Why are cocktails named as such? Who knows and who cares? All that matters is that they taste fabulous, and are an excellent excuse to buy pretty glasses. Tonight’s cocktails (sorry, nae photos. photographer was bartender): Amaretto-Cranberry Kiss, but with white rum substituting the vodka. And a few pomegranate seeds instead of clementine segments as […]
Loving my latest bag. No, I didn’t get the Mulberry in the end. Probably wasn’t Fair Trade and all… Instead, I splurged on… A shopping trolley. Yes, the type your granny has. They were ubiquitous in the wet markets of Singapore, lugging freshly sac-ed chicken carcasses down slick tiled alleys between the fish, pork and […]
I treated myself to a little holiday in the wet and windy city of San Francisco while P was away. Right, that’s the craving for wet and windy sorted for the autumn-winter transition. Next up: gale force winds and slush underfoot. While enjoying walking in the windy rain (sadly no horizontal rain obliged), I popped […]
The first of very many technicolour sunsets in 2008.
I missed the Winter Solstice by a few days, but since Christmas has all but replaced it in modern Roman Empire times, this seems a good a day as any to wish one and all well at the end of the Gregorian year. No tree or branches this year, but a stainless steel photo holder […]
But I’ll have a warm, green Christmas… 1 With P away, I wasn’t planning to the do the Xmas thing this year. But my hand was forced; there are several people in my megalab who aren’t going home or have any relatives in the US. Well, neither do I, but after three decades of commemorating […]
Why the sudden interest in air guitar? Is it a geek thing? Ah, no. It’s that bloody Guitar Hero game. That episode of South Park was hilarious1. And I thought this would be a geeky teenager sort of thing, but no… A couple of 30-something friends recently informed me that the game is awesome and […]
[to the tune of the jingle bells chorus]1 Is it cold, in the snow? Have yer balls dropped off? What is the temp’rature outside, Are cow pats all frozen? Hey! It looks like, it will be The warmest winter yet In thirty years of history You might not need a hat!2 1 Sorry one and […]
There’s one day left to enter the raffle for this year’s Menu for Hope. $10 to obtain one raffle ticket with all proceeds will be going to a school lunch program in Lesotho. My nearest “outpost” is posted at Rasa Malaysia1: West Coast of the USA. It all looks really good, but I can’t decide […]
One minor quibble about the latest thing-that-used-to-be-thought-of-as-bad-for-you is actually good for you report. Since I can’t find the abstract online, the following quote will have to do: A pint of the black stuff a day may work as well as an aspirin to prevent heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks. Drinking lager […]
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