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Good to know, Fitz. The Rendezvous and the Bourye are both good options by High West. And the Boulevardier is a great cocktail in the right moment and with the right rye. I had some Banyan Monterey Gewurztraminer with dinner and now I am having a cocktail from today's Cocktailian column by Gary Regan. It's a recipe from some Parisian bartenders who offered a Manhattan alternative and Regan called it one of the most balanced cocktails he had ever had. I would have to agree. Very tasty and another nice alternative with Bonal. The Mountain Man 1.75 oz bourbon .50 oz Cocchi Americano .50 oz Bonal 2 dashes orange bitters maraschino cherry for garnish

Nice normal Sunday dinner! We just finished smoked pork chop, home made spaetzle and sauerkraut along with a bottle of Banyan Monterey Gewurztraminer. Not quite Dresden, but brought back memories.

Zoe Keating -- Into the Trees (Deluxe)

They won't suffer enough for how badly they handled this situation, but they suck well and truly.

Nice Pimm's Cup! I helped my nephew and his fiancee come up with the "signature cocktails" for their outdoor garden party wedding next weekend and the Pimm's Cup is one of them. The other two are the John Collins and a Lemon Drop Punch I cobbled together from various recipes. She loves the lemon drop but they didn't want all the guests getting hammered out in the sun with the regular shots. Should be good. Wondering how Marc's much more elaborate cocktail list worked out for his friend's party. Marc?

Steve, I miss the MOA crew a ton while I am in Mayberry full time this summer. Any vacation plans that might include the Bay Area? Thanks again to Mike for posting the NB Minimus. I went to the mall to see Bridesmaids with Claire on Friday and we had a little time to kill so I found the Foot Locker. I bought a pair and have been wearing them ever since. Funny about the sizing, though, because mine are a 12 and I rarely ever need over 11 or occasionally 11.5. The guy measured my feet and claimed they were both 12, so maybe my feet are growing.

Good news Jeff! Your Apple frequent buyer club card should come in handy for something! Congrat!

Condolences and sorry for all the struggles, Larry. Ancestry.com may have a lead to resources you might use.

Squire Duggeh brought me a little something from his homeland on his last visit to the States and I finally got around to cracking it today. The full story of the Brew Dog Prototype 27 is found on the Brew Dog Blog, but it is special bottling of Hardcore IPA with fresh Scottish raspberries that was aged in a 1982 Caol Ila cask and resulted in only 150 bottles!!! I think that has to be the most exclusive brew I have had that wasn't made in a friend's garage. I knew it was too cold when I started drinking it but I couldn't wait. The raspberries hit right up front and then the hops bite settles in. Now that it is warming and opening up a bit, the wood and smoke lay across my tongue on the finish. The blog tasting notes are more detailed and flowery. Thank you Duggeh, this a radical brew! Cheers!

Smoking some pork chops and making some home made spaetzle in an effort to recreate an especially good meal in Dresden this summer.

I'm a follower and made myself a Bourbon Dynasty. A big one.

Cherry top sounds nice. Jealous that you are tipsy! >

Well, that's not going to stop him from buying them...

Not sure you will get rid of the surface noise or pops and clicks if playing a record through headphones. Steady table, well set up arm/cart, clean records, and low static is about all you can do to minimize it. The NDs you hear have mostly been de-clicked and possibly even cleaned a bit to drop off the surface noise. \

Nope. I don't like that.^ Tomasz Stanko -- Dark Eyes

Mike's cherries sound scrumptious. Raffy's beers look delicious and make me want to leave work early.

Thanks Todd! I love Grahame's suggestion of adding that info to the New Content page, btw.

They're lousy, don't buy one.

In new content, you need to click on the date/time by the last poster's name and avatar. That takes you to the last post, the last page number or arrow takes you to the last page, and the thread title takes you to the first post. Todd, can you add back in something on the home or forum page that lists who is in chat at a given moment in time?

Apparently yes.

Edit is still there in your own posts to the left of "multiquote" but it doesn't have a button around it. It highlights when you mouse over it, but it is there. Also, this "saving post" thing used to happen to me in another format and I learned that as soon as you definitely hit "post" you can move away from the page and the post will happen even if it seems hung up. The same thing happened to me minutes ago and I just moved on or reloaded the page and all was well.

I guess you changed your "bold" comment while I was responding, but try to read posts before you friendly disagree with them. I said the song hurt my ears and then said it was shitty music when you made a stupid overstatement in response. I couldn't discern a difference between "dubstep" and any number of electronic/dance/garage sub-genres, and I don't have -- and certainly didn't state -- any opinions about "dubstep" as a whole.

I like the way that your posts are wysiwyg while preparing them, even with images inserted, bold or italics, font sizes, etc. No more need to preview stuff.

Nope. Just can't deal with shitty music. NP: Ivy -- Guestroom

Thank you for all the work Todd! The New Content options are great and the overall look is very sharp. Nice!