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Mike's getting in touch with his feminine side. Is that so wrong?

Happy birthday Fitz, now go get some! Cheers!

Monkey funny!! Man, those are some bloody oranges! Nice pics Jim and great looking cocktails. I found this drink because I got some Rhubarb Bitters and was going to make a different cocktail but my daughter wanted some bitter lemon (until she tasted it, at which point she was disgusted and ran away immediately). Cynarata: 3/4 oz. Cynar 4 1/2 oz. sparkling limon soda (Rieme Sparkling Limonade or in my case Fever Tree Bitter Lemon plus some simple syrup) A dash of Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters Mix ingredients with ice in a tall glass. Garnish with a fresh sprig of mint.

Young Man Cocktail as I posted previously. Damn tasty.

Wow, this has been a hell of a day. Sorry about your father in law Driftwood. Condolences. Mike, I am really sorry to hear about Gail's mom. You have such a great family that I am sure you are doing the best that can be expected. Give our best to Gail and thanks for letting us know. I just finished out a case of something special for you and it will be on its way soon. Small comfort, but hey.

Very nice, Shelly. I am hopeful that the upcoming MBA can fill the bill for me.

Sad news indeed, Nate. Sorry.

WTF? I own some Fiskars shears, but that is a weird change of product line. I still cannot see the headphone output unless it is a mini jack on the black part in the front. Weak. My favorite bit from the design website is the following: "connects up to four speakers if headphones aren’t your thing" Excuse me, I believe you have my amplifier...

Wye Oak -- Civilian

Hey! Where'd you get a picture of my love child?!

For Dr. Wood, I think no Pedo Bear would be preferable.

Have you posted up any gushing (or not) impressions since getting this thing?!

Kurt Vile -- Smoke Ring For My Halo

That sucks Al. Best of luck to you and your wife. My wife is a PhD and former professor who never got on the tenure track in academia because I already had a job in SF and a California bar card, and we weren't willing to move to whatever schools had openings anywhere in the country. Although the PhD programs were touting that the retirement of GI Bill profs was going to cause a new wave of openings to arrive, the reality was that schools simply filled slots with part-time, one-year, non-tenure people. She decided to raise our kids instead of fucking around with the short-term jobs, etc. Eventually, she went back to school part time to get her teaching credential and now teaches high school. Once again, however, she is being subjected to the fucked up state of education because she cannot get a proper, full-time, tenure-track position and has been laid off a couple of times only to be re-hired with worse terms. The school loves her and wants her to stay so they keep figuring out ways to make it happen, but it is demoralizing on some level and simply ludicrous from a professional standpoint. If we needed her income to survive, then she would have to do something else and another great teacher would be lost.

One of these with yellow Chartreuse, but 1.5 oz on all but the maraschino, which I kept at 1 oz. I really like that. Nice. And I liked the Corn-N-Oil quite a bit with Goslings.

Just vacuum the driver with your Hoover.

^This, except with Plymouth and not Key Limes EDIT: Funny, I was going back to pick up a couple of the recent recipes. Awesome looking Cuba Libre! Fidel would be proud!

I guess living in Oz has its privileges. It's like $55-59 around here.

As in a couple years younger than you?

Fucking double Tapatalk post.

HRR is great stuff. Bear Republic makes lots if quality beers. Racer 5 is a nice IPA.

Oddly enough, the menu at a new restaurant had a goat dish and I felt like I had to have it. Very tasty goat shank and loin chops with middle eastern spices and black garbanzo beans. Really nice. No puppies, however.

No suffering because the restaurant was great (best goat dish I have ever eaten) and the cocktail was an excellent start. I merely missed out on the camaraderie of a good cocktail night on HC. Catching up with one more: Vieux Carré 1 ounce Bourye 1 ounce Germain Robin XO Brandy 1 ounce Perucchi sweet vermouth 1/2 teaspoon Benedictine 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters 2 dashes Angostura Bitters

I have missed out on a fun fat Tuesday by having a work dinner but I managed a Sazerac with Thos Handy to start.