FlaSoxxJim

Temporal nonsuch

Past, present, future are all arbitrary bookmarks on temporal continuity.

No velocity at all after September 25th 1980 when Bonzo bought it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 8, 2010 -> 02:31 PM) Kindly tell me what you think about Led Zeppelin then, since they formed in 1968 and had 2 albums out before the 70's? Led Zeppelin is in teh same boat — someone else asked me whit I thought of them and I responded positively but would not do them an injustice by linking them solely to the 70s.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 8, 2010 -> 01:26 PM) Failure to acknowledge The Who is a crime in my book. Just because a band had continued success in the 1970s, if they started out in 1964 they are NOT a 70s band.

Eagles owned the 70s.

Zep is great of course; note I only said "most" of the music from that decade was lame.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Nov 8, 2010 -> 12:12 PM) How about "Adult Contemporary Punk" or "Radio Friendly Punk?" "Pussified Punk?"

XRT came along and rescued me from most of the lameness of 70s music.

Very little of the 70s is worth trying to understand, fortunately.

QUOTE (Felix @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) Random tangent, but there are very few phrases I hate more than "pop punk." The two words (and musical genres) contradict themselves. It's like saying something is dry wet. Just awful. I also hate the music in that "genre", but that's beside the point I'm going for here. I dunno if the term is totally without merit. Even way back before the age of Green Day, bands like the Buzzcocks and early xtc, Jilted John, the Undertones, etc., were all coming out of a punk tradition but with a lot more pop sensibility and tongue-in-cheek delivery than the first wave of punk music. I think pop punk, punk power pop, etc., is useful as a broad stroke to categorize these groups. And for the record, I love all of that stuff.

Bulleit is touted as a "frontier bourbon" and it has more dry rye character and less corn mash sweetness as typical bourbons. A very nice straight drinker a well as mixer and it won't break the bank.

QUOTE (Felix @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 12:12 PM) I prefer just rocks (or neat in the case of the blue). Didn't mean mix as i mixed drink — rather, suggesting adding them to your already impressive collection.

Gaaah, I DID skip a letter!

Monin syrups are generally high quality. I have a Satrbucks gingerbread syrup that gets play during the holidays and I have my everyday fresh ginger simple syrup that might not be appropriately seasonally festive. I will be giving your drink a try though for sure.

Zeke's bar and restaurant in Dowagiac is still a great place to try 250+ beers.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 07:17 AM) Wound up with this . . . Equal parts eggnog, gingerbread syrup, vodka, and amaretto shaken with ice and strained into a martini class with whipped cream and a dash of cinnamon. On the second batch I held back slightly on the vodka and upped the amaretto and eggnog to compensate. This sounds like a veritable holiday in a cup!! Once I get through the pumpkin and cider holiday drinkies ginger must be next on the list.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 11:33 AM) Unbelievable, Flaxx! Dowagiac's not far from me. Went most summers growing up to spend time on Little Twin.

Several rednecks from Michigan totally surround my folks' summer cottage outside of Dowagiac. One neighbor lives underground in what was supposed to be the basement of a house that was never finished.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 10:06 AM) Interesting fact: zimne piwo means "cold beer" in Polish. That is totally cool!

Against the Wind, Bob Seger

Could move your frozen arse-cicle out of the Great White North any time if you cared to.

I forgot a coconut cream drink that I really like and haven't made in a while. This is the "Blackstrap Betty", a drink created by TikiWahine that won the Forbidden Island Cocktail Contest a few years back. There's truthfully very little coconut cream in the drink (and feel free to up it to taste), but it' a really great drink. • 1 ½ oz Cruzan Single Barrel • ½ oz lime juice • ½ oz Cruzan Blackstrap Rum • 3 oz Pineapple Juice • ¼ oz coconut cream • ¼ oz Licor 43 Blend with crushed ice in pulses for no more than 5 seconds in a blender. Pour into a goblet, and garnish with a Mint Sprig.

Actually going to touch 41 degrees overnight. We have the first fire of the season going in the fireplace.