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And then we found an old juice bottle in the basement that was actually full of Galliano, and then it became a very merry Christmas indeed.

Friday, December 25, 2009

My sister, displaying wisdom beyond her scant 19 years, thoughtfully got me a giant book entitled “501 Must-Drink Cocktails!” for Christmas.  So with the Christmas Miracle Galliano, this is what I made:
The Moon River
1/2 measure dry gin
1/2 measure Cointreau
1/2 measure apricot brandy
1/4 measure Galliano
1/4 measure lemon juice
Pour over ice, stir, strain into a cocktail glass.
And [...]

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Pretty excellent

Saturday, October 17, 2009

1. Less than a week until Windows 7! I am not normally excited about these kinds of things. But I have been having a MAJOR falling out with Windows Vista over the past little while, and I am at the point where I would murder babies if it would get me a [...]

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Books and also other lovely things

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Today I heard an interview on Writers and Company on the good ol’ CBC with Nuala O’Faolain, an Irish writer who sadly died last year, and who I had never heard of.  And now I want to go out and track down her books, because clearly she is a spintersly kindred spirit.  She said this, [...]

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I have officially declared this summer the Summer of Romantic Comedies Made Between 1960 and 1965

Monday, July 27, 2009

You should start with these:
Where the Boys Are – which I just finished watching five minutes ago.  It is the greatest film I have ever seen.  Connie Francis is in it, she plays a hockey player.  We don’t get to see her playing hockey, though, because the movie is set in Fort Lauderdale.  There’s a [...]

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Oh My Heavens.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

1.  I am writing to you on a new computer, because my old computer died, sort of, or something.  The screen was weirdly flickering the other day.  And then today it weirdly flickered and then went black.  And then I tried the ol’ turn-it-off-and-turn-it-on-again trick, only it wouldn’t turn on again.  It was dead.  So [...]

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CHASED BY DANGER!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Unrelated:  The next comment on this blog will by my 2000th comment!  THAT IS A LOT.  Maybe I will give Commenter #2000 a prize!  (Probably the prize will be:  I will make you a badge out of construction paper and paste with a crayon portrait of Fox Mulder on it.  It will say “YEAR 2000″ [...]

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I have nothing interesting to say.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Watch this instead:

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Pressing concerns!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

1.  So, apparently my bank will let me custom-design a debit card for free.  Like, I pick a picture, upload it, and they make me a debit card with said picture upon it.  So obviously the question now is:  what is the ridiculousest possible picture I could put on a debit card?  This is a [...]

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Dear Los Angeles: A love letter in three scenes

Monday, March 9, 2009

1.  On the bus today, headed towards Hollywood and Highland, I overheard the Jesus impersonator talking to the Haunted Tour of Hollywood tourguide.  There has been drama, it seems, amongs the people who dress as characters and pose for pictures with tourists in front of the Chinese Theatre.  There was once only one Superman, now [...]

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And also I fell and skinned my knee. Luckily, my heart is made of fourtanium

Sunday, February 15, 2009

1.  Dear my students:  the question about “which movement is this song associated with” was referring to a social movement.  Therefore the answer is not “the movement of swaying your hips.”
2.  Dear American Cinematheque:  Thank you for having a Valentine’s day double bill of Baz Luhrmann films about how if you fall in love, things [...]

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