tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61623934932448466342024-03-21T06:06:55.011-05:00craig's friday cocktail liststreams of consciousness and boozeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-4175283122947524292015-09-18T10:39:00.000-05:002015-09-18T10:39:00.537-05:00Cinnamon Appletini<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This one is per request of Katie.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No, not <i>my </i>Katie. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A different Katie. She knows who she is.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CINNAMON APPLETINI</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">1.5 oz Vodka</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">1/2 oz Sour Apple Schnapps</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 oz Apple Juice</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add all 4 ingredients to a martini shaker 1/2 full of ice<br />Shake vigorously<br />Pour into a cocktail (martini) glass</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Garnish with apple slice*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*yes, I know it doesn't show the garnish. I'm so ashamed. <i>DON'T LOOK AT ME!!!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">FUN FACT: The bottle of Goldschlager pictured up above is, without question, the oldest bottle of liquor in my cabinet. I got it when I graduated from college back in the old millennium and just recently opened it on the birthday-of-which-number-we-don't-speak. </span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-38685684944618228002015-09-04T10:23:00.000-05:002015-09-04T10:23:00.378-05:00Back Forty<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The highest number ever counted to on <i>Sesame Street</i> was 40. <br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> "Are we ****ing done yet? Ah, ah, ah..."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The number of spaces on a <i>Monopoly </i>board is 40. <br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Great Flood involved rainfall for 40 days and 40 nights.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are 40 hours in a regular work week.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My 40-yard dash time was never overly impressive.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Malt liquor is available in 40-oz bottles.<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHtT0x6_MDM" target="_blank">It works EVERY time</a>."</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />40 is the atomic number for zirconium.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Don't worry, Katie, nobody knows about your ring. Well, until <i>now</i>, anyway...) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Forty is the only number in the English language in which all of the letters are in alphabetical order.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">BACK FORTY<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span class="333120121-03022012">2 oz Bourbon</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span class="333120121-03022012"><span><span class="333120121-03022012">1 oz </span></span></span></span><span>Lemon Juice - <i>fresh is best</i></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>Add all 4 ingredients to a martini shaker 1/2 full of ice</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Shake vigorously<br />Strain over ice into a rocks glass</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />Garnish with lemon wedge</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Why the obsession with the number 40 today?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Uhhh...no reason.</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-81117250171846011742015-08-28T10:23:00.000-05:002015-08-28T10:23:00.469-05:00Sidecar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The wife and I were Netflix-mining old episodes of the culinary TV show <i>Good Eats</i>. If you haven't watched it, it's an atypical cooking show as the host, Alton Brown, tends to go very in depth into the history, engineering principles, and chemical make-ups of each dish that he features. In any event, we watched an episode involving two classic cocktails: the Sidecar and the Margarita (the latter of which we've already covered in <a href="http://craigsfridaycocktails.blogspot.com/2013/05/this-is-light-refreshing-martini-thats.html" target="_blank">my favorite version</a>). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As one popular legend goes, the Sidecar was invented in a Paris bar that was a favorite hot spot of American ex-patriots. The gentleman that helped the Parisian bartender create the concoction tended to travel to <i>Harry's New York Bar</i> on a motorcycle with the namesake attached. There are other competing origin stories, but I like this one. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's simple. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's direct. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And it's <s>French</s> American...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE SIDECAR</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add all 3 ingredients to a martini shaker 1/2 full of ice<br />Shake vigorously<br />Pour into a cocktail (martini) glass</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Garnish with orange wheel and lemon twist</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was first introduced to this wonderful ale this summer on a trip to Chicago with our awesome family friends. We were out for a long walking tour, 12 miles total for the day if memory serves, when we stopped for lunch at one of the park bistros. The meal itself would have been totally forgettable were it not for the company and the above delectable drink. No, this isn't a cocktail, but it is FAR superior to <a href="http://craigsfridaycocktails.blogspot.com/2013/08/rock-star-root-beer.html" target="_blank">my other root beer concoction</a>. Now I have to warn you, it is a <i>little </i>pricey (around $10 for a sixer), but for root beer and booze lovers it is worth every penny.</span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-46040230290943878692015-03-06T12:54:00.000-06:002015-03-06T12:54:17.003-06:00Reader's ChoiceRegular readers know that <a href="http://craigsfridaycocktails.blogspot.com/2013/01/death-star.html?m=1" target="_blank">I am a huge Star Wars dork</a>. So the news of <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/harrison-ford-injured-california-small-plane-crash/story?id=29425681" target="_blank">Harrison Ford's plane crash</a> shook me quite a bit. In a way, it helped me understand the grief being experienced by the long-time arch-rival Trekkies out there with the loss of Spock. <br />
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<a href="http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2015/02/leonard_nimoy_dead_at_83_a_tri.html#0" target="_blank">Leonard Nimoy</a>, you will be missed.<br />
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<img src="http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org/star-trek-spock1.jpg" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-83878922298876354922015-02-27T12:23:00.000-06:002015-02-27T12:23:05.369-06:00Sneaky Tequila<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't really have a good tie-in this week as <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/02/26/fcc-approves-net-neutrality-rules/24053057/" target="_blank">world news has been a significant downer</a>, <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25082359/report-rajon-rondo-extremely-unlikely-to-stay-in-dallas-after-this-season" target="_blank">the Mavs are having trouble with their point guard</a> and I have no interest in <a href="http://oscar.go.com/" target="_blank">Hollywood's annual self-gratification</a>. So, today's cocktail is one that was emailed to me quite some time ago with a link to <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/51369251974360588/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. The emailer in question wanted my opinion on the drink (hopefully said person still religiously follows my blog in order to get the answer today). I must admit that I was a little hesitant to try this. Pinterest has some downright awesome craft, costume and kid's entertainment ideas, but as far as alcoholic libations go...it tends to be a little dicey. But worry not, dear blog readers, I am here for you. I sampled this drink of questionable origin as many times as was necessary to correct it and give you what you deserve! </span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-4393703190866820582015-02-20T14:01:00.000-06:002015-02-20T14:01:29.741-06:00Sir Mix-A-Lot's LegacyI saw this over the weekend and could not resist. If you like darker, richer brews then you'll love it. It reminds me a lot of Schneider & Sons Aventinus with a smoother aftertaste.<br />
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OK, so I giggled like an idiot, too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-76698513057186083212015-02-13T12:20:00.000-06:002015-02-13T12:20:00.274-06:00Total Confusion<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bruce Jenner is one totally confused dude. Not only was he involved in a <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2950536/Was-Bruce-Jenner-blame-fatal-crash-Sources-claim-pattern-damage-vehicles-suggests-collision-impact-pile-up.html" target="_blank">recent fatal car accident for which he can provide only sketchy details</a>, but <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/02/12/bruce-jenner-to-reveal-female-name-report-says/" target="_blank">he is going to become a woman</a>. That's right, in the odd event that you have not heard this already, Bruce Jenner, Olympic Gold Medalist in the Decathalon, Wheaties box hero, has decided he's really a chick. The saddest part of this tale is that it could have been avoided. There is a veritable cargo train of bat-s*** insanity that led to this point - allow me to conduct you...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It all started back in 1947 when Eunice had a baby boy. As a toddler he developed rickets, but his mother couldn't afford the orthopedic shoes necessary to correct his leg growth problem. So, she put his shoes on the wrong feet in an attempt to mimic the effect. In a very Forrest Gump-like twist of fate, this strengthened the boys legs so he could run like the wind.<br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A dominant high school athlete, he was able to attend the University of Southern California on an athletic scholarship. In 1968, he led the NCAA in rushing on his way to winning the Heisman trophy. He was then chosen by the Buffalo Bills with the first pick in the NFL Draft in 1969.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"Wait! What?!? <br />Bruce Jenner never played football at USC or in the NFL!!!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yeah, you're right. But I warned you ahead of time that this story was just chock-full of crazy. Bear with me for a moment as we go back into our looney tale...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The football player in question is one Orenthal James Simpson. O.J., as he was better known, had a fantastic NFL career that led to much fame & fortune (during which time, in 1976, <a href="http://images.askmen.com/1080x540/sports/fanatic/bruce-jenner-s-decathlon-olympic-gold-1103071-TwoByOne.jpg" target="_blank">Bruce Jenner won his gold medal at the Montreal Olympics</a>). In 1977, O.J. met a cocktail waitress named Nicole. Though already married, O.J. began a serious affair with Nicole. He divorced his first wife in 1979 and married Nicole in 1985. The marriage ended in divorce in 1992 under hints of spousal abuse.<br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 1994, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8TqhBIEbWA" target="_blank">Nicole and her boyfriend were found murdered</a> (NSFW). The prime suspect was her ex-husband, O.J. We all remember it - it was the trial of the century. And who was O.J.'s defense attorney? Yes, everyone remembers Johnny "If the glove doesn't fit" Cochran, but most only vaguely recall the rest of his legal team: Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW7Op86ox9g" target="_blank">ROBERT KARDASHIAN</a>. O.J. stayed at Kardashian's house for the days following the murder, and some conspiracy theorists (including one of the prosecutors) believe that Kardashian was involved in hiding evidence.<br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Three years prior to the Simpson trial, Robert Kardashian divorced his wife, Kris. One whole month later, Kris was married to Bruce Jenner. Nicole Brown Simpson and Kris, the former Mrs. Robert Kardashian, had been best friends.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, Bruce Jenner was married to the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson's attorney (accomplice?) and said wife was best friends with the murder victim. Bruce inherited three step-daughters that are famous for being what can best be described as <a href="http://www.quickmeme.com/img/9f/9f713f700215bd4a955119a1151b92db94e1b3e15934058f19830da6085844f5.jpg" target="_blank">angels</a>. Add their fame-at-any-cost mother into the mix of this attention-seeking circus and you get:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add all 4 ingredients to a martini shaker 1/2 full of ice<br />Shake vigorously<br />Strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, how will the tale of Bruce Jenner end? If you said "in pantyhose", stop being so crass. This all could have easily been prevented. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just remember, every time you let your child wear his shoes on the wrong feet, Michael Phelps puts on lipstick.</span></span></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-86521088071513492282015-02-06T14:08:00.000-06:002015-02-06T14:51:11.780-06:00Mini-Rita<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thursday night is the night when I typically write these posts and I'm always looking for something to do when I'm finished editing. But now NFL season is over. NBA is about to head into the All-Star break. MLB hasn't even hit spring training yet. NHL? Well, yeah, I guess there are fans out there. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maybe.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I do get a few hits every now and then from servers in the Great White North. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At any rate, Thursday is the most likeliest of days <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[citation needed] </span></span>that the question "What are we going to do tonight?" is raised. After 8:30pm, when the kids go to bed, the options are normally either TV, cocktails, or Marital Calisthenics. Usually 2 of the 3 can go together for some type of mutual benefit, but the combination of all 3 requires one of them to be a quickie. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why are you looking at me like that? This is a <b>very fast</b> drink recipe. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">There. Now you can take your sweet time doing the other things...</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012"><span style="font-size: small;">Like finding something worth watching on TV. </span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-48322187056722697092015-01-30T09:39:00.000-06:002015-01-30T09:39:32.258-06:00Groundhog Day<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Monday, February 2 is Groundhog Day. The day that a large rat comes out of his hiding hole to give an unintelligent response as to what's in store for the near future*. But this is more a comment on humanity than it is the rodent. The Global Warming alarmists fervently swear that your failure to drive a Prius will cause untold weather disasters throughout Earth for the next hundred years. Meanwhile, the Channel 8 Meteorologists can't even get the forecast for the coming weekend right on a regular basis. In light of those two issues, maybe asking an over-sized squirrel for advice on the changing of the seasons isn't so ludicrous after all.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> *not to be confused with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1kvwXsZtU8" target="_blank">Marshawn Lynch press conference</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/" target="_blank">Groundhog Day</a> is also a <i>very </i>underrated film starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell (who was on my official "list" for several years running). If you haven't seen this flick, then you really should give it a shot. I highly recommend it. You'll even see today's cocktail featured at one point.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OK, I'm just kidding. Don't really drink that abomination. Our pal Bill will show you why at 0:31 - </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trust me, it's MUCH better. Not even </span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Andie MacDowell is worth the former...</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-64078092239074601012015-01-23T09:27:00.000-06:002015-01-23T21:00:33.330-06:00Gin & Tonic<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tonic water originally started as a way to consume quinine, which is an effective prophylactic (no, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2flerUcA4c" target="_blank">not that kind</a>) against malaria. Tonic is quinine dissolved in carbonated water with a little sweetener added to it. One of the neat things about quinine is its phosphorescent qualities. It glows under UV light. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> So, y'know, next time you're at a Rave you know what to drink.</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-50174494001011321952015-01-16T10:10:00.000-06:002015-01-16T10:15:23.519-06:00Boilermaker<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/boilermakers.htm" target="_blank">BOILERMAKER</a> originated with the profession of actually making boilers from iron or steel. This is one of the cases where the English language mimics German in that the word defines itself (for example, the word "Schweinefleisch" literally translated means "swine flesh" or "pork" - "Schweinefleisch, das andere weise fleisch."). Professional Boilermakers are typically part of the worker's union <a href="http://www.boilermakers.org/" target="_blank">International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers</a>. There has apparently never been a single Language Arts major in their guild or they'd have a catchy acronym.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.purdue.edu/" target="_blank">THE BOILERMAKERS</a> are Alumni of the University of Purdue (and the
official mascot). Purdue began as an engineering school in which the
students, as part of the coursework, were expected to work in the
on-campus forges where they would smith their own designs from raw
materials. Contrast that to <a href="http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/3566gr.jpg" target="_blank">today's college student work ethic</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A BOILERMAKER is a hell of a way to start an evening. A boilermaker is simply a shot of whiskey with a beer chaser. If anyone tells you it must be a certain type of whiskey (or beer), then feel free to punch them in the face. If you've had a few Boilermakers already, you won't even care that they are punching you back. If someone tells you to drop the shot glass of whiskey into the beer to make a Boilermaker, let me know so *I* can punch them in the face (that's not a Boilermaker, it's a Depth Charge). Boilermakers are whatever you want them to be, so let your freak flag fly:</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-15354987523998113342015-01-09T08:18:00.000-06:002015-01-09T17:09:03.298-06:00Earthquake!!!<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A total of 9 earthquakes ranging from Richter 1.6 to 3.6 hit the greater Dallas area on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. </span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first earthquake, a magnitude 2.3, hit around 7:37 a.m. Tuesday and was centered near the former site of Texas Stadium - the demolished prior home of the Dallas Cowboys. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yup. Earthquakes. In Dallas. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While the initial reaction is one of shock (shake?), after the novelty wears off we're all left wondering "Why is this happening?"</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first, obvious answer is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics" target="_blank">Plate Tectonics</a>. That's the theory that the continents we all know and love used to look like this:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While I'm sure all of that togetherness <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q" target="_blank">would make the hippies happy</a>, Geology is really a rather boring subject, so let's visit some of the more exotic theories about the quakes.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>From the lifetime of the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras in the 5th century BCE to the 14th century CE, earthquakes were usually attributed to "air (vapors) in the cavities of the Earth." Thales of Miletus, who lived from 625–547 (BCE) was the only documented person who believed that earthquakes were caused by tension between the earth and water. Other theories existed, including the Greek philosopher Anaxamines' (585–526 BCE) beliefs that short incline episodes of dryness and wetness caused seismic activity. The Greek philosopher Democritus (460–371 BCE) blamed water in general for earthquakes. Pliny the Elder called earthquakes "underground thunderstorms." </i>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake#Popular_culture" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maybe it was <a href="https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110201122951AAXiLUJ" target="_blank">supernatural</a>. Based on the site of the first quake, Texas Stadium, perhaps <i>someone </i>is coming to collect Jerry Jones' soul from that deal he made 25 years ago. Let's consult our expert panelist:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And then there's <a href="http://www.what-is-fracking.com/" target="_blank">fracking</a>. Ah yes, fracking. I have a little trouble with this one. Not because of the science supporting the pro-fracking or con-fracking sides, but because it sounds like a Yosemite Sam curse word. Saturday morning cartoons aside, maybe we are screwing around with the ground a bit too much and Mother Nature is warning us to back off. I have another little piece of evidence about fracking that I collected last weekend that I'd like to share with everyone:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Frack away, baby! Frack until you're sore. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">1 oz Gin</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add all 3 ingredients to a martini shaker 1/2 full of ice<br />Shake vigorously<br />Strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-48458430503758847752014-05-23T10:12:00.000-05:002014-05-23T10:18:59.967-05:00The Long Weekend<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi everyone. I'm back from a self-imposed hiatus. Just in time for a long weekend. Which was, of course, the inspiration for this cocktail. Since we absolutely intend to open the pool and relax over the next 3 days, I wanted something original to sip out in the sun. So I used my favorite rum, my current favorite beer (and if you haven't tried <a href="http://www.franconiabrewing.com/" target="_blank">Franconia's excellent products</a>, then you are missing out on some truly fine local craft brews - made right in McKinney TX), a mixer that most people actually <i>have </i>in their fridge (please excuse my slightly-out-of-date, almost depleted product in the pic), and a summer citrus fruit. Also, I got a little <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQQLd2FA1c8" target="_blank">fancy</a> this time and used a 10 oz goblet in order to get a better presentation. The really shocking thing is that I nailed this recipe on the first try. Usually with my original cocktails I have "tasted" so many failed attempts that the final one I go with is simply because I'm too inebriated to keep trying. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With no further ado, I submit to you the...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE LONG WEEKEND</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">1.5 oz Spiced Rum</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 oz Orange Juice</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 oz Wheat Beer (definitely needs to be a wheat - Blue Moon is a brand at most grocers)</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">squeeze Lemon</span><br /><br />Fill <span class="333120121-03022012">a 10-oz glass 3/4 with ice</span>
<span class="333120121-03022012"><br />Add rum, OJ and squeeze of lemon wedge</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">Stir </span><span class="333120121-03022012"><br />Fill with wheat beer</span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012"><br />Stir gently</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012">Garnish with another lemon wedge </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Long weekends are great, but let's all be responsible, please. </span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-2489076180527169612014-03-21T10:22:00.000-05:002014-03-21T10:22:00.780-05:00Mexicola<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No pithy dialogue today. No current events comments. No meandering rabbit-trails of thought. Just a simple, easy, tasty, change-of-pace cocktail.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MEXICOLA (aka Claudio's Tequila)<br /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span class="333120121-03022012">2 oz Tequila</span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span>4 oz Coca-Cola</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span><span class="333120121-03022012">squeeze lime</span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />Fill <span><span><span class="333120121-03022012">a collins glass (or regular 12-oz drinking) 3/4 with ice</span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span><span class="333120121-03022012"><br />Add tequila and squeeze 1/6 lime wedge</span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span><span class="333120121-03022012"><br />Fill with cola</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span><span class="333120121-03022012">Stir gently</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span><span class="333120121-03022012"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><span class="333120121-03022012"><span style="font-size: small;">iSalud! </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-25931582400777944062014-03-14T09:23:00.000-05:002014-03-14T09:25:40.362-05:00Whiskey Punch<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not Irish.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that I've summarily dismissed another upcoming <a href="http://craigsfridaycocktails.blogspot.com/2014/02/my-bloody-valentine.html" target="_blank">fake holiday</a>, let's get into something more noteworthy. Spring is almost here. That means playoff basketball, baseball is right around the corner, kiddo soccer is in full effect, fishing starts getting good, the pool is <i>almost </i>warm enough, and spending time in the evenings on the patio with friends no longer requires parkas. But what to drink?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beer is the easy answer for guys. Wine is fine...for the ladies. However, I suggest a nice punch.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No, not one like this:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />If you are a contemporary of mine, your days of partying at the Pike house have long since passed. We need something a bit more sophisticated. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Something for adults, not hormone-driven teens.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Something that does not use <a href="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/everclear_poster_motifake.jpg" target="_blank">evil liquor that doubles as paint thinner or engine degreaser</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WHISKEY PUNCH</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span dir="ltr">2 oz Whiskey</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>1/2<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Cointreau</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>1 <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Orange Juice</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">4<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Ginger Ale</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">1/2 <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Lemon Juice</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>That is how you make ONE of these. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-25751614324254256852014-02-21T10:11:00.000-06:002015-08-30T11:17:58.943-05:00Island Survival<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you've been following the story of <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/marshall-islands-castaway/doctors-concerned-health-castaway-jose-salvador-alvarenga-n23361" target="_blank">Jose Salvador Alvarenga</a>, you'll know the man survived 14 months adrift at sea in a small fishing boat. How? According to him, he ate (raw) birds, fish and turtles that he caught with his own hands. He quenched his thirst with rainwater and sometimes his own urine.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No, this week's cocktail does not include any of those ingredients.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have a minor obsession with survival tales. I like the details about endurance. The ingenuity of the mind when pushed to its limits. The stories of what was consumed because it HAD to be. The triumph of the human will to live against all odds.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think this dude is very cool:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And while my wife thinks his table manners suck, Les Stroud is awesome, too:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reading and watching this kind of stuff has always made me wonder what it would be like (though not enough to actually go try it - I like clean water, fresh food, modern medicine, air conditioning and not having parasites). If I was going to be stranded anywhere in the world, miles from civilization and rescue, give me the tropical island. Aside from the legitimate heat and sunburn concerns, it just seems like it would be an easier place to make your way in the food & drink department since you'd have a better than -0- chance of finding coconuts, bananas and pineapples. Which inspired the creation of today's cocktail:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1.5 oz Banana Liqueur</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="333120121-03022012"><br />Stir</span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-46943176564874633922014-02-14T10:24:00.000-06:002014-02-14T12:34:14.033-06:00My Bloody Valentine<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's the day your kids expect chocolates at home.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your wife expects flowers at work.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your mistress expects a fancy dinner.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But your girlfriend expects one, too. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your mistress finds out about your girlfriend and goes crazy.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your wife finds out about both of them via your mistress going crazy and takes the kids (and the chocolates, flowers, car, house, savings & checking, 401K, and your soul).</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Who thought this day was a good idea?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While there are many competing stories about the life & times (and martyrdom) of St. Valentine, patron saint of courtly love, the most well-known and celebrated is most likely a complete fabrication on the part of the 14th Century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (known best - pop culture wise - for his portrayal by Paul Bettany in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/" target="_blank">this film</a>).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How appropriate! A fake holiday based on a fictional character. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seriously, this "holiday" is about as real as the 3D effects in this movie:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="333120121-03022012">Happy Valentine's Day (you fakers)!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="333120121-03022012"> </span><span class="333120121-03022012"> </span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-15412802387293101582014-02-07T10:17:00.000-06:002014-02-07T10:17:58.341-06:00Black Russian<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Winter Olympics officially begin today in Sochi, Russia. Even though we haven't yet seen the opening ceremony, there are a host of problems already making headlines like: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/02/sochi-organizers-say-three-hotels-not-ready-for-media/" target="_blank">hotels not being finished</a>, a <a href="http://www.vocativ.com/02-2014/sochi-running-pillows/" target="_blank">pillow shortage</a>, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/olympics-2014-hotel-rooms-sochi-shambles-water-undrinkable-22374727" target="_blank">undrinkable water</a>, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/russia-sochi-stray-dogs/" target="_blank">stray dogs being shot down or poisoned in the street</a>, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/many-russians-sochi-games-marred-corruption-poll-180614599--oly.html" target="_blank">corruption</a>, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tournaments/2014-sochi-winter-olympics/Russia-warns-against-gay-propaganda-during-Sochi-Winter-Olympics/articleshow/29949899.cms" target="_blank">questionable hospitality</a> and <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-02/the-2014-winter-olympics-in-sochi-cost-51-billion" target="_blank">ungodly expenses</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The lack of preparation reached such farcical levels that journalists were tweeting photos of some of the more comical warnings they had seen in their hotels:<img class="irc_mut" height="331" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQuFsRUl-uc0gu0imeOSEZtZItiqTWpEtDBLIYeXcDt-HtHEY_dXg" style="margin-top: 52px;" width="487" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Needless to say, this is not doing any favors for the reputation of the one man that is most visible in this fiasco - that being the Russian President himself:</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-19521419433840774482014-01-31T10:36:00.000-06:002014-01-31T10:50:10.046-06:00Merit Badge<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's Girl Scout Cookie time!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By now you are bound to have been accosted by one of the adorable sash/vest wearing little urchins. And if you haven't given up 4 bucks for one of their over-priced boxes of baked goodness, then stop reading my blog right now.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not because this drink involves same cookies; but because you have no soul.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I first considered naming this drink The Frozen Grasshopper. Why? Because <a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51l26Ulk6qL._SX466_.jpg" target="_blank">Keeblerâ„¢ Grasshoppers</a> are the same thing as Girl Scout Thin Mints. Now, before anyone gets all hysterical like some of the other crazies on the internet that gnash their teeth and scream like banshees <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=keelber+rips+off+girl+scouts&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=keebler+rips+off+girl+scouts&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&spell=1" target="_blank"><i>"GAHH!!! Evil corporation is ripping off the Girl Scouts!!!!11!!!"</i></a>, there's one very important point that is missing here:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Little Brownie Bakers (aka Girl Scout Cookies) is a division of the Keebler Company.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What, you mean that internet morons sometimes tee off with emotional rants on issues without any type of due diligence or fact-checking?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, I didn't name it "grasshopper" because those cocktails typically include Creme de Menthe. And really (besides me) who keeps a bottle of Creme de Menthe at home? Hence why I called it...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Twister is a great game*. For a while, we used it in our house to settle disputes between our two daughters. Unfortunately they both wised up pretty quickly and realized it's more fun to bicker endlessly than to be <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI" target="_blank">Twisted Sister</a>s. (hell yes I made that reference...)</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*for completely sober people under the age of 28, between 3'9" and 5'2", with no history of joint problems, muscle contusions, dementia, dizziness, or chronic flatulence. Consult with your doctor before playing Twister. Side effects can include: soreness, bruises, lacerations, tooth loss, concussions, and ACL tears. If you have a game of Twister that lasts more than 4 hours, contact a psychologist for help or a circus contortionist for a new career</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since a Twister is also a tornado, don't confuse this drink with a <a href="http://craigsfridaycocktails.blogspot.com/2013/07/hurricane.html" target="_blank">Hurricane</a>. None of the ingredients are the same. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/2<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Vodka</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1/2<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Tuaca</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">1 <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz 7-Up</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yes, it appears that there's another part of the name of this drink that I completely ignored. Please note that I said "appears". Not only does my wife try these drinks before I post them, but she proof-reads and edits some of my posts. Please feel free to add any "Naked" references you like in the Comments section below. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just make sure you read the box carefully on that last one as <a href="http://screen.yahoo.com/tylenol-bm-000000677.html" target="_blank">accidents do happen</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-20006069619155494692013-12-20T09:12:00.000-06:002013-12-20T09:12:00.620-06:00Rudolph's Tipsy Spritzer<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ah, the joys of Christmas. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There's holiday lights, trees, gift buying, gift giving, constant assault by charities, piles and piles of junk mail, standing in line 2.5 hours to pay $40 for a grainy 5x7 of your child's terrified expression while sitting on a fat man's lap, wondering just how firm the figure in the "agreed upon amount" of your spouse's gift is, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlFjR2vUy3M" target="_blank">Christmas carols</a>, outrageous traffic, holiday parties, hangovers, and seasonal movies. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That last category is where I'll do my lazy tie-in for this week. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And who doesn't enjoy the story of Rudolph, the social outcast who rises up to the moment to save Christmas through sheer force of will and genetic abnormality? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, OK, so he had some help from an effeminate elf that doesn't share the same interests as the other male elves.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But, as good, classic and timeless as <i>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</i> is, it not the best Christmas movie.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span dir="ltr">1.5 oz Vodka<br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>5<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Orange Juice<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>2<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz 7-Up<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">1<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">/2 oz Grenadine<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">1/4<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Lemon Juice</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>In a mixing glass with ice combine vodka, OJ, grenadine and lemon juice</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Add 7-Up</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Pour into a rocks glass filled with ice</span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Garnish with lemon wedge</span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-6733653208807935652013-12-13T10:40:00.000-06:002013-12-13T11:34:36.750-06:00Comfort Mocha<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Those of us in the DFW area just recently survived (</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*cue ominous music*)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">WINTER ICE-POCALYPSE 2013</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was a harrowing experience to suffer our way through such horrible circumstances like:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">slipping</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">falling</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">being cold</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://media.star-telegram.com/smedia/2013/12/07/15/28/wXEgd.St.58.jpeg" target="_blank">the drivers</a> (<a href="http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/valleymorningstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/70/670dafbc-8565-593c-97d3-e6df54a3547a/52a46004749d0.preview-300.jpg" target="_blank">oh the jackass drivers...</a>) </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But perhaps worst of all was having the children. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trapped in the house. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For 4 days. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With nothing to do.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nothing to do.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>There's nothing to do. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>NOTHING TO DOOOOOOOO!!!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/wilhelmtk4.html" target="_blank">AHHHHH!!!!</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After that an adult need something warm and comforting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COMFORT MOCHA</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Coffee</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />1<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> tsp Instant Cocoa</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><br />Whipped Cream</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">Pour one shot of Southern Comfort into an 8 oz coffee cup</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">Add coffee and cocoa mix</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">Stir</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">Top with whipped cream</span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028188696615263708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162393493244846634.post-84942895518377636952013-12-06T08:30:00.000-06:002013-12-06T20:29:29.771-06:00Cup of Cheer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A very good friend of our family was hosting a holiday party and asked me to come up with a festive cocktail. Pictured above is the result. It took a while to get the flavor just right. Which meant there was testing. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lots & lots of testing. *hic* </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unfortunately, I didn't have a good name for this libation prior to said event (sorry, Jennifer). But since it is December and Christmas carols are playing on the radio, I was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXE7msZvMcc&feature=kp" target="_blank">inspired by a song</a> by the late, great Burl Ives.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Or, as anyone born after 1960 knows him:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's a little trivia about Mr. Ives for my fellow scifi geeks out there - Burl was the narrator for the BEST <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnP59KaHdPLXy1erZl00uBOvE8TKggACvN_XmWF8O37yKn8kh7VG-rs9-d-4As0TFOSXt3kjo29V2l1XK-RiZXFmvi2KyJpPV9JsSPsBc_Ev1ZnBEuLdPMReFmnlIY-cObYZTwfL9LA2s/s1600/ewok2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://phubb.blogspot.com/2013/01/caravan-of-courage-ewok-adventure-1984.html&h=194&w=259&sz=1&tbnid=ToDmAm7QK3zsLM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=200&zoom=1&usg=__q-9pXHEfquKUKTPP1h67t9F7XBI=&docid=9xANWlAOdhzdWM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=NzKhUoWYPOfL2QXs84A4&ved=0CJ0BEPwdMAo" target="_blank">Star Wars movie never to make it to the big screen.</a>***</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Cointreau (or Triple Sec)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> oz Orange Juice</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Garnish with cinnamon stick and orange wheel</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">***AFAIK, there are only 2 movies that qualify for that distinction and the other one <b><i>really</i></b> sucked</span></span></span><br />
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