GribWrites
@gribwrites.bsky.social
Food, beer, and travel writer. Connecticut Magazine, CTBites, Fodor's Travel, and anywhere else they'll let me.
Connecticut-based, but I eat it all. What's on tap?
Connecticut-based, but I eat it all. What's on tap?
Pinned
I am the number 1 Cheez-It “meh”-er in the land, and I would 100% definitely try a Cheez-It bloody mary.
I'm Drinking the Cheesiest, Coach!
Our intrepid Pop Tarts Bowl correspondent @katieshook.bsky.social attended the Citrus Bowl Cocktail Competition and wrote about the drinks.
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Our intrepid Pop Tarts Bowl correspondent @katieshook.bsky.social attended the Citrus Bowl Cocktail Competition and wrote about the drinks.
sickos-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/i-m-drinki...
I'm Drinking the Cheesiest, Coach!
sickos-newsletter.beehiiv.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am the number 1 Cheez-It “meh”-er in the land, and I would 100% definitely try a Cheez-It bloody mary.
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When I decided to watch the Castle Rock Entertainment filmography back at the top of 2024 it began as an excuse revisit the films of my favorite director Rob Reiner, but it soon evolved into an exploration of how his creative fingerprints covered the company’s entire approach to filmmaking.
Over the course of the year I’ve been watching all 93 titles in the Castle Rock Entertainment filmography and sharing my thoughts on them in this thread. Follow along as I take a nostalgic trip around the lighthouse.
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
When I decided to watch the Castle Rock Entertainment filmography back at the top of 2024 it began as an excuse revisit the films of my favorite director Rob Reiner, but it soon evolved into an exploration of how his creative fingerprints covered the company’s entire approach to filmmaking.
Delighted to see “slop” as the word of the year AND by the CT callout here:
“Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg: Yes, you read that correctly. ‘The name of this lake delighted and baffled us when it started clogging the Top Lookups list on Merriam-Webster.com,’... But in New England? It's known as Webster Lake.”
#etymology
#etymology
"Slop" chosen as Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year
"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year.
www.cbsnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Delighted to see “slop” as the word of the year AND by the CT callout here:
Sunday music.
Listen to the first track. Tell me if you listen to the whole album.
cochemea.bandcamp.com/track/transm...
Listen to the first track. Tell me if you listen to the whole album.
cochemea.bandcamp.com/track/transm...
Transmisión del Soñar, by Cochemea
from the album Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros
cochemea.bandcamp.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sunday music.
Listen to the first track. Tell me if you listen to the whole album.
cochemea.bandcamp.com/track/transm...
Listen to the first track. Tell me if you listen to the whole album.
cochemea.bandcamp.com/track/transm...
Hate to see it but it was James Cook, soooo
OK: that was a laser beam by Allen.
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hate to see it but it was James Cook, soooo
OK: that was a laser beam by Allen.
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
OK: that was a laser beam by Allen.
The Patriots right now
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Patriots right now
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Added the Magnum P.I. Music
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Added the Magnum P.I. Music
Clear memory with home town friends:
[UGA friend sees us]
“Hey! Where are y’all headed?”
Me: “Nowhere!”
[UGA]
“Ok see you there!”
Me:
“Cool!”
CT friends:
“W-…
what?”
[UGA friend sees us]
“Hey! Where are y’all headed?”
Me: “Nowhere!”
[UGA]
“Ok see you there!”
Me:
“Cool!”
CT friends:
“W-…
what?”
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Clear memory with home town friends:
[UGA friend sees us]
“Hey! Where are y’all headed?”
Me: “Nowhere!”
[UGA]
“Ok see you there!”
Me:
“Cool!”
CT friends:
“W-…
what?”
[UGA friend sees us]
“Hey! Where are y’all headed?”
Me: “Nowhere!”
[UGA]
“Ok see you there!”
Me:
“Cool!”
CT friends:
“W-…
what?”
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NAVY SINGS SECOND
December 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
NAVY SINGS SECOND
Holy…
This game is DRUNK
This game is DRUNK
So, if we’re keeping score at home:
That was four turnovers in two plays in the Army Navy game before Navy scored a TD to go up 17-16.
College football!
That was four turnovers in two plays in the Army Navy game before Navy scored a TD to go up 17-16.
College football!
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Holy…
This game is DRUNK
This game is DRUNK
So, if we’re keeping score at home:
That was four turnovers in two plays in the Army Navy game before Navy scored a TD to go up 17-16.
College football!
That was four turnovers in two plays in the Army Navy game before Navy scored a TD to go up 17-16.
College football!
December 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So, if we’re keeping score at home:
That was four turnovers in two plays in the Army Navy game before Navy scored a TD to go up 17-16.
College football!
That was four turnovers in two plays in the Army Navy game before Navy scored a TD to go up 17-16.
College football!
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Lol Trump can even fuck up a goddamn coin flip
He has never done one single normal thing in his life
He has never done one single normal thing in his life
December 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Lol Trump can even fuck up a goddamn coin flip
He has never done one single normal thing in his life
He has never done one single normal thing in his life
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Lol Trump can even fuck up a goddamn coin flip
He has never done one single normal thing in his life
He has never done one single normal thing in his life
Precept German style pilsner
Bissell Brothers Brewery, Portland
European hoppiness with the dial juuust nudged upward.
Rich depth of malt rounds out the crispness and adds a little luxury to the proceedings. A must-have, imo.
Bissell Brothers Brewery, Portland
European hoppiness with the dial juuust nudged upward.
Rich depth of malt rounds out the crispness and adds a little luxury to the proceedings. A must-have, imo.
December 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Precept German style pilsner
Bissell Brothers Brewery, Portland
European hoppiness with the dial juuust nudged upward.
Rich depth of malt rounds out the crispness and adds a little luxury to the proceedings. A must-have, imo.
Bissell Brothers Brewery, Portland
European hoppiness with the dial juuust nudged upward.
Rich depth of malt rounds out the crispness and adds a little luxury to the proceedings. A must-have, imo.
This is AMAZING!
Canceling starlight to see planets!
From the ground!
Partially sponsored by Swatch?!?
www.universetoday.com/articles/the...
Canceling starlight to see planets!
From the ground!
Partially sponsored by Swatch?!?
www.universetoday.com/articles/the...
The Telescope That Will Study Our Nearest Exoplanet
Scientists at the University of Geneva have successfully tested key components of RISTRETTO, a new spectrograph designed to analyse light from Proxima b, the nearest exoplanet to Earth. The instrument...
www.universetoday.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is AMAZING!
Canceling starlight to see planets!
From the ground!
Partially sponsored by Swatch?!?
www.universetoday.com/articles/the...
Canceling starlight to see planets!
From the ground!
Partially sponsored by Swatch?!?
www.universetoday.com/articles/the...
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nowadays, the whale-fishery furnishes an asylum for many romantic, melancholy, and absent-minded young men
December 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
nowadays, the whale-fishery furnishes an asylum for many romantic, melancholy, and absent-minded young men
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As far as the villainous scumbag corner of character actors goes, Peter Greene was the cream of the crop.
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
As far as the villainous scumbag corner of character actors goes, Peter Greene was the cream of the crop.
Montana State said F. Stephen Austin
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Montana State said F. Stephen Austin
We snuck an entire 5th of Wild Turkey into the Blair Witch. People were s c r e a m I n g.
I waked out afterwards and my gf had left fingernail marks in my arm. 10/10 experience.
Jackass Number 2 was the loudest laughter I have ever heard.
I was the only person in the theater for Ford vs Ferrari.
I waked out afterwards and my gf had left fingernail marks in my arm. 10/10 experience.
Jackass Number 2 was the loudest laughter I have ever heard.
I was the only person in the theater for Ford vs Ferrari.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
We snuck an entire 5th of Wild Turkey into the Blair Witch. People were s c r e a m I n g.
I waked out afterwards and my gf had left fingernail marks in my arm. 10/10 experience.
Jackass Number 2 was the loudest laughter I have ever heard.
I was the only person in the theater for Ford vs Ferrari.
I waked out afterwards and my gf had left fingernail marks in my arm. 10/10 experience.
Jackass Number 2 was the loudest laughter I have ever heard.
I was the only person in the theater for Ford vs Ferrari.
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All right it's that time again. I'm a bit later than most, but I've finally whittled it down. My 100 favorite albums and 15 favorite reissues of 2025. It was a hell of a year for music! Thanks, as always, for reading. bit.ly/44U65VY
December 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Better than any joke I could possibly write
Kirk Herbstreit's CFB awards show is on and he gave Redemption Player of the Year to Arch Manning.
December 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Better than any joke I could possibly write
Saw one last night and was about to shout about getting away from the cans but it gave me this face
🥺
and it was 25° out so I was just like “OK buddy stay warm out there.”
🥺
and it was 25° out so I was just like “OK buddy stay warm out there.”
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Saw one last night and was about to shout about getting away from the cans but it gave me this face
🥺
and it was 25° out so I was just like “OK buddy stay warm out there.”
🥺
and it was 25° out so I was just like “OK buddy stay warm out there.”
Hell yeah, brother.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hell yeah, brother.