Beer law follow-up...

LOHD wrote about this issue recently and wanted to follow up on the story. It looks like craft beer is on its way. A bill that would increase the state's alcohol-by-weight ceiling from 5 percent to 14 percent made it through its last step in the state House. It had a good bit of legislative momentum. But now it's on the Gov's desk, which means it's as good as law.

Estimates put the timeline for your access to these high-gravity beers at sometime this summer.

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A good 'W' on the diamond...

South Carolina hit four solo home runs and behind a solid six-inning effort from starting pitcher Mike Cisco earned a 4-2 win over 13th ranked Clemson on Wednesday evening at Sarge Frye Field in front of 5,821 fans. USC is now 30-8 on the year; Clemson is 25-11 this season. Both teams will meet one more time on Wednesday, April 25 at Clemson.

The victory gives USC its first season series win over the Tigers since 2001 and levels Tanner's record against Clemson at 19-19 during his 11 years at USC.

Thoughts?

Spring Game review...

Now that the Gamecock faithful has had time to think about what took place this past weekend with the Spring Game...what are the thoughts of the LOHD readership concerning the performance of the football team? How did they look? Who performed well or who sucked?


As we know, the Black team won 14-7 over the Garnet squad in South Carolina's annual Garnet & Black Spring Game, held in front of a crowd of 35,153 at Williams-Brice Stadium this past Saturday.

Let's hear the reviews on how they did...

What is in a name?

This is a little news of the "strange"....A couple in Sweden has named their daughter Metallica. “It suits her,” says Karolina Tomaro, 27, the child’s mother.

Metallica has been baptized, but the Swedish National Tax Board refused to register the name, saying it was associated with both the rock group and the word “metal.”

What kind of country lets the government approve or reject names? Sweden.

In Sweden, parents must get their children’s names approved by the tax office, which is in charge of population registry and personal ID numbers, kind of like Social Security numbers. (AP)

First it is odd that they want to name their kid this but what is really strange is Sweden must approve the name of you child.....Thoughts?

Joke of the Day...

After Chelsea returned from a date, Hillary asked her if she had a good time.

Chelsea said she had a wonderful time and she thinks she's in love.

Hillary said, "You didn't have sex, did you?"

Chelsea said, "Not according to Dad."

Friday the 13th...

Having a good Friday the 13th? LOHD wishes everyone a great Friday da 13th.

Did you know? Every year has at least one and at most three Fridays the 13th, with 48 occurences in 28 years an average of 1.7 times per year, according to Wikipedia.

Here's a few things of note about Friday 13th:
-The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia. (Say that 3 times fast)
-The first documented mention of a "Friday the 13th" is generally listed as occurring in the early 1900s.

4 min mile...

LOHD forgot to highlight a great thing last weekend. The first man in the state of SC on state soil ran a sub 4 min mile. Kudos to him and that truly is a feat.

State finally allows a four-minute mile. Story. Video. Photos.

Break time...

Instead of taking a coffee break this afternoon, blow up chicks.

SC Beer Laws get looked at...

South Carolina has moved a step closer to increasing the alcohol-by-weight ceiling from 5 percent to 14 percent, which would pave the way for the legality of craft beer (a longer definition here) that enthusiasts say would help the state's economy (because folks presently travel to neighboring states) and allow for some of the world's highest-quality beers to be sold in your locale.

A bill that increases the limit from 5 percent to 14 percent passed the second reading yesterday and is scheduled for third reading April 10.

There's been a statewide effort behind this for a while, and you can track its progress here. (Here's a snazzy pro-craft beer flyer.)

Pending the outcome of the previously mentioned bill, there are other attempts floating around the statehouse right now to "pop the cap."

What do you think? What's your favorite beer that's too crafty for S.C. presently?