We start with the incomparable Anthony Hamilton and his beautiful song, "Better Days," (Here is an acoustic version!) which is every day that I'm able to wake up next to my love, my best friend, as well as the smartest and funniest person (...that's right, there are not multiple people in my bed...) on the planet.  Jennifer is a blessing from the universe and I was fortunate enough to arrive in her general vicinity and ultimately convince her that the force within me was stronger than the dark side and would prevail.  (Not sure if it quite has yet, but I'm trying.)

In this episode, Jen drinks Voodoo Hoodoo, and we spend quite a bit of time trying to figure out what the 7 C hops are.  (Apparently, there are 10 U.S. C's: Calypso, Cascade, Centennial, Chelan, Chinook, Citra, Cluster, Columbus, Comet, and Crystal. (But do you recall...the most famous British C-hop of all?  Challenger.)  So really the question is: Which of these hops are in Hoodoo?

I (...am going with first person narrative here rather than my usual third person...) had Ommegang Take the Black Stout.  Very nice, indeed.

My portion of the conversation lands squarely on mindfulness and my desire to be more so in the new year and beyond.

Jen discusses a service experience she and Maddy had several weeks back.

Mindfulness and service, two exceptional and, I'd argue, essential endeavors.

Have fun with this.

And by the way, we close with Queen and the Flash Gordon Theme.  Why?  Because it's f*cking awesome.

-G