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2 oz Tequila
2 oz Triple sec
2 oz Rose's sweetened lime juice
7-Up or Sprite
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1 oz dark rum
1/2 oz light rum
1 oz Tia Maria
2 oz light cream
Crushed ice
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
In a shaker half-filled with ice, combine the dark and light rum, Tia Maria, and cream. Shake well. Strain into an old fashioned glass almost filled with crushed ice. Dust with the nutmeg, and serve. Bongos optional. - Combustible EdisonElectrify your friends with amazing pyrotechnics!
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1 oz Campari
1 oz fresh lemon juice
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1/4 oz Bailey's Irish Cream
2-3 drops Grenadine
Fill shot glass 3/4 with Triple Sec. Layer Bailey's on top. Drop Grenadine in center of shot; it should billow up like a mushroom cloud. Remember to "duck and cover." - Mad ScientistAny mad scientist will tell you that flames make drinking more fun. What good is science if no one gets hurt?
1 oz Midori melon liqueur
1-1/2 oz sour mix
1 splash soda water
151 proof rum
Mix melon liqueur, sour mix and soda water with ice in shaker. Shake and strain into martini glass. Top with rum and ignite. Try to take over the world. - Laser BeamWarning: may result in amplified stimulated emission.
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1/2 oz Amaretto
1/2 oz sloe gin
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz Triple sec
7 oz orange juice
Combine all liquor in a full glass of ice. Shake well. Garnish with orange and cherry. Serve to attractive target of choice. - Quantum TheoryGuaranteed to collapse your wave function:
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1/2 oz Strega
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
2 oz Pineapple juice
Fill with Sweet and sour
Pour rum, strega and Grand Marnier into a collins glass. Add pineapple and fill with sweet and sour. Sip until all the day's super-positioned states disappear. - The Black HoleSo called because after one of these, you have already passed the event horizon of inebriation.
1 oz. Kahlua
1 oz. vodka
.5 oz. Cointreau or Triple Sec
.5 oz. dark rum
.5 oz. Amaretto
Pour into an old-fashioned glass over (scant) ice. Stir gently. Watch time slow.
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Nit. FWIW etc. Someone somewhere once reported on a "study" done someplace that claimed blogs were more popular if posts were daily in the morning. I have forgotten when, where or why.
But I can see where this posting might have read better as two postings with the martial arts one day and the CSI stuff on another.
Posted by: janes'_kid | April 27, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Good thing I write primarily for myself, then, rather than always trying to be "popular." It's great that folks find the blog entertaining and interesting, but I don't get paid to write it, so ultimately it has to be useful to me, first and foremost. In fact, this is the one place I can indulge and write long about whatever I like. I don't plan on sacrificing that freedom.
A blog does not HAVE to have daily short posts in the morning. It doesn't have to be anything other than what its author(s) wants it to be. I would encourage you to expand your horizons a little about what a blog "ought" to be. Some of us prefer a bit more substance once in awhile...
Posted by: Jennifer Ouellette | April 27, 2008 at 03:25 PM
Awwwww....... I thought you were writing just for me.
*sigh*
Posted by: Matt | April 28, 2008 at 12:18 PM
In "the morning"? The Internet is global. Your morning might well be my afternoon.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | April 28, 2008 at 06:18 PM
Plus, so many of us hardcore geeks keep unusual hours. :) Morning truly is a relative term...
Posted by: Jennifer Ouellette | April 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM