Holy cow?
How did this happen without me knowing? But, aparently, it is now legal to make and buy absinthe! You know, the same substance that turned the unreadable Coleridge into a poet tapped directly into the muse. Well, it is legal now my friends so let us get some glasses, sugar cubes, and some foppish hair!
How would you like to get your hands on a bottle? Oh sure, there is homemade stuff, but it is so alcoholic you would pass out before feeling the effects. Now that a distillery is operational we are good to go!
And now, for the first time in many, many years, let me say that I love America!
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12/05/2007 15:48 #42405
Did somebody say Absinthe?Category: food
12/03/2007 21:32 #42385
Sex Scandal blah blah blahCategory: politics
Oh man,
I am so behind on my regurgitating of sex scandals. Ya, it is always hilarious to find out that a hypocritical Republican was doing the nasty with a prostitute in a nappy, or an anti-gay senator was getting his chum bucket dredged by an escort. The democrats' sex scandals are boring. So some staffer wanted a 3-way with a 13 year old boy. Just because you make copies and phone calls for someone doesn't mean you are all in some unholy pedophile cabal. Only hypothetical pedophilia can be funny, but only rarely. Actual pedophilia is just deeply saddening.
The Rudy billing the city of New York for hotels and transportation for his mistress and her family is a fine story. The names are great: shag-gate and my favorite 69-11. But fraud doesn't get me going.
So I dug up an old friend. As more and more men are making it public that they have had sex with disgraced Senator Larry Craig (including Mike Jones, the man who regularly blew Ted Haggard) I thought of the first such story I read a few months ago. It is shows the level of class Craig operates with. I will give you the highlights, but you can read the whole thing (and it is short) here.
Here is the man Craig boinked
and here is the unsavory money quote from the linked article
If only he threw a $20 at the man on his way out.
I am so behind on my regurgitating of sex scandals. Ya, it is always hilarious to find out that a hypocritical Republican was doing the nasty with a prostitute in a nappy, or an anti-gay senator was getting his chum bucket dredged by an escort. The democrats' sex scandals are boring. So some staffer wanted a 3-way with a 13 year old boy. Just because you make copies and phone calls for someone doesn't mean you are all in some unholy pedophile cabal. Only hypothetical pedophilia can be funny, but only rarely. Actual pedophilia is just deeply saddening.
The Rudy billing the city of New York for hotels and transportation for his mistress and her family is a fine story. The names are great: shag-gate and my favorite 69-11. But fraud doesn't get me going.
So I dug up an old friend. As more and more men are making it public that they have had sex with disgraced Senator Larry Craig (including Mike Jones, the man who regularly blew Ted Haggard) I thought of the first such story I read a few months ago. It is shows the level of class Craig operates with. I will give you the highlights, but you can read the whole thing (and it is short) here.
Here is the man Craig boinked
and here is the unsavory money quote from the linked article
"When we got to what reminded me of a rarely used guest room, he stripped me down, and the man's hands and mouth were all over me. He kept his pants on, though, while laying me back on the bed to suck my cock. Then, he stripped naked and asked me to suck him. I complied for a while, then he disappeared and returned with lube and a condom to fuck me me with. It was a clumsy and unremarkable fuck, except that I wasn't clean and he was frantic about not getting my shit on anything. Still, he blew his load, ripped the dirty condom off and ordered me to get dressed without wiping myself. He hurried me to the back door, again ranting, 'You were never here. You don't know me. Right?'"
If only he threw a $20 at the man on his way out.
james - 12/04/07 15:57
tell me, would this country not benefit from a nation wide pan-sexual orgy?
tell me, would this country not benefit from a nation wide pan-sexual orgy?
jason - 12/04/07 14:50
Ugh, you know what, I retract my last crack - I agree that pedo is not funny.
Ugh, you know what, I retract my last crack - I agree that pedo is not funny.
jason - 12/04/07 14:43
Aw, shucks, c'mon man - what's wrong with a little pedo every now and then?
Signed,
Barney Frank
Aw, shucks, c'mon man - what's wrong with a little pedo every now and then?
Signed,
Barney Frank
libertad - 12/04/07 14:25
He is so pathetic it is revolting.
He is so pathetic it is revolting.
fellyconnelly - 12/04/07 09:48
cheap bastard!
cheap bastard!
mike - 12/03/07 22:13
ewww
ewww
12/03/2007 14:43 #42381
Holy crapCategory: school
It is the end of the semester and I have a ridiculous amount of work to do. I need to pump out two essays tonight (one on a book I didn't read) and write a 20 page research paper by next Thursday. In between I have three final exams I need to study for and then the day after my research paper is due I have a teacher's certification exam that will decide my fate.
GHAAAA!!!!
Well, at least my boss has left me alone for the day with leftover Indian food. Yummy, yummy.
GHAAAA!!!!
Well, at least my boss has left me alone for the day with leftover Indian food. Yummy, yummy.
james - 12/03/07 21:14
I organize at the end of the semester by throwing everything on my desk out except my school notebooks. I have about 20 old notebooks with half the pages ripped out. There are half-written short stories or poems in them that I keep telling myself I will finish writing someday.
But I have had a generous glass of wine!
I organize at the end of the semester by throwing everything on my desk out except my school notebooks. I have about 20 old notebooks with half the pages ripped out. There are half-written short stories or poems in them that I keep telling myself I will finish writing someday.
But I have had a generous glass of wine!
mike - 12/03/07 20:39
when faced with so much work it is time to a) clean/organize everything you own and b) get drunk. Thats what i say!
when faced with so much work it is time to a) clean/organize everything you own and b) get drunk. Thats what i say!
james - 12/03/07 16:16
a history of immigrants from India in Queens... it is a real page turner. She spent 20 pages talking about different culinary differences between carious Indians and I gave up ten pages into a discussion on variations of the Sari.
It was almost enough to delete all my Ravi Shankur songs off iTunes.
a history of immigrants from India in Queens... it is a real page turner. She spent 20 pages talking about different culinary differences between carious Indians and I gave up ten pages into a discussion on variations of the Sari.
It was almost enough to delete all my Ravi Shankur songs off iTunes.
mrdeadlier - 12/03/07 16:09
So what is the book you didn't read?
So what is the book you didn't read?
12/01/2007 16:33 #42356
Ron is RightCategory: politics
Hey there estripper,
Are you tired of people telling you how awesome Ron Paul is? Sick of having to defend your politician of choice against the flawless glory that is web-candidate Ron Paul?
Wish there was a way to get them back?
WELL NOW YOU CAN!!!
Just send that Ronnite over to Ron is Right.com where they will be greeted with an open letter telling them 1) You get it already 2) Please leave me alone.
And what would make a most delicious icing on the cake? How about the most 80's tastic, easy listening garbage music video ever!
thank you RonIsRight.com!
Are you tired of people telling you how awesome Ron Paul is? Sick of having to defend your politician of choice against the flawless glory that is web-candidate Ron Paul?
Wish there was a way to get them back?
WELL NOW YOU CAN!!!
Just send that Ronnite over to Ron is Right.com where they will be greeted with an open letter telling them 1) You get it already 2) Please leave me alone.
And what would make a most delicious icing on the cake? How about the most 80's tastic, easy listening garbage music video ever!
thank you RonIsRight.com!
mrdeadlier - 12/03/07 16:12
Ok I have to admit, that was pretty funny. I especially liked the "the rest of the internet" closing.
Ok I have to admit, that was pretty funny. I especially liked the "the rest of the internet" closing.
jim - 12/01/07 18:01
rickrolled!
rickrolled!
11/26/2007 14:46 #42286
It Pays to ProcrastinateCategory: school
Hi,
So, I am taking two graduate history classes this semester. One of them is on US immigration. 1/3 of my grade is based on my participation in a debate on immigration policy and an attending paper defending my position. I should have been working on this since the beginning of the month, but school and I don't roll like that.
So, three days before it is due I start to take a huge crack at it. Unsure about the written component I email the professor who tells me she forgot about it entirly so it is being dropped. Sweet!
The book I am to base this on has two different arguments 1) immigrants are both positive and negative but the net effect is slightly good. 2) immigrants are both positive and negative but the net effect is slightly bad. It isn't material that takes your breath away, so I am ignoring it.
But what do I see when reading my favorite blog on New York state politics? but a report from the Fiscal Policy Institure which says that immigrants bring $299 BILLION dollars in output to the state, about 30% of total output. It is full of wonderful little positive things from there on. Which diffuses the negative portion of both arguments, both cultural and economic. You can read it here.
I am so going to get an A with minimal work. I think this calls for a celebratory drink tonight. Nothing light a slight hang over to mask your smug sense of superiority!
So, I am taking two graduate history classes this semester. One of them is on US immigration. 1/3 of my grade is based on my participation in a debate on immigration policy and an attending paper defending my position. I should have been working on this since the beginning of the month, but school and I don't roll like that.
So, three days before it is due I start to take a huge crack at it. Unsure about the written component I email the professor who tells me she forgot about it entirly so it is being dropped. Sweet!
The book I am to base this on has two different arguments 1) immigrants are both positive and negative but the net effect is slightly good. 2) immigrants are both positive and negative but the net effect is slightly bad. It isn't material that takes your breath away, so I am ignoring it.
But what do I see when reading my favorite blog on New York state politics? but a report from the Fiscal Policy Institure which says that immigrants bring $299 BILLION dollars in output to the state, about 30% of total output. It is full of wonderful little positive things from there on. Which diffuses the negative portion of both arguments, both cultural and economic. You can read it here.
I am so going to get an A with minimal work. I think this calls for a celebratory drink tonight. Nothing light a slight hang over to mask your smug sense of superiority!
jbeatty - 11/26/07 21:08
Inspired by this post I will put off reading my lab till tomorrow morning :)
Inspired by this post I will put off reading my lab till tomorrow morning :)
james - 11/26/07 16:26
Jason: it is very dull actually. The scope of the argument is on legal immigration. But will invariably descend into illegal immigration.
What I will argue is that they have a positive economic impact (thank you Fiscal Policy Institute). But what I think needs to be mentioned is the positive cultural and social impact. Multiple ethnicities in a society leading to a diversifying of that societies culture in the face of racism and nativism.
Basically, I want to paint the Nativists of the past as knuckleheads who had no idea what they were talking about to make the Nativists in my class look like doo-doo heads.
Jason: it is very dull actually. The scope of the argument is on legal immigration. But will invariably descend into illegal immigration.
What I will argue is that they have a positive economic impact (thank you Fiscal Policy Institute). But what I think needs to be mentioned is the positive cultural and social impact. Multiple ethnicities in a society leading to a diversifying of that societies culture in the face of racism and nativism.
Basically, I want to paint the Nativists of the past as knuckleheads who had no idea what they were talking about to make the Nativists in my class look like doo-doo heads.
drew - 11/26/07 16:17
If anyone tries to bring faith into it, I've got your back. The Bible is incredibly pro-immigrant, unlike many evangelical voters.
If anyone tries to bring faith into it, I've got your back. The Bible is incredibly pro-immigrant, unlike many evangelical voters.
jason - 11/26/07 16:08
There is a part of me that is curious about what your argument is (strictly economic?)
There is a part of me that is curious about what your argument is (strictly economic?)
james - 11/26/07 15:58
Mike: That is why I am in the social sciences, it is the very stuff of bull shit.
Jason: oh ya! There is a ton! The report lists a bunch of them. It just made my life easier because now I have page after page of statistics to back it up rather than saying "I read once in some report or another".
Mike: That is why I am in the social sciences, it is the very stuff of bull shit.
Jason: oh ya! There is a ton! The report lists a bunch of them. It just made my life easier because now I have page after page of statistics to back it up rather than saying "I read once in some report or another".
jason - 11/26/07 15:53
There are a ton of positives to (legal) immigration, other than contribution to the economy.
There are a ton of positives to (legal) immigration, other than contribution to the economy.
mike - 11/26/07 15:08
oh procrastination, I love it! Unfortunately it is the only style I know and it doesn't seem to be working quite as well in organic chemistry! I just can't learn it all over night like I could whip out a semester long paper the night before or something for sociology or communications! grr
oh procrastination, I love it! Unfortunately it is the only style I know and it doesn't seem to be working quite as well in organic chemistry! I just can't learn it all over night like I could whip out a semester long paper the night before or something for sociology or communications! grr
Figures as soon as I leave the island the debauchery begins. Chronicle had a good piece on it too. :::link:::
Thanks Jason.
James:
A wise man once said
If you drink absinthe tonight
don't wake up tomorrow
I have had homemade absinthe before, and tried to make some. These are two different stories.
One involves waking up in a room with two girls exploring lesbian sex for the first time. The other involves a disturbing quantity of vomit and an axe.
I have to say it isn't very good. When I went to the Czech Republic it was all the rage with the backpacking community. So I figured I better at least try it. I brought a bottle back to force my friends and family to try it as well. The consensus was it sucked. Although if you have a fondness for Sambuca or Jaegermeister you may like it. Although I am far from a connoisseur the stuff we started selling at work a couple of months ago is not quite as green, or vomit inducing as the swill I had a couple of years ago. We sell some that is imported from France. It's actually more cloudy than it is green.
Absinthe Haiku:
Absinthe get me drunk
I don't remember last night
I need more advil
You can get Absinthe at the Duty Free for 70 bucks.