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WOW! Nice one, Deepak!

For some reason, I am completely thrilled by this news! Congrat Kerry and thanks for all the hard work!

I'm having a Vesper to honor Debbie and Mike's loss and their memory of the Mike they knew. RIP Mike

Larry, I think the sad reality is that the only people on Head-Case that might have some interest in your impressions are also active on Head-Fi, so it continues to boggle my mind why you persevere in trying to win over or fit in with the HC crew. Demanding apologies -- or even wanting them -- and complaining about your treatment are pretty much antithetical to the HC way, for better or worse. Plus, why would you want to put yourself in a position where you have to justify each and every statement and still "put on your flame suit" and expect to be "ripped apart"? I just don't get it when you have a perfectly good reputation and position on HF. Maybe it's just an example of the old Groucho Marx line, and you don't care to belong to any club that would accept you as a member.

Congrat!

Happy Birthday Marc! Sorry, I couldn't leave the pattern unfinished. [/OCD]

You guys need to get more sleep!

Bought it, thanks Ric.

Happy belated birthday, Marc, and it sounds like you had a fun one even without us! Cheers!

Alright Antonio!

Sounds like a good weekend, Brent. Thanks for the report.

How did I guess that Jeff would be the last man standing drinking. Excellent effort fellas. It's sad that I bought the most of the rye Curious what you thought of the Mikkeller Bourbon BH and this year's Cognac BH.

Yes, Young Matt, come to the dark side . . . You lose, Jedi Baker. As for the Dry Manhattan question, you're doing it just fine. I usually go 2:1 rye to vermouth. Just dry vermouth is one way of making a dry manhattan although the Savoy still mixes in some sweet vermouth, although then you are in the Perfect Manhattan territory of equal parts sweet and dry.

Toasting you all with some Nielsbohrium stout sent by Raffy. Cheers!

Cheers boys! Big pours given the massive number of stouts you're supposed to "sample." Good luck!

lol @ David Which one tastes better, Mike?

I don't know shit about that, but I do know that I feel compelled to play the old school hip hop channels ever since leaving RMAF, yo.

I had to finish the Moloko in my new shower in SF It helped ease the pain and embarrassment of dropping a piece of stainless steel trim on the corner of the shower shelf. D'oh! The feeling persisted so I opened an Arctic Panzer Wolf with dinner. DAMN I love this beer! Hooking up the TV and HT speakers and seriously considering the FFF trifecta because a Dreadnaught is nicely chilled right now. Hopefully I won't fry the system or anything.

Nice! I need some Bitch Please! Maybe City Beer will have it because they carry Brew Dog.

That's cool. /Beavis

In the "it doesn't get much better than this unless my buddies were here to share it" category, I give you a Moloko Milk Stout from Three Floyds by way of our man Jim, along with a grilled steak and cheddar sandwich and peppers, all while listening to music and playing hooky from the office. Thanks for the effort, Jim. I toasted you and the Fourth Floyd (Mike) so I hope your Fridays have a moment or two of joy as well. Cheers !

Brave move, Shelly, and it seems like the right one. Best of luck in advance, and make sure they don't give you some meds that prevent you from cocktailing for too long! I gotta admit that taking one Naproxen last night and one this morning is already showing some positive results. The fact that I really need to move shit back to SF isn't going to make this any easier/smoother, but I'm trying to keep it to a minimum for now.

What do you think of my Malibu persona?

Sounds great, Ian, glad you had fun even at the cost of lack of sleep! I have two shows at much more civilized times this weekend. Tomorrow night we are seeing Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau dueting, and Mikeymad will be joining Claire, Alden and me. Sunday night is Jim Hall Quartet celebrating his 80th birthday. Grahame and Joanne are joining Claire and me for that one, so it is a Head-Case SF Jazz weekend!

Edradour 10 Signatory.