Recommend A Beer

This may surprise you, but I don't have a favourite beer. It used to be Alexander Keith's back when I first started drinking, but lately, while it's still a good beer, it tends to give me headaches. So, I've been avoiding it a little more. Here are a few others that I've been trying and liking lately:

• Sleeman Original Draft - It's pretty good, but has that distinct Sleeman taste that prevents me from having too much of it.
• Waterloo Dark - It's a dark beer that tastes like a light beer. Again, a similar problem to Sleeman in that there's a bit of a taste that stops me from drinking it too much. Although, it's much less pronounced than other Brick beers.
• Miller Genuine Draft - Here's a beer that there's nothing to complain about, but nothing to rave about either.
• Heineken - I got back on this after coming home from Holland this summer. But oddly, it tastes much better over there. In fact, it tastes glorious over there. Why can't that make it's way across the ocean? That and it's hideously overpriced in Ontario.
• Mill Street Organic - I don't really know what it means by "organic", but it tastes all right. If it means that it has no preservatives (which has been suggested as the cause of beer headaches), then I'm all for that.

I'd appreciate any other suggestions you may have.

Thing That Frustrates Me

Why is it when a website has problems loading videos, it never seems to have trouble loading the advertisement beforehand?

Parisian Redemption

A week or two ago I received a letter with the return address originating from "Prefecture de Police" in Paris. First of all, I only saw it because I was about to throw it into the recycling with the mass of flyers I get every week and it slipped out. I just pointed that out to note the stupid amount of printed advertising I get now is ridiculous (but I suppose it keeps Canada Post in business). Back to the letter...

So, I was pretty excited when I saw the envelope, since it really could only be about my wallet that was stolen in the Paris Metro. Upon opening it, I found that it was written in french only (understandable) but I could read enough of it to tell that they indeed have my wallet, I had 3 months to claim it and it would cost me 10 Euros to do so.

Upon translating it online, I further read that I had to claim it in person (or have someone claim it in person for me) instead of doing it by mail as I had hoped. Here's the letter for anyone interested in reading the original french version.

I had cancelled all my cards lost and had replacements either in hand or on the way, so there wasn't anything of importance left to claim. So, of course, I'm not going back to Paris just to claim the wallet. However, I can't help but really want to get my hands back on my wallet, and the awesome sense of closure it would bring.

I don't suppose anyone I know is going to Paris by November, are they? I half-jokingly posted this question to the usual social networks, but to no avail. Since my blog has a much greater readership of people I know than Facebook, I figured I'd ask here.