Ryan, my loquacious brother, writes:

A any brandy
B a splash of dark rum
C a sweet white wine, or ice wine
D apple juice would work..
Good luck
 Honestly! When will that guy learn to economize his words, already?

Thanks also to dangerdean , sigivald , realtsunamigirl , carosconundrum , and canzonet  for moral support and useful suggestions. I think I'm going to go with apple juice and maybe some dark rum . ( Read more... )

I wrote this via Facebook messaging, and then realized it was pretty funny. Enjoy.

To: MyBrotherTheChef
From: SisterWithRidiculousScreenName

My New Year's resolution is to be more adventurous in my cooking. To that end, I'm trying a recipe out of the Gordon Ramsay cookbook. My choice depends entirely on the number of times the author says "fuck" in a ( Read more... )

This is a repost of an informal article by Dr. Robert Tarzwell, a practicing physician in the Vancouver area that I happen to know personally and whose opinion I trust. If the following information strikes a chord with you, feel free to repost it.

Part of what freaks people out about flu shots, I suspect, is the certainty of exposure: "I don't know ( Read more... )

I have been informed that I will either be receiving the H1N1 vaccine or written out of the will. My choice ( Read more... )

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"Working is soul-crushing! I can't believe adults live like this!"
-Bladezz, The Guild

A friend posted some west coastish gulf island-y pictures on his facebook account. The title of the album is, I kid you not:

"Use 'Vesuvius' in a sentence" or "That bastard gave me Ganges"
It is quite possibly the greatest album title ever.

Time for some mosaic-y goodness. I recommend thefulcrum  for layout ideas whenever you feel your livejournal is getting a little blah.

Thanks goes to stellastars  of stelladesigns  for my new Arabian Nights themed layout.

Instead of complaining about people in my life who insist on being passive aggressive assholes when I'm clearly going through a rough time, I thought I'd post this.

It was sent to me by a friend, and it was absolutely the best thing I could have seen at the time.

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Apparently, Thursday was "Kick a Ginger" day ( Read more... )