As you may have already seen on the Baby Blog, we went to the BeerAdvocate.com Extreme Beer Fest on Saturday. I thought I might list my favorite beers from the festival in case any of you get a chance to try them out:

• Sam Adams Utopias MMIII (of course)
  
• Cambridge Brewing Company YouEnjoyMyStout (not just because of the name, but it didn't hurt)
  
• Magic Hat Anti Oxidant Acid Ale
  
• Smuttynose Wheat Wine
  

That's about all I can remember, but I don't think I had a bad beer at this fest. Good times.

I've been thinking lately about what an amazing time it is to be a Boston sports fan. The Sox win the Series, the Pats might (will!) repeat as Super Bowl Champs. I keep telling myself it might never be this good in my life again, so I've been reading every article in the Globe sports section, reloading the Sports Guy and the Dirt Dogs several times a day and just soaking it all in. Go Pats!

Spongebob could be gay! Will somebody please think of the children!

By the way, the Flaming Lips song from the Spongebob soundtrack is great, and the Wilco and Shins songs are good too. Well worth your $2.97.

On All Things Considered a couple days ago I heard this great story about how that crappy band Nickelback put out the exact same song with different lyrics two years apart. It inspired me to seek out the song on the web to hear just how close they were. Here it is.

I finally got around to watching Faith Rewarded (the DVD about the Red Sox' epic 2004 season) tonight with Sadie. The indoctrination begins now! I had actually forgotten just how thrilling this season had been, since there have been a few changes in my life since the end of the series. I's still hard to believe that comeback against the Yanks - I couldn't help myself but stand up and clap when Ortiz hit that homer to end game 4. The movie got me really excited for spring training - about 6 weeks until pitcher and catchers report!