Introductions are Boring

But I'm bored, so I'm going to do one anyway. Hey, my name's Matt, otherwise known as Lucifer's Brewmaster. I know. I'm so hardcore, right?

beer –noun

1. an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.

blas·phe·my –noun, plural -mies.

1. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.

2. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.

3. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.

Beer: seems pretty simple, and straightforward.
Blasphemy: a little more complicated and more prone to heated emotions.

In my experience, some times it's the opposite. I've seen people wear T-shirts with inverted crosses, or talk about a particularly gory movie without batting an eye, and I've seen people's eyes light up with passion when they take that first sip of a particularly well-crafted Stout.

I have a few goals with this blog:

1) To show those that certain subjects that may seem "blasphemous" can and should be taken less seriously than a lot of people take them.

2) That there are plenty of things people don't necessarily think about that need to be taken MORE seriously.

3) That beer isn't just piss-colored swill to be guzzled by college students in order to get trashed. Beer can be as varied and complex as wine.

4) To entertain and to have fun writing.

Some of those goals are pretty vague, and I want them to be, because I want the subjects this blog can broach to be open-ended.

Here's my idea:

I'll find something to write about at least a couple times a week. It'll be something that angers me, amuses me, inspires me, or otherwise just interests me, generally revolving around the subjects of politics, music, religion, books, movies, and beer. I'll try to present it in a way that is also interesting to you, and hopefully we'll all be sufficiently interested so as to have a little discussion about it.

While I'm writing about whatever it is I'm writing about, I'll also be drinking a beer. I'll review that beer when I'm done, and hopefully it'll interest you enough to try it (or not depending on my review).

My friend Peter, otherwise known as Spinoza'sHammer, otherwise known as Dickie (insert penis joke... haha insert penis), will also be contributing. He and I have similar interests, but come at them from different perspectives. Hopefully one or both of us will keep you reading. Maybe after this thing has gained a little momentum, some other people will chime in as well.

Sound good? Good. I'll see ya later.