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Nice, Mike! Congrat!

Actually, first it was shingles, and now this. Don't know if they could possibly be related. Double bummer in any event.

^That is a nice run of 6 albums from Tony Williams on down! Couldn't find the Oscar Peterson on Rhapsody so Jarrett/Peacock/Motian is up next.

Or a post-punk band.

Fresh good luck vibes being sent now. Get some rest for yourself too!

Amidst the honey-dos, slow cooking a brisket like the anti-cocktail Floridian (hopefully), and managing a play date for my son and helping to build his model tank for a school project, I got the idea that a fizzy cocktail would be good this afternoon. I am brilliant apparently, because it was awesome and made everything better. Gin Fizz Tropical (Heaven's Dog variation on Charles Barker) 2oz dry gin 1oz lime juice 1/2oz pineapple gomme syrup 1/2oz orgeat 1/2 egg white (1 tbsp) Chilled soda water Mint leaf and lime wedge for garnish Mix and shake all ingredients except soda without ice and then with ice, and strain into a Collins glass with no ice. Fill with soda, slap mint leaf and skewer with lime. Note, I had no orgeat so I upped the gomme to 3/4 and added a couple drops of almond extract. I also lacked mint, so subbed in a strawberry. Worked nicely all around.

Nice!

Nice little spree there Jim!

Beautiful day on the deck today, Grahame. Same here. Left Hand 2009 Oak Aged Imperial Stout c/o the Dust Man. Tasty.

I'm sorry to inform you, but you have exceeded your word quotient for all of April. Smileys and cute kitten pics are all you can post until May. Thank you for your cooperation.

Congrats (one each) to you and your grad student Shelly! Two or four wheels Colin?

Stuck it out until the Giants won in the 12th inning. Go Giants!

My fourth beer at the ballpark: Lagunitas IPA Harp Sierra Nevada Guiness/Harp half & half

Home opener for the world champion San Francisco Giants!

It's really not uncommon so you need to have non-mixed drinks as options

Never ask for a zombie unless you are at a tiki bar. And wtf is a kryotonite? Unless you are at a bar that actually makes cocktails, then stick with straight booze, neat or on the rocks, bourbon & soda, gin & tonic, whatever. Manhattan is an easy drink to make and to screw up. Ask if they have rye whiskey and specify that, and say you want 2-1 rye to vermouth, with a couple dashes of bitters. Or don't order it. I capped the evening with a summer negroni from some recipe I found on Alcademics.com. Tasty but I miss the strong bitter of Campari. 2oz each gin, Aperol, and Lillet blanc. Orange wedge and on the rocks.

Nice Marc! I really enjoyed my Anvil Zombie. Should do it again sometime. Right now, in order to finish the Fever Tree soda, I mixed up a Sloe Gin Fizz with equal parts sloe and dry gin (1.5oz), about 1oz lemon juice, a scant teaspoon simple syrup, and 2-3oz soda. The dry gin is not in the recipe I was using but I needed a bit more kick.

Just finished, but it was a pork chop and sugar snap peas with bourbon mint julep glaze. I wanted a mint julep on the side but all the mint was gone, so an FBI Fizz sufficed.

Nice progression, Dan. I had an FBI Fizz from the Stork Club book 1oz each Cherry Heering brandy, bourbon, and jamaica (Trinidad) rum, stirred and strained into highball or rocks glass two ice cubes with orange peel and fill with chilled soda water.

Plumbing sucks. [No pun intended]

Disgusting. Is that a barber's PC?

And 100% natural! Be careful which zombie you put it in!

Hey, we're pretty good! Glad you got square so fast, Andy, and thanks again for taking that on.