinking Playlist: Happy Chrismukkah!
December 25, 2012 | Scott Hoffman
Merry Christmas from the folks at Porch Drinking! As promised, here is the BEST Christmas playlist you’re likely to encounter, featuring a variety of standards you’re likely familiar with as … Read More
Celebrity Christmas Wish Lists
December 24, 2012 | Drew Troller
My buddy Santa hooked me up with a look at some of the letters he received from celebrities this year. Let’s see what was on their celebrity Christmas wish lists this year!
How To Celebrate Festivus
December 23, 2012 | Nik Heimach 5
With each passing holiday, it seems more and more like American consumerism knows no bounds. Every superstore begins their holiday-hyping months in advance, and the majority of American consumers spend exuberant amounts of cash fulfilling every advertised need. From thousands of Christmas lights perfectly choreographed, to beating your neighbors bloody for the last honey-glazed ham, it would seem Americans love spending money on holidays almost as much as businesses love exploiting them. The mere opportunity of Black Friday deals turn regular people into riotous mobs, with incidents of trampling becoming commonplace each year. But it was in a similar moment of impassioned consumerism when Frank Costanza, after raining blows upon a rival buyer, realized there had to be another way. Soon after, Festivus was born. “Festivus for the rest of us!”
Terms of Servicepocalypse- Instagram Edition
December 23, 2012 | Laura Mego
A week ago, we took a closer look at Facebook’s proposed changes to their terms of service. This week we’ll examine a similar story- Facebook is now ruining Instagram too! Read More
Pop-Culture Week In Review: 12/16 – 12/23
December 23, 2012 | Nik Heimach
Yes, this post is later than you’re used to. What did you expect? THE WORLD WAS SUPPOSED TO END. Did you think I would spend my final hours hunched over a computer, slaving away with research and delicate prose to deliver you the best pop-culture bits of the week?
….well, I did anyway. You know, just in case.
New Star Trek Villain: An Examination and Reveal! (Maybe)
December 21, 2012 | Nik Heimach
I am a nerd: to begin with. If you haven’t suspected from some of my articles, there is no doubt about that. If there’s one thing you will take from going forward, it is that inescapable truth. Now, a nerd wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) claim this fact, for true nerds need no social verification. We are born of an individual and insatiable passion which we may or may not choose to share among likeminded enthusiasts. But if unknown to you, dear reader, it must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come from this speculative story.
Story Time With Hank | A Very Cloying Christmas
December 21, 2012 | Hank Henry
When I was a kid, I was a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer man. I watched—and loved—all the schmaltzy Christmas specials—your Charlie Browns, your Garfields, your Frosty the Snowmans—hell, I watched Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey once, and didn’t even kill myself after—but Rudolph was my favorite. I bet there’s an Angelfire website that would tell me what that says about me as a person.
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