Opinion

The New Sober? More New Age Narcissism

By Richard Thomas My initial reaction upon first reading about the emerging California Sober movement was thinking “You have got to be f***ing kidding me.” My disbelief was that even in an era when people love to cloak their bad behaviors behind a thick layer of phony moral superiority, disinformation and deflection, the hypocrisy of this particular trend was so ...

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A Curious Tale Of Old Barterhouse

Barterhouse bourbon

By Richard Thomas A recent scroll through my Instagram yielded a picture of a bottle of Old Barterhouse bourbon, which had been trotted out by the poster to share at a gathering of fellow enthusiasts. He declared it one of his favorite pours, whenever he can snag a bottle that is. I have a long memory, so that Insta post ...

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What Causes An Increase In The Price Of Whisky?

The Glenlivet stillhouse

Whisky is currently increasing in price. In actuality, there has never been a time when rare whisky from Scotland, Japan, and Ireland has been more expensive. But only some bottles that hit the markets cost a lot. Some alcoholic beverages cost the same as they did decades ago, even though some whisky is now more expensive than a high-end sports ...

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How Tech Developers Can Make The Most Of Insights From Beta Testers (Even With Whiskey)

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Whenever a new invention, discovery, advancement, and enhancement takes place, it takes a good deal of tech development. And this process is not solitary work: it is important to incorporate user needs. It wants into what you are trying to develop and considers how other people will interact with that technology. As everything happens in a hurry, tech developers can ...

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