If I'm a bitch to you, it's because you've made me angry.
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From: Brian
Date: 03 Aug 2007, 12:35
Three jobs, eh? That's three more than me. Did I tell you River Oaks shitcanned me? Not sure why (they sure won't tell me), but I've been paid through the summer. About time to start looking for a new gig. I'll probably end up at the News-Star editing headlines and laying out pages. Ah, well.
Not sure about the point in a Bond-themed martini. Why not just order the same recipe as in the movie and save yourself a couple of bucks in licensing fees. That is, of course, assuming your restaurant is paying a licensing fee. Which I'm sure it's legally prudent enough to do.
The "Courtney is your manager" plot would be funny if it weren't so contrived. I mean honestly.
Yes, you can read my articles for free. At least the first batch. My Comic-Con series, "The Amateur Scientist: Across the Comic-Con Dimension", is available on pinkraygun.com. I'm using it as a sort of first draft for a longer article, though, which would hopefully be published somewhere which would require monetary compensation of its readers. The benefit being that I could require monetary compensation of them as well. Economics!
Family life is good. We're babysitting two puppies right now, which is a lot less cute and cuddly than it sounds. If I hear another yap, I will murder.
REPLY:
It is the same recipe as in the movie. Most people don't remember that, or have any idea what the 50s ingredients were, so the martini we serve is as close an approximation as possible. Gordon's Gin was most common at the time (for example), but since then Gordon's has changed their standard proof so now we use Tanqueray, which is a 100 proof london dry gin, and closer to what Bond would have drank. Also kina lillet (the vermouth) is no longer widely available, so we use lillet blanc. Also we do stir. "Shaken" waters it down and dilutes the flavor, and the bar manager feels most people would prefer it stirred. I guess he's right, because at $10 a pop most people want to taste what they're drinking all the way through. (If you recall, in the 50s people drank so much, it was easier to get down if it was super cold.) "Stirred" forces you to drink it slower, and all of it will taste the same, rather than more like water at the end. Maybe Bond never got to finish a drink. It's called a Vesper. There are no licensing fees. I think for some reason this info was cut out: it's at a french cocktail bar called "trois." Bankers, ballers, and fathers-on-vacation love the Vesper. why not try it? see what the man was talking about. The point, sir, is money.
don't they have to give you a reason for firing you? you'd think dr. (m? I forget) would be nice enough, or man enough, to tell you honestly. Allow him to think he's given you a learning experience you don't want to walk away from without proper information.
Who will you "murder?" a dog? if you think of it as murder, rather than, say, extermination, you aren't really going to do it. perhaps you should give them more attention, or practice discretion when agreeing to baby-sit pets. smaller dogs are bad. mid-to larger, and older dogs are good. also beagles are great, though they are small. they do not yap. (see snoopie.) Furthermore, why are these dogs at your house? pet-sitting usually involves visiting the animal at its own home.
I'm looking forward to reading your articles. thanks for the info.
From: Brian
Date: 03 Aug 2007, 12:35
Three jobs, eh? That's three more than me. Did I tell you River Oaks shitcanned me? Not sure why (they sure won't tell me), but I've been paid through the summer. About time to start looking for a new gig. I'll probably end up at the News-Star editing headlines and laying out pages. Ah, well.
Not sure about the point in a Bond-themed martini. Why not just order the same recipe as in the movie and save yourself a couple of bucks in licensing fees. That is, of course, assuming your restaurant is paying a licensing fee. Which I'm sure it's legally prudent enough to do.
The "Courtney is your manager" plot would be funny if it weren't so contrived. I mean honestly.
Yes, you can read my articles for free. At least the first batch. My Comic-Con series, "The Amateur Scientist: Across the Comic-Con Dimension", is available on pinkraygun.com. I'm using it as a sort of first draft for a longer article, though, which would hopefully be published somewhere which would require monetary compensation of its readers. The benefit being that I could require monetary compensation of them as well. Economics!
Family life is good. We're babysitting two puppies right now, which is a lot less cute and cuddly than it sounds. If I hear another yap, I will murder.
REPLY:
It is the same recipe as in the movie. Most people don't remember that, or have any idea what the 50s ingredients were, so the martini we serve is as close an approximation as possible. Gordon's Gin was most common at the time (for example), but since then Gordon's has changed their standard proof so now we use Tanqueray, which is a 100 proof london dry gin, and closer to what Bond would have drank. Also kina lillet (the vermouth) is no longer widely available, so we use lillet blanc. Also we do stir. "Shaken" waters it down and dilutes the flavor, and the bar manager feels most people would prefer it stirred. I guess he's right, because at $10 a pop most people want to taste what they're drinking all the way through. (If you recall, in the 50s people drank so much, it was easier to get down if it was super cold.) "Stirred" forces you to drink it slower, and all of it will taste the same, rather than more like water at the end. Maybe Bond never got to finish a drink. It's called a Vesper. There are no licensing fees. I think for some reason this info was cut out: it's at a french cocktail bar called "trois." Bankers, ballers, and fathers-on-vacation love the Vesper. why not try it? see what the man was talking about. The point, sir, is money.
don't they have to give you a reason for firing you? you'd think dr. (m? I forget) would be nice enough, or man enough, to tell you honestly. Allow him to think he's given you a learning experience you don't want to walk away from without proper information.
Who will you "murder?" a dog? if you think of it as murder, rather than, say, extermination, you aren't really going to do it. perhaps you should give them more attention, or practice discretion when agreeing to baby-sit pets. smaller dogs are bad. mid-to larger, and older dogs are good. also beagles are great, though they are small. they do not yap. (see snoopie.) Furthermore, why are these dogs at your house? pet-sitting usually involves visiting the animal at its own home.
I'm looking forward to reading your articles. thanks for the info.