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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thanks!
Until this clock hits midnight, it's still Thanksgiving weekend here, so feel free to help yourself to another slice of pie and some mashed potatoes (just use them as whipped cream!). If you're not still gorging yourself, I assume you are one of the unlucky ones, like me, who was not offered to take home any leftovers when visiting relatives (bitches...). So, whether you're making yourself a Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich or sadly ordering from the Chinese joint, I believe we can all enjoy this awesome zombie Normal Rockwell Thanksgiving.
Yum! Eyeball ham and candied liver!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Contest?
I'm thinking that if I reach 400 hits on my blog this month, I will have a contest. You'll win cool stuff! Thoughts?
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Giving thanks....to booze
I love the holidays; the whole dang thing. The decorations, the forgetting Thanksgiving and pile driving straight into Christmas, the songs, the food, more of the food, the desserts (yes that's food), wrapping presents, giving presents, the smell of Christmas trees, everything.
Except for family.
I have never really been good with hanging out with any member of my family for very long. Too much of my family for extended amount of time and somebody is going to either get drunk or start crying. Normally, it's both. And it's terrible.
So, to celebrate not having Thanksgiving OR Christmas with my family this year (thanks for inviting me to your houses, my lovely new in-laws!), I have created a cocktail for all of you who are stuck with yours. Trust me, a few of these, and all those memories of Uncle Billy and his "albino python" jokes will be wiped away.
Hard Times Cider
2 dashes of Falernum Bitters
1/2 cup of Apple Cider
chilled Champagne or Sparkling Wine
Except for family.
I have never really been good with hanging out with any member of my family for very long. Too much of my family for extended amount of time and somebody is going to either get drunk or start crying. Normally, it's both. And it's terrible.
So, to celebrate not having Thanksgiving OR Christmas with my family this year (thanks for inviting me to your houses, my lovely new in-laws!), I have created a cocktail for all of you who are stuck with yours. Trust me, a few of these, and all those memories of Uncle Billy and his "albino python" jokes will be wiped away.
Hard Times Cider
Components
2 shots Dark Rum2 dashes of Falernum Bitters
1/2 cup of Apple Cider
chilled Champagne or Sparkling Wine
Mix the rum, bitters, and cider in a cocktail shaker (no ice). Fill a highball glass 1/4 of the way with champagne, then the rest with the rum cocktail. Garnish with a lemon twist or cinnamon stick. Sit back, and try to ignore the screams of your nephews as they terrorize the family dog.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Join me in joining them!
If you've never checked out my now defunct other blog, then you may not know I'm a knitter. Well, and crocheter. Let's just say I am a master of the needlecrafts. Anyway, because of this, there are random times (when I'm sober) that I want to use these skills for good. This is one of those times.
I am knitting for Occupy Wall Street.
Why Occupy, you ask? Well, if you're like me, you're pissed off that there's been well over a million foreclosed homes since 2008, there's still over a 9% unemployment rate, and over the past 30 years, the wealthiest saw their income grow by 275% while the average American saw their income grow by only 18%. If any of that gets your goat a little, you might also want to stand up with the Occupy crowd.
Understandably, not all of us are cut out for sleeping outside under a tarp for weeks straight, or enduring a drum circle. But don't worry! If you can't make it down to your local Occupy to help with the movements, consider what I'm doing, which is knitting! Yes, bringing this post back around to the original paragraph (finally).
I am knitting for Occupy Wall Street. Since seeing that WTF of a snow storm hit the East Coast, I've been knitting up wool hats to send to the occupiers so they don't freeze to death out in the middle of NYC. If you can knit, sew, crochet, or, heck, if you've got a handful of money to spend on those instant hand warming packets, send them along!
You can either go down to the Occupy in your city, or you can mail them to the NYC crowd.
Don't worry, I won't even make you do the Google search. Here is the address for Occupy Wall Street:
Occupy Wall Street
118a Fulton St
PO Box 205
NY NY 10038
Look, how easy is that, you don't even need to spell out New York twice.
I am knitting for Occupy Wall Street.
Why Occupy, you ask? Well, if you're like me, you're pissed off that there's been well over a million foreclosed homes since 2008, there's still over a 9% unemployment rate, and over the past 30 years, the wealthiest saw their income grow by 275% while the average American saw their income grow by only 18%. If any of that gets your goat a little, you might also want to stand up with the Occupy crowd.
Understandably, not all of us are cut out for sleeping outside under a tarp for weeks straight, or enduring a drum circle. But don't worry! If you can't make it down to your local Occupy to help with the movements, consider what I'm doing, which is knitting! Yes, bringing this post back around to the original paragraph (finally).
I am knitting for Occupy Wall Street. Since seeing that WTF of a snow storm hit the East Coast, I've been knitting up wool hats to send to the occupiers so they don't freeze to death out in the middle of NYC. If you can knit, sew, crochet, or, heck, if you've got a handful of money to spend on those instant hand warming packets, send them along!
You can either go down to the Occupy in your city, or you can mail them to the NYC crowd.
Don't worry, I won't even make you do the Google search. Here is the address for Occupy Wall Street:
Occupy Wall Street
118a Fulton St
PO Box 205
NY NY 10038
Look, how easy is that, you don't even need to spell out New York twice.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - shake shake shake...
Why does every single character in the new Deus Ex game seem to take after this dog:
Seriously, in this day and age, why do all the characters look like their skins were stretched over the same, bulky frame, and why are they all shaking? Is there something wrong with the Detroit water? Does it make people suffer from Bell's Palsy? And side note: Who opened up a box of copy paper and threw it all over the street? It's like somebody saw Robocop and tried to make a video game about it by cramming it into the Deus Ex storyline.
However, it is good to see that in the near future, we still have loads of hair gel and bro goatees.
Any of you ladies wanna do a Jägerbomb?
Seriously, in this day and age, why do all the characters look like their skins were stretched over the same, bulky frame, and why are they all shaking? Is there something wrong with the Detroit water? Does it make people suffer from Bell's Palsy? And side note: Who opened up a box of copy paper and threw it all over the street? It's like somebody saw Robocop and tried to make a video game about it by cramming it into the Deus Ex storyline.
However, it is good to see that in the near future, we still have loads of hair gel and bro goatees.
Any of you ladies wanna do a Jägerbomb?Monday, October 3, 2011
Halloween Prep: Lovecraftian Sex-Ed
I'm sure we all remember the eldritch horror that was Sexual Education, but if not, here is a little reminder. Dear Dagon, how on Earth did anyone want to get it on after seeing those diagrams?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Laura Hudson = My Hero
Just read her article.
And, you know, wonder why on Earth women are still reading comics...
And, you know, wonder why on Earth women are still reading comics...
Friday, September 16, 2011
Amanda Waller got Star Jones'ed
The internet is abuzz today about the liposuction of Amanda Waller. If you're not aware of one of the most bad-ass characters of the DC Universe ever, just look at this Justice League clip:
Dude, even though she had to stand down, she scared the shit out of Batman. Who scares Batman?! Nobody, unless they're Amanda Waller. Because Amanda Waller is just this short, fat, black woman with a no nonsense haircut and woman suit of supreme business and a file on your ass, and she is NOT afraid to make you wet your pants when she uses it.
Listen, I love Amanda Waller. She may not always have the upper hand, but she knows way more than anyone, hero or villain, thinks she knows. In almost any major DC comic, you would see her, and she will be the freaking WALL.
But....
DC wants to un-fat her. Is that a bad this? Well, it yes and no. Amanda Waller, as long as she is portrayed a strong, smarter than you character will always be awesome as an antihero and role model of badassery. But the fact she was fat brought her back down to the "regular people" level. She was fat, she never complained about it, she never cared she wasn't the hot chick, she never gave a fuck what people thought. She kicked ass and took names. Can we have a woman in the DC Universe who is skinny and does the same? Of course we can. But us fat chicks, us girls who don't fit into the stereotypical "hot chick in a costume" trope no longer will have a DC character to point to and say, "We may have a second helping of dinner, but we will also take down Batman like aint no thing."
Dude, even though she had to stand down, she scared the shit out of Batman. Who scares Batman?! Nobody, unless they're Amanda Waller. Because Amanda Waller is just this short, fat, black woman with a no nonsense haircut and woman suit of supreme business and a file on your ass, and she is NOT afraid to make you wet your pants when she uses it.
Listen, I love Amanda Waller. She may not always have the upper hand, but she knows way more than anyone, hero or villain, thinks she knows. In almost any major DC comic, you would see her, and she will be the freaking WALL.
But....
DC wants to un-fat her. Is that a bad this? Well, it yes and no. Amanda Waller, as long as she is portrayed a strong, smarter than you character will always be awesome as an antihero and role model of badassery. But the fact she was fat brought her back down to the "regular people" level. She was fat, she never complained about it, she never cared she wasn't the hot chick, she never gave a fuck what people thought. She kicked ass and took names. Can we have a woman in the DC Universe who is skinny and does the same? Of course we can. But us fat chicks, us girls who don't fit into the stereotypical "hot chick in a costume" trope no longer will have a DC character to point to and say, "We may have a second helping of dinner, but we will also take down Batman like aint no thing."
Monday, September 12, 2011
More Halloween Prep: Häxan
Some more old time goodness for Halloween! This is Häxan, a 1920's Swedish documentary about witchcraft. I'm not going to tell you anymore because it's awesome and you just need to watch it. Also, it would be helpful to have a good cocktail to go along with it. Maybe try a Herbert West?
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