The red eye, Psaltoda moerens, is sometimes common around Sydney where its favoured host, Angophora costata, grows. In some years populations can be immense with many thousands inhabiting just a few trees.

Although the bishop also wears - an epitrachelion, his distinctive sign of office is the omophorion-a long, broad strip arranged on the shoulders in such a way that one end descends in front and the other behind. The word 'omophorion' means shoulder covering and originally referred to a piece of sheepskin worn over the shoulders by the aged and in firm for warmth.

Hale's brewed Wee Heavy, Hart offered St. Nick's Special Ale, and Widmer made a Festbier version of their alt. In British Columbia, Granville Island brewed Island Bock a second time as a holiday offering, and […]

One important note: Exchanging a ten-cent word (“chew”) for a ten-dollar synonym (“masticate”) is NOT the point here. Overly fancy words are just that—overly fancy.