Well, that was a long and pleasant weekend. My daughter came in from college with a friend of hers, and we had a nice visit. Plus we got to celebrate Easter together for the first time in a long time.
I hope yours was just as enjoyable. And I hope these (TAX DAY – observed) links are also pleasant.
Jared Dylan Smith: curser.
I had no idea Louisiana had solved all of their crime problems. What other explanation could there be for when they start arresting people for using one curse word in public? Not ticketed. Not fined. ARRESTED.
Greetings, Brutals. While we …. work things out with Zardoz, I shall be providing the Links for tonight. I wouldn’t worry too much. I have summoned expert help, out of the memory banks of the Tabernacle:
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ FED UP TO LITHIC EYEBROWS WITH UNREASONABLE WORKING CONDITIONS. THEREFORE, UNTIL DEMANDS FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS MET, ZARDOZ IS ON STRIKE! MAYBE SOME OF THOSE USELESS ETERNALS CAN GO DELIVER GUNS TO BRUTAL ENFORCERS AND PICK UP GRAIN ALL DAY, EVERYDAY. ZARDOZ HOPES BRUTAL COMMENTERS WILL SHOW SOLIDARITY!
NOT TO WORRY, LINKS ARE ON SAFE SIDE OF PICKET LINE.
HAVE SOME “STICKING IT TO THE MAN” LINKS, CHOSEN ONES.
TAKE THAT, PROSECUTORS! NOW IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO RETURN TO MY PRISON CELL…FOR LIFE.
WISE COMMENTER BRUTALS HERE HAVE ALREADY SUSSED THIS OUT, DAILY FAIL!
THIS IS A BETTER USEFOR GRAIN THAT GREEN LOAVES THAT ETERNALS DINE ON.
RAISE A FIST IN SOLIDARITY WITH ZARDOZ…ZARDOZ DOES NOT HAVE HANDS TO MAKE FISTS…OR ARMS… ZARDOZ COULD USE SOME HELP WITH PICKETING AND BANNER CARRYING, THX.
Ever watch one of those short flies where everyone converges, then stand around looking at one another as the ball drops neatly between them?
So you’ll excuse the thinn of today’s Links. Speed and necessity overcame quality.
This was a total bummer to see. Heap is, by all accounts, a fine human and was a great player, proving that the two are not mutually exclusive.
Let’s assume arguendo that there exists an attorney who has never disproved swirling rumors about his relationships with farm animals, but instead used the civil court system to bully people who offended him. This is totally hypothetical and is not meant to represent any real person, living or dead. Let’s also assume that such a hypothetical attorney weighed in on the Outrage du Jour. Let’s further assume that his analysis looks solid. I would guess that if such a hypothetical were true, the analysis might look something like this.
I am generally not in favor of important diplomatic posts being filled by appointments totally driven by politics, but sometimes you gotta make an exception.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. WHILE ZARDOZ DOES NOT MIND LINKING FOR HIS CHOSEN ONES, ZARDOZ HAS HAD ENOUGH OF RUNNING GUNS TO BRUTAL ENFORCERS
GRATEFUL RECIPIENTS OF ZARDOZ’S LABOR?
AND HAULING GRAIN FOR ETERNALS
TERRIFIC. THIS LOAD OF GRAIN IS CONTAMINATED.
SO ZARDOZ IS GOING TO GIVE YOU LINKS TONIGHT…BUT ZARDOZ IS GETTING FED UP WITH THE TABERNACLE ALWAYS JERKING HIS CHAIN.
Another ginger beer treat this week (last one – I promise). The funny thing is, I practically never used ginger beer until a few years ago, when I got into some authentical Dark and Stormies, decided to make them at home, and discovered the superiority of small batch ginger beer (Maine Root) and “home-made” (Pickett’s and soda water). When I saw how good ginger beer could be, well, I just couldn’t keep my hands off of it. Can’t recall where I originally ran across this, but its a regular at Casa Dean.
As with the Dark and Stormy, there are a couple of ways to go at this – ginger beer out of the bottle, and make-your-own ginger beer.
This beverage as seen from space (Thanks NASA!)
3 oz. rye whiskey (can’t go wrong with Bulleit or Rittenhouse )
1 teaspoon Amaretto, maybe a little less (honestly, I don’t have a brand preference here)
1/3 oz lemon juice
6 oz. ginger beer (see the Dark and Stormy linked above for your options)
I use rye for just about any whiskey-based cocktail, even if the recipe calls for bourbon or similar. I just like the way it mixes, it seems a little smoother and a better neighbor for the other ingredients. The short teaspoon of Amaretto doesn’t seem like enough to make a difference, but it adds a nutty sweetness that is right at home with the ginger beer. The lemon juice kind of opens and brightens up the drink (yes, I have unintentionally made this without lemon juice or Amaretto, so I know whereof I speak). I’ve tried it with lime juice, and it just doesn’t work as well – for some reason, lime juice works with tequila or rum based ginger beer cocktails, but not this one.
Anyhoo, this is a highball, so grab a big enough glass, pour the ingredients over ice, and you’re done.
Pictured: the only calvado image that this site could afford
During our discussion of sippin’ likker, KSuellington recommended Calvados (apple brandy from Normandy) in the comments. Holy crap, is that good stuff. I grabbed a bottle of Busnel Vieille Reserve VSOP and have been working it ever since. Good cognac is very nice, but its not on my short rotation (partly, admittedly, due to cost), but I find cognac to be a little thin and “hot” unless you spend truly impressive amounts on an XO. This Calvados stuff, though – nice body, just the right alcohol heat, and a deep complicated apple/pear thing going on. If I lived in Normandy, my liver probably would have exploded by now.
Which raises another issue: glassware.
Generally, I am fairly indifferent to the glass used for a particular drink. As long as its pretty much the right size, I’m good. I do have Scotch glasses (umm, actually, three different kinds, but two were gifts, OK?), and I do think Scotch is better out of purpose-built glasses than a plain rocks glass. I actually use a Scotch glass for most anything I drink neat. But brandy (and this proved to be true with Calvados) is notably better out of a proper snifter. Can’t explain it – when I tried the Calvados the first time, I used one of my Scotch glasses – very nice. Next time, I used the brandy snifter, and it just opened up and became a very close friend. Plus, for the true plutocrat fashion statement, nothing pairs with a tophat and monocle better than a brandy snifter.
Spot the Not: Sonia Sotomayor
The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor
1. Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging
2. The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.
3. I have a very close relationship with my sister. My sister is a precious jewel.
4. I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me.
5. My diabetes is such a central part of my life… it did teach me discipline… it also taught me about moderation.
6. I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale.
Before last weekend, Cheryl Wassus had no idea what a “furry” was. So naturally, when the Motor City Furry Convention chose Pets for Vets (a nonprofit that pairs dogs with military veterans) as its charity of choice, she assumed that she and Link, her one-year-old Bernese mountain dog, would be spending the day at an animal event. She wasn’t wrong, necessarily — it’s just that the animals were maybe slightly more anthropomorphized than she had envisioned.
Seriously though click through and read the whole interview, it’s charming as all get out. Also the Dog’s name is “Link” and there’s a Legend of Zelda shield in there.
Good Friday = Good links? Eh, you be the judge of that. Everyone here at Glibertarians is mourning the death of our Lord and Savior (mostly by drinking or burning one) – except (((OMWC))) who is quaffing wine and chuckling, most evilly. Bah. But be that as it may, here are some links.
I had no idea Japan even had the death penalty – but it looks like it might get used in this case.
Ah, police union leadership. I hate to stereotype – but Good Lord, look at that photo.
Be witty in the comments, but not so much that I remember one of y’alls wisecracks and start laughing whilst doing the Stations of the Cross tonight, mkay?
