Month: July 2020

Paper Plane Cocktail, a Modern Classic

Paper Plane Cocktail, a Modern Classic

Reading Time: 2 minutes I didn’t always love bourbon. I got shit-faced on Jim Beam in my early twenties while camping with my brother. Ever since that day, I couldn’t stand the stuff. Eventually, I began wondering if eschewing bourbon meant that I was missing out. I decided that … [continue reading]

We missed Aesop’s point

We missed Aesop’s point

Reading Time: 2 minutes What if we missed Aesop’s point in The Fox and the Grapes? Convention holds that the titular fox of this fable walked away from his snack and declared the grapes sour only after he couldn’t reach them. I haven’t read every fable from Aesop that … [continue reading]