Whenever I feel resentful of my upbringing, I'll have to remember that I'm the guy who comes through in the clutch with answers like "Uriah the Hittite" at trivia night.
I'm never going to get back those hours of Bible studies or weekends of Jehovah's Witness conventions in packed sports arenas, so I might as well inform you that Uriah was a soldier and the husband of Bathsheba, the hottie coveted by King David referenced in the second verse of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing from your roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
Basically the biblical equivalent of creeping up her Facebook. David had Uriah moved to the front line of his army where he promptly got his face smashed in by the Ammonites. Which makes David kind of a douche.
You know who's not, though? Everyone I met for trivia at the Flying Saucer in downtown Fort Worth. This was my second CouchSurfing meetup after the San Diego event at Hamilton's the week before. I got to chat with a lovely couple, Chris and Rebecca, who told me about their food cart called Dr. Dogs that you should totally check out and tell them I sent you, though sadly I didn't get the opportunity to patronize it myself. My inaugural CS host, Lonnie, was also the event organizer and a really cool guy. We didn't get to hang much since he had to leave early for work the next day, but he put me up in comfort in his guest room in Euless and set a great tone for the rest of my trip.
I had planned to pick up a bottle or growler of the highly recommended Velvet Hammer by the Peticolas Brewing Co. in Dallas, but their brewery in the design district wasn't open and it would have cost me too dearly in terms of time and sanity scrambling around Dallas trying to find a place that sold it. The upshot? I'm more enlightened about the brewing scene here than I was a week ago and my car still has AC.
Is that relevant to the beer quest? No. Relevant to the weather in Texas? ABSO-102-LUTELY.
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