It was so rad to meet you at PAX yesterday - and thank you so much for signing my book and letting me natter on at you about beers, and the State, and even taking a synthahol joke in excellent form! :D I hope you got a chance to try that Pike's Harlot's Harvest I mentioned - if not, may many more delicious pumpkin beers come your way. Take care, and as always, I look forward to more rad episodes of Tabletop and excellent blog posts! ALL THE BEERS, WHEATON! ;)

That's awesome! Two years ago, my brother (who is an OUTSTANDING homebrewer, and now works as a rep for Sierra Nevada - and actually got Papazian to come and speak for a class!) came up with the excellent idea of brewing with my husband and I when we were visiting for Christmas. Our first beer was an oatmeal stout, and it turned out so damn amazing (and it was so completely fun to do!) that we were determined to do it every year that followed. Since we don't get to see each other often, my brother suggested this past XMas that we make a barleywine, so that while we're making the current year's batch, we could drink the previous year's one! We aimed for an English style barleywine, and the run was so concentrated we actually weren't able to do a small beer with the remainder like we planned! However... part of it is aging in steel barrels, part in bourbon barrels, and part in virgin oak... then it will be blended... and IT WILL BE OURS. Brewing is the most best. You enjoy something you made with someone you care about, and it's just... so much better. :) Homebrew for life!

Yuri is fantastic. He currently voices one of my favorite characters in Guild Wars 2 - Lord Faren, who is your BFF if you play as a human noble. He has a line where he says "but I AM loveable in OTHER ways" that I just snortlaugh like a doofus every time I hear. It's amazing, Yuri just KILLS it. So much awesome. :) Also, thank you for this show - I'm really not a boardgame player, but this shows me what I've been missing, and what I should invest in. And it's fun as hell to watch. Thank you, Wil! (P.S.: Would it be weird if I brought one of your books for you to sign at PAX? Because I assume you'll be there. PAX ain't the same without its catchphrase originator!)