Welcome to The Jungle, Silverbelle C. Jane (Hinesburg SBs). C. Jane's next book is due for publication in April, 2022. Stay tuned for updates. In her own words (from cjanetaylor.com): When I got the invitation from AARP to join their organization, I ripped the letter up and bought a motorcycle. I was a high school... Continue Reading →
Let's say you are sitting around with nothing better to do than read Silverback Digest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter Let's say you're in The Jungle and you're trying to remember the cast of characters in the British version of The Office. Click on the Lists of Lists of Lists and pretty soon you've got: David Brent[edit] Main article: David... Continue Reading →
[from the B&N newsletter (Barnes and Nobles), October 6, 2021. Thanks to SB Jerry, Quaker SBs for bringing this to our attention.] In 1967, a former U.S. Marine named John “Chick” Donohue snuck into Vietnam to find his buddies serving in the war and bring them beer and bear hugs from back home. It would... Continue Reading →
published on IFLScience.com, October 6, 2021 Large quantities of psilocybin – the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms – can be produced in a rudimentary “homebrew style environment” that doesn’t even need to be sterilized, according to a new study in the journal Bioengineered. While recreational users will still find it easier to obtain the psychedelic drug by growing or hunting... Continue Reading →
Posted on March 21, 2015 on jplund.wordpress.com . [JP Lund was my freshman year roommate in college. We recently reconnected via the blogosphere. I tried piecing together a narrative to give context to the characters and events, but then decided that JP's pictures and words were context enough to depict the universal quality of beer. Itsoseng... Continue Reading →
Best of the 'Gest Silverback J of the Mendocino Bonobos takes us back to the '60s to remind us that, while the beer might not have been great, it was still sacred. by Silverback J (Mendocino Bonobos) If you’d like a little background music while reading this post from SB J, play this while you... Continue Reading →
You are only as good as the company you keep, right? The ranks of Silverbacks are primarily self-selected. As a group I would describe them as super-cool, compassionate, humble, highly intelligent, unquestionably good-looking, fun, courageous, sexy, sensitive, and furry. Our core group of Silverbacks swells on an almost daily basis by denizens of the blogosphere... Continue Reading →
Best of the 'Gest Each Saturday from now on, we will digging into the Silverback archives to revisit and update some of the Best of the 'Gest. From left to right, Bill Gannon (lead singer), Stephen "Step" Morris (rhythm guitar), Greg Morrison (lead guitar). My professional music career ended in 1966, when I left the... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbhYqV17CoQ I tell myself that I have few regrets in life, but here's one. In the 80s, once a year, Warren Zevon would perform at the Pickle Barrel in Killington, a skiers' drinking hole. Killington was about an hour away from where I lived, and the thought of going there on a winter's night on... Continue Reading →
[The 2021 baseball season ends today, and we'll find out if the Red Sox season ends with it, or whether they survive to play another day. In this concluding chapter of Truck Day to Duck we will re-live the most improbable season in recent Red Sox history. SB SM] October 1Government shuts down as lawmakers... Continue Reading →
