Evans Clinchy
@evansclinchy.bsky.social
crossword puzzles, NBA, politics, food/beer/wine, books/movies/TV, various other rantings and ravings
Are you into The Bear?
(if not you should be)
(if not you should be)
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Are you into The Bear?
(if not you should be)
(if not you should be)
The best new beer I tried in November:
Maple Pecan Yeti, by Great Divide
Pretty fantastic. It's an imperial pastry stout that's brewed with real maple syrup and candied pecans, and it fully delivers on that promise. It's rich, full-bodied, boozy, sweet, maple-y, nutty, all that good stuff. Yum.
Maple Pecan Yeti, by Great Divide
Pretty fantastic. It's an imperial pastry stout that's brewed with real maple syrup and candied pecans, and it fully delivers on that promise. It's rich, full-bodied, boozy, sweet, maple-y, nutty, all that good stuff. Yum.
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The best new beer I tried in November:
Maple Pecan Yeti, by Great Divide
Pretty fantastic. It's an imperial pastry stout that's brewed with real maple syrup and candied pecans, and it fully delivers on that promise. It's rich, full-bodied, boozy, sweet, maple-y, nutty, all that good stuff. Yum.
Maple Pecan Yeti, by Great Divide
Pretty fantastic. It's an imperial pastry stout that's brewed with real maple syrup and candied pecans, and it fully delivers on that promise. It's rich, full-bodied, boozy, sweet, maple-y, nutty, all that good stuff. Yum.
What the hell is wrong with you?!
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
What the hell is wrong with you?!
How are you feeling about Queta? I'm a little bummed that the era of 5-out bigs like Horford and KP is over, but Queta seems like he's going to be really solid for the archetype of big that he is (big + strong, high-energy, rim protector, rebounder, etc).
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
How are you feeling about Queta? I'm a little bummed that the era of 5-out bigs like Horford and KP is over, but Queta seems like he's going to be really solid for the archetype of big that he is (big + strong, high-energy, rim protector, rebounder, etc).
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All this does is give businesses with managers who have no experience with puzzles and no understanding of how much real effort it takes to build them an excuse to avoid hiring professionals to make their crosswords. "Well the AI can just make a crossword for us" NO IT CAN'T! Not a good one, anyway.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
All this does is give businesses with managers who have no experience with puzzles and no understanding of how much real effort it takes to build them an excuse to avoid hiring professionals to make their crosswords. "Well the AI can just make a crossword for us" NO IT CAN'T! Not a good one, anyway.
Reposted by Evans Clinchy
Anyone who has ever made a crossword -- the professional kind in newspapers, puzzle blogs, crossword tournaments -- will tell you there's actual joy in building and wrestling with the near-infinite possibilities of a grid and writing pitch-perfect clues yourself. You can't do this with a chatbot!
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Anyone who has ever made a crossword -- the professional kind in newspapers, puzzle blogs, crossword tournaments -- will tell you there's actual joy in building and wrestling with the near-infinite possibilities of a grid and writing pitch-perfect clues yourself. You can't do this with a chatbot!
The best new beer I tried in October:
2XJuice Jolt, by Southern Tier
A juicy IPA that's absolutely loaded with juice. A combination of tangerine, pineapple, guava, grapefruit. Plenty of hops, too - Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7, Simcoe, HBC630, Amarillo, CTZ. A lot going on here! And it's all very tasty.
2XJuice Jolt, by Southern Tier
A juicy IPA that's absolutely loaded with juice. A combination of tangerine, pineapple, guava, grapefruit. Plenty of hops, too - Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7, Simcoe, HBC630, Amarillo, CTZ. A lot going on here! And it's all very tasty.
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The best new beer I tried in October:
2XJuice Jolt, by Southern Tier
A juicy IPA that's absolutely loaded with juice. A combination of tangerine, pineapple, guava, grapefruit. Plenty of hops, too - Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7, Simcoe, HBC630, Amarillo, CTZ. A lot going on here! And it's all very tasty.
2XJuice Jolt, by Southern Tier
A juicy IPA that's absolutely loaded with juice. A combination of tangerine, pineapple, guava, grapefruit. Plenty of hops, too - Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7, Simcoe, HBC630, Amarillo, CTZ. A lot going on here! And it's all very tasty.
The best new beer I tried in August:
Extra Lush, by Fremont
This was pretty fantastic. It's a triple IPA, apparently - and that means all of the hops, all of the floral and tropical flavors, all of the booziness. All of everything. This is a big, strong, powerful IPA.
Extra Lush, by Fremont
This was pretty fantastic. It's a triple IPA, apparently - and that means all of the hops, all of the floral and tropical flavors, all of the booziness. All of everything. This is a big, strong, powerful IPA.
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The best new beer I tried in August:
Extra Lush, by Fremont
This was pretty fantastic. It's a triple IPA, apparently - and that means all of the hops, all of the floral and tropical flavors, all of the booziness. All of everything. This is a big, strong, powerful IPA.
Extra Lush, by Fremont
This was pretty fantastic. It's a triple IPA, apparently - and that means all of the hops, all of the floral and tropical flavors, all of the booziness. All of everything. This is a big, strong, powerful IPA.
And he died in office on a Monday!
September 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
And he died in office on a Monday!
The best new beer I tried in August:
Thicket Blend #2, by Side Project
A sour that's brewed with lots and lots of Oregon blackberries. It's delicious. It's sweet, fruity, a little tart, a little funky... and just really, really deeply flavorful. This one was just awesome.
Thicket Blend #2, by Side Project
A sour that's brewed with lots and lots of Oregon blackberries. It's delicious. It's sweet, fruity, a little tart, a little funky... and just really, really deeply flavorful. This one was just awesome.
September 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The best new beer I tried in August:
Thicket Blend #2, by Side Project
A sour that's brewed with lots and lots of Oregon blackberries. It's delicious. It's sweet, fruity, a little tart, a little funky... and just really, really deeply flavorful. This one was just awesome.
Thicket Blend #2, by Side Project
A sour that's brewed with lots and lots of Oregon blackberries. It's delicious. It's sweet, fruity, a little tart, a little funky... and just really, really deeply flavorful. This one was just awesome.