beerman

"Be kind, Tell the truth, Drink good beer"

Kris Kalav

48 / Male

Dakota, Illinois, USA

About beerman

Moderator | Member since 27th May 05

Citizenship: USA
Website: http://www.minhasbrewery.com
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Brewmaster
About beerman:

Actually, I'm Mr. Isadora, or as some may know, Mr. TP Mum.
I'm 48, work 50 hours per week and get a mere 15 days vacation per year. I hope to transform into a European worker one day, as I should get more holiday time then.

Hobbies:

I start tasting beer at 6 am (it's not just a job, it's work).
Traveling, gardening, woodworking, scuba/snorkeling, cooking, TP.

Favourite places:

Any warm and tropical beach will do, preferably uncrowded and with umbrella drinks.

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Latest Blog Entry

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Posted by beerman | 6th November 2009

==The Author==

Azar Nafisi is currently a professor of English Literature at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to 1997, she lived in Iran and taught English and American Literature at the University of Tehran, The Free Islamic University, and The University of Allemah Tabatabai.

==The Introduction==

Professor Nafisi possessed (and still possesses I imagine) a passion for English Literature, most notably the works of Vladimir Nabokov, Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Henry James. In 1995, she resigned her post at The University of Tehran in protest of the law requiring women to wear the veil. Unbowed by what she considered to be a horrible repression of women’s rights, she invited several of her favorite female students to her home to begin what would become a weekly book club to read and discuss books that

Continued | The Book Club