A dirty martini is Root Beer (the good stuff)
pour that into a martini glass, preferably plastic due to all the clinking that is done…
but a marochino cherry in there (I know! They’re horrible… but tell that to my kids)
That sounds like a great idea. I didn’t realize he was planning to move to the NW.
When is your move? Have you looked for a house yet? Is yours on the market? (I feel like I’ve been out of touch…stupid work and school, getting in the way again)
Well, except . . . every once and awhile during my childhood – when my mother would buy cans of Libby’s fruit – and there’d only be one cherry in it – and I knew my sister loved maraschino cherries. . . so . . . of course I had to force myself to fake love them just to instigate a fight. (That’s what little sisters are for ;^)
Mojo Mango Passion Frozen Daiquiri
1 can of Mango Passion Frozen Concentrate (Frozen OJ and/lemonade aisle – I use Hawaiians Own)
empty can into blender
Fill the can half way with Capt. Morgan’s Spiced Rum
empty can into blender
Then 1/2 cup of Triple Sec
empty that into blender
Some squirts of Grenadine
empty that into blender
Then fill the blender to the top with ice
Blenderize that suckah
Do the same as above but use Raspberry/Guava/Strawberry concentrate
and mix the two drinks
Can use tequila instead of Rum for Swirleritas. Enjoy.
Have any of you who are not in “at-risk” categories had you flu shots yet? If so, where did you get them and how much did they cost? And, if you’re in the Austin area, can you give me any suggestions?
I have spent the past hour looking for a place to get shots for my kids and I can’t find ANYthing — lots of BS about how there isn’t a shortage, but there are distribution delays (someone want to explain what the freaking difference is if the shots are not AVAILABLE??)
The flu clinic that the spouse and I sually go to at UT, had been suspended indefinately because they are being told that shots are on the way but no one knows when they will get there…but they won’t vaccinate kids under 9 in any case. Last year i just bit the bullet and paid the $25 per kiddo for their co-pay and got them at the Dr’s office but I don’t think we can do that this year — and they’re ALREADY getting sick….
I hear you on that one, Janet. I went though months of anxiety vaccinating Ethan when he was younger — I had no choice though, if I wanted to put him in daycare, I had to, and I had to put him in daycare if we wanted to eat.
The one that still worries me to this day is the one for Chicken Pox. It was BRAND NEW when they gave it to him in ’99-2000 and I still worry that we will find that it is not effective and he will get chicken pox as an adult and be in serious danger from it…..
We get the flu shots because there is always a LOT of flu in these parts, and with the hurricanes this year, who knows what kind of mutated toxic super bug awaits!!
I harbor no illusions that the flu shots are actually vaccinations in the most technical sense, but they do fire up your immune system (even if it’s for the wrong bug) for a trial run of sorts and since we all have pretty strong ones in any case, they don’t seem to do any harm and who knows, they actually MIGHT do some good!
😉
I’ve been getting flu shots for the past ten years because I have asthma and I can’t breathe when I get a cold or flu. I haven’t had the flu since then. Last year I never did get around to getting the shot because of the shortage and procrastination yada yada yada.
But I have become somewhat of a fanatical hand-washer and insist that everyone in my family washes theirs several times a day. I’m like the soap nazi. I also never open doors in public places by the handle. I either pull my sleeve down over my hand or open it with my helpfully large ass. Is this OCD? 🙂
In fact, if you look at all of the great new pandemic flu plans being built with millions of dollars from the DHS, the first thing on almost ALL of them is frequent and thorough handwashing!
Know what’s worse than obnoxious old songs?…..obnoxious new ones. We watched the movie Ong Bak (or whatever) the other night and ever since then the Hanson’s have been singing “Mmm Bop” in my head over and over and over….
I tried replacing it with an equally horrible song to no avail. I’ll try Muskrat Love now.
in public places, esp. not restrooms. Take a piece of paper towel, dry hands with it, use to open door, discard.
I try to do better than this, but if need be, will leave it on the floor.
Recently took someone to the public health clinic, and forgot and opened an internal door in the building. I zoomed into a restroom in about 2 seconds flat washed my hands, then used the paper towel to get out of the restroom and building. Euuuu!
I’m not a fanatic hand-washer, though, having lived around a person who was. Rightly or wrongly, not going there.
it seems as though there is no flu vaccine anywhere and all of the “flu clinics” have been cancelled…
Hopefully it will not be a bad season…had the flu a few years ago and definitely DO NOT want to go through that again. Luckily I’m not at risk…pity those people!
Thanks, twinger — it seems that when you have kids, ‘specially little uns, you are ALWAYS at risk of something or another — we’ve alreayd had a bad bout where all 4 of us were sick on and off at various intensities (fever, coughing, general oogieness) for a month running — end of Spet to middle of Oct. — looks like we got almost 4 weeks of health in before this round with the boys — so far, the spouse and I are ok, though after two days at home with and sleeping last night with, the little sick ones, I am not feeling so well myself!
We have been notified by Independent Nursing Care (INC) that the entire US healthcare community recently learned of a delay in the release of the Fluvirin influenza vaccine manufactured by Chiron Corporation.
According to Chiron, they expected Fluvirin doses to become available in early October, but because of a problem with the manufacturing process, Chiron said it will not be releasing it’s 2005-2006 vaccine, known as Fluvirin until later November and into December.
Unfortunately, Independent Nursing Care has had to postpone our flu shot clinics until December.
We will send out the new dates for the clinics as soon as we hear that the vaccine is available.
Drambuie is a Scotch liquor – sweetended with heather honey and “secret” herbs.
I don’t think it tastes like Scotch…it has kind of a super sweet taste – maybe with a touch of anise. The spouse is a bourbon drinker and he’s will sip at the Rusty Nail occasionally.
It’s a pricey liquor (25-30 in CA)…sip it at someone’s house before buying.
is the name by which I know this concoction. Was once Spouse’s fav drink when first we met (but I was sadly underage) and we’d wind up at a piano bar to finish the evening.
With Infidelpig and Ghostdancer’s Way so quiet these days, it’s nice to see that someone new has come to the site to talk about Native American issues. Maybe more people could drop by the diary and say howdy:
The last diary was huge by the time I got around to spraying 4’s, and I gotta go now, so please everybody considered yourself totally 4’d there and here!
CabinGirl, do you think maybe we should post a Closed sign on the old cafe? I noticed that our new diarist, starkravinglunaticradical put her “hello” comment over there. (She also said on her diary that she had to skedaddle because she has a deadline to meet.)
ROFL. I love it. Though I think I’ll pass on drinking it. Hair of the dog, yes. Hair of the marmot… I think I’ll have a Booswarm mark II instead. One part Midori, one part citrus vodka, one part sour, serve with ice and a twist of lemon. Yum!
Pat Robertson urges assassinations of foreign leaders, Ann Coulter has repeatedly called for the murder of many liberals, and now this…
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Supervisor Chris Daly is firing back at Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly for comments he made on his radio show Wednesday that encouraged al-Qaida to “blow up” Coit Tower.
O’Reilly reacted to San Franciscans approval of Proposition I, which discourages military recruiters on public high school and college campuses.
He advised President George W. Bush to react by withdrawing any military protection for the city. “…If al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it. We’re going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead,” O’Reilly said.
even as a local we go just because it’s cool and the view is great. And we get make all those great fire hose jokes which make the tourii think we are nuts!
ooooh! A gibson–love, love, love them. Though I do prefer mine with less vermouth–as someone mentioned upthread — Alice? just wave the vermouth bottle over the gin.
Gin and Scotch–so long as I am surrounded by them, I am one blissed out marmot.
A week ago thursday, manee was feeling tense so I posted a photo of marmot relaxing in and eating flowers as a mellow example. This led to a whole bunch of relaxed animals getting posted but the marmot was the unofficial winner. Since then he’s shown up in various diaries (with the most mentions from manee, dj, and kansas).
Today eneded up being Wayne’s last day at the BOMB FACTORY!!! (sorry Ask) He designed safety equipment and procedures for almost 2 yrs… he had had it. Now he can walk the talk.
He gave two weeks notice although it was an “at will” company. They gave him lunch, wine, a fucking pen… and next week paid and he’ll get the Christmas Bonus.
The fuckers… worked today.
Sorry LONG story as to all the bad shit that went on in that hell hole. But.. I did get to have my say this week there. And I blewwwwwwwwwwww!
Muddle the sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the cachaca into the glass. Stir well.
Happen to be high and dry at the moment though. Actually, no not high, and yes, in that sense dry.
So what are the hours round here? Can someone direct this newbie (big shot cattle prod on the rec list 😉 to a “froggy bottom” hours and terms of operation site?
Hi, let me try to answer your questions about the cafe….it is run and hosted by a group of us who each have one day hosting…we try to always have one going…
So glad you made it over here and do stop by often.
Dammit Janet, now that’s a good idea. Pretty sure before this happy hour’s up, I ‘ll be running down to the kitchen to make me one (fresh out of kiwis at the moment, but kiwi-lime caiparinha sounds like a hit!)…
Well, there’s almost always someone hanging around the Froggy Bottom, although different folks host it on different days. We have a Book Club (the next Book is “Oh Pure and Radiant Heart” by Lydia Millet) and we did a photo fair a few weeks back…We’re sharing recipes for the holidays on Fridays in the daytime cafe this month.
What I would say is just hold on. I know how hard it is. I was divorced and when I was going through it it was hell. I don’t know if you will get divorced, but I know a little about how hard these times are. I don’t really know what to recommend: deep breathing, liquor, reaching out to others, as you are doing here.
Oh, Brinn..I’m sorry that the cafe is nearly empty and I’m the only one here to respond.
Your comment brought back so many awful memories of my first marriage…of hanging on because you can’t afford to leave. Of resentment and anger that have no place to go but be turned inward and make yourself sick, or to let it fly crazily around the room scaring the kids and making you feel like a raving lunatic. It brought back memories of having no money to leave the house, of having to do without things for my kids that every single other kid had and then feeling like a rotten mother because I couldn’t provide. It brought back memories of me staying home with 4 little kids while my husband worked 12 hours a day and still not being able to make ends meet, and the bitterness I felt toward him for not making life more comfortable for us, and the resentment he felt toward me for not getting a job making $5.00 an hour and leaving the kids home alone while I worked.
I had enough after 5 years but finally got the courage to leave after 20 years. Those 15 years were miserable. I loved being home with the kids and we were relaxed and happy when he was gone, then I would hear his car in the driveway and the kids would scatter to their rooms and I would sit there steeling myself for his return, all the while feeling like I was going to vomit.
I finally left when a friend just gave me $1000…more money than I had ever had at one time in my life. I found a little house to rent and the old man who owned it let me pay off the security deposit over the first 6 months. I worked two jobs and my older kids watched my younger kids. One of my jobs was at a Methodist church and they gave me all kinds of boxes of food and put my kids names on their “Angel Tree” at Christmas so they would have presents.
I’ve told you this before but even though it was a struggle, those two years were the happiest years of my life because only people who loved each other were in the house and even though it was a daily struggle to survive, I felt self-sufficient and my kids and I loved being together and relaxed.
If your husband is losing his temper with the kids to the extent that he leaves marks, Cat, that’s not okay.
I care and I’m listening. I hope things settle down and you can make clearheaded decisions.
Sometimes you have to leap and have faith that the net will appear.
I’m sorry I haven’t been around the Pond enough lately to know all the details of what’s going on, Brinn. So if this is out of place, I apologize in advance. Music gives me hope; it gets me through my tough times.
Here’s a song I’ve quoted many a time on many a blog, but never as extensively as I will now. You have to do what’s best for you, and best for those kids. For your own sanity, and well-being, and for theirs. They’ll know; and they’ll appreciate it and be the better for it later.
I finally understand
for a woman it ain’t easy tryin to raise a man
You always was committed
A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it
There’s no way I can pay you back
But the plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
[…]
(chorus)
Lady…
Don’t cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
Dear mama
Place no one above ya, sweet lady
You are appreciated
Don’t cha know we love ya?
[…]
Cause when I was low you was there for me
And never left me alone because you cared for me
And I could see you comin home after work late
You’re in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plate
Ya just workin with the scraps you was given
And mama made miracles every Thanksgivin
But now the road got rough, you’re alone
You’re tryin to raise two bad kids on your own
And there’s no way I can pay you back
But my plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
[…]
Pour out some liquor and I reminisce, cause through the drama
I can always depend on my mama
And when it seems that I’m hopeless
You say the words that can get me back in focus
When I was sick as a little kid
To keep me happy there’s no limit to the things you did
And all my childhood memories
Are full of all the sweet things you did for me
And even though I act craaazy
I gotta thank the Lord that you made me
There are no words that can express how I feel
You never kept a secret, always stayed real
And I appreciate, how you raised me
And all the extra love that you gave me I wish I could take the pain away
If you can make it through the night there’s a brighter day
Everything will be alright if ya hold on
It’s a struggle everyday, gotta roll on
And there’s no way I can pay you back
But my plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated.
— Dear Mama, 2Pac
That’s just my opinion and I know very little about your situation, but it sounds like your house is just throbbing with tension and the kids are feeling it because they’re acting out and clinging to you.
Ask yourself this: If I do nothing what will happen? Is it likely to get better on it’s own?
Read your comment again as if it’s your best friend telling you this. What would you tell her to do?
I do not wish to sound insensitive to your emotions, but it is your responsibility to protect those children from harm, and there are times when that must override all other considerations.
If you do not have a car, call someone to come and get you, call a taxi, gather the babies and any necessary medications and GET OUT.
Go to a friend, go to a relative, go to a shelter if you have no relative or friend at which the abuser cannot find you.
Your only other option is to keep the children in harm’s way until he does them – and you, serious harm.
Feel free to curse me as an interfering and impolite old man as you walk out the door.
Where he does not and will not, under any circumstances, have access to them.
A man who has harmed your children knows where they are. That is the situation that must change immediately.
Once that is done, you can decide whether you wish him to know where you are, and I would suggest you discuss it with a professional, but for now, this minute, turn off the computer and get your babies to safety.
I’m not usually one to give advice, but why don’t you go play with the kids while they’re up?
Believe me, I sit in front of a computer for over half of my time these days; it’s easy to forget what’s important while you’re staring into those pixels.
We’ll still be here when they go to bed. As Arthur Gilroy would say…Bet on it.
I concur with the “impolite old man” for his openness with the truth. As I see it, your six yr. old is protecting the two yr. old & you also. That responsibility is your`s after the father abdicated his position as protecter. I hope the best for you in everything, but in my opinion this problem is not going to go away. No matter what it takes, GET OUT NOW.
Then again it`s none of my business.
Sorry about your situation.
I’d like to be able to reach out to take you hand and lend you any extra strength I could. Since I can’t do that I’m just want to offer my uncritical support for whatever you decide to do. You are a strong woman with a good head and an even better heart.
One thing I do think is that you feel isolated and unable to voice how you feel in order to protect your children. Feeling this way is really stressful and finding a support group or counseling where you can express your feeling honestly and openly would probably do a lot to help you work through what you need to do.
You may feel upset now, but you will feel much more upset when he causes one or both of them to be hospitalized, or buried.
If you wish to protect them, send them to a safe place where the abuser cannot harm them.
If you are unable to do this, call someone, anyone, if necessary, your local social services agency and let them do it.
You can sort out your problems at your leisure, but your immediate responsibility is to protect your children, from harm, and from watching their mother shoot somebody, which is how I assume you will imagine you will protect them.
You are all that stands between them and serious injury or worse. You are their mother, and if you never do another sensible thing in your life, get the children out of there NOW.
but this is the little that I could contribute. DON’T worry about your kids’ bedtimes. Don’t try to live up to the impossible (for many) standards of what a middle class family should be like. Give them hot fudge sundaes for breakfast, if you feel you need to. Worry about all this stuff later.
Do they have other family members nearby? Grandparents, aunts, uncles? Maybe they could spend some time with them and get out of the pressurecooker for awhile.
DON’T feel guilty. There are no perfect parents. No one is a perfect mother. This is a lie that tortures so many women. We are all imperfect people who do the best with what we are given
I’d skip the vermouth, because the olive juice is what gives it the flavor. Experiment to get just the right taste for you.
* 1 1/2 oz. Grey Goose Vodka
* Splash of Olive juice
* Dry Vermouth (if desired)
* Olives
To the James Bond fan in my house…
A dirty martini is Root Beer (the good stuff)
pour that into a martini glass, preferably plastic due to all the clinking that is done…
but a marochino cherry in there (I know! They’re horrible… but tell that to my kids)
Bingo – better than those damn Shirley Temples 🙂
I love maraschino cherries. That James Bond fan of yours has some good taste.
Damnit Ryan made it for Wes when we went to Boston. Supreme restaurant he works at… it was super cool how it was presented and everything. 🙂
Sadly – Damnit Ryan will be out of work for Christmas. The place is “expanding” so bought the building next door and are remodeling/construction work.
So they are “giving” everyone a month off. Ahem. As if waitstaff can afford a month off. 🙁
A month off at the holidays? That sucks for Ryan, plus, I remember the holidays being a busy restaurant season.
Nice bosses, NOT.
It’s an ultra Ritzy place. They can afford to close for a year and they’d still have lines out the door.
He might just move out earlier if he can get a swank staff job in SeattlePortland area.
That sounds like a great idea. I didn’t realize he was planning to move to the NW.
When is your move? Have you looked for a house yet? Is yours on the market? (I feel like I’ve been out of touch…stupid work and school, getting in the way again)
It’s such a mess. Start date is 12/19 for the work -but the actual move is a clusterfuck.
(rips hair out)
I’ve hated maraschino cherries all my life.
Well, except . . . every once and awhile during my childhood – when my mother would buy cans of Libby’s fruit – and there’d only be one cherry in it – and I knew my sister loved maraschino cherries. . . so . . . of course I had to force myself to fake love them just to instigate a fight. (That’s what little sisters are for ;^)
Ah yes. I know and have used that tactic more than once. I have 6 sisters.
(and it’s peeeenk, too) 😀
I like to just wave the vermouth bottle over the top of the martini glass.
You only need the fumes. ;~)
Mojo Mango Passion Frozen Daiquiri
1 can of Mango Passion Frozen Concentrate (Frozen OJ and/lemonade aisle – I use Hawaiians Own)
empty can into blender
Fill the can half way with Capt. Morgan’s Spiced Rum
empty can into blender
Then 1/2 cup of Triple Sec
empty that into blender
Some squirts of Grenadine
empty that into blender
Then fill the blender to the top with ice
Blenderize that suckah
Do the same as above but use Raspberry/Guava/Strawberry concentrate
and mix the two drinks
Can use tequila instead of Rum for Swirleritas. Enjoy.
I’ve never had a Martini, can you believe that? Manhattans, on the other hand. . .
How do you make yours? Up, or on the rocks?
Up! Up, up, and away.
Have any of you who are not in “at-risk” categories had you flu shots yet? If so, where did you get them and how much did they cost? And, if you’re in the Austin area, can you give me any suggestions?
I have spent the past hour looking for a place to get shots for my kids and I can’t find ANYthing — lots of BS about how there isn’t a shortage, but there are distribution delays (someone want to explain what the freaking difference is if the shots are not AVAILABLE??)
The flu clinic that the spouse and I sually go to at UT, had been suspended indefinately because they are being told that shots are on the way but no one knows when they will get there…but they won’t vaccinate kids under 9 in any case. Last year i just bit the bullet and paid the $25 per kiddo for their co-pay and got them at the Dr’s office but I don’t think we can do that this year — and they’re ALREADY getting sick….
in the seond one, the first is going fast!
thanks ever so much!
😉
I’ve never had flu shots, neither have my kids. Sorry!
I never did before I moved to Texas — and both the boys were born here, so they’ve had them every year.
There’s some nasty-ass shit floating around this state, every year, ALL year.
Not at risk but I’ve also never had a flu shot. We just don’t do them at our house…
I don’t trust this country’s shots at all anymore. Sorry.
I hear you on that one, Janet. I went though months of anxiety vaccinating Ethan when he was younger — I had no choice though, if I wanted to put him in daycare, I had to, and I had to put him in daycare if we wanted to eat.
The one that still worries me to this day is the one for Chicken Pox. It was BRAND NEW when they gave it to him in ’99-2000 and I still worry that we will find that it is not effective and he will get chicken pox as an adult and be in serious danger from it…..
We get the flu shots because there is always a LOT of flu in these parts, and with the hurricanes this year, who knows what kind of mutated toxic super bug awaits!!
I harbor no illusions that the flu shots are actually vaccinations in the most technical sense, but they do fire up your immune system (even if it’s for the wrong bug) for a trial run of sorts and since we all have pretty strong ones in any case, they don’t seem to do any harm and who knows, they actually MIGHT do some good!
😉
They usually have designated flu-shot dates at local drug stores. Or call your county health department.
Maybe at the end of the month or next, they all say….
harrumph.
I’ve been getting flu shots for the past ten years because I have asthma and I can’t breathe when I get a cold or flu. I haven’t had the flu since then. Last year I never did get around to getting the shot because of the shortage and procrastination yada yada yada.
But I have become somewhat of a fanatical hand-washer and insist that everyone in my family washes theirs several times a day. I’m like the soap nazi. I also never open doors in public places by the handle. I either pull my sleeve down over my hand or open it with my helpfully large ass. Is this OCD? 🙂
In fact, if you look at all of the great new pandemic flu plans being built with millions of dollars from the DHS, the first thing on almost ALL of them is frequent and thorough handwashing!
But you are insane 🙂
Insanely loved by us other crazy people.
CRazy froggy love. I can just hear the Captain and Tennille now.
Marmot love! 🙂
Sooooo you are hearing voices singing obnoxious, old pop songs? I’d say OCD is the least of your worries.
Know what’s worse than obnoxious old songs?…..obnoxious new ones. We watched the movie Ong Bak (or whatever) the other night and ever since then the Hanson’s have been singing “Mmm Bop” in my head over and over and over….
I tried replacing it with an equally horrible song to no avail. I’ll try Muskrat Love now.
Once I get that in my head, it takes heavy drugs to get rid of it (there’s an upside to everything).
BTW, those kinds of songs are called “earworms”.
I remember reading about earworms somewhere. What a great name for them, and I think that’s where I got the idea to replace it with something worse.
My husband listens to country music, so there is no shortage of “something worse” in our house.
heh, without being tortured no less… 🙂
I have a thing for Barry Mannilo and I LOVE Neil Diamond 🙂
in public places, esp. not restrooms. Take a piece of paper towel, dry hands with it, use to open door, discard.
I try to do better than this, but if need be, will leave it on the floor.
Recently took someone to the public health clinic, and forgot and opened an internal door in the building. I zoomed into a restroom in about 2 seconds flat washed my hands, then used the paper towel to get out of the restroom and building. Euuuu!
I’m not a fanatic hand-washer, though, having lived around a person who was. Rightly or wrongly, not going there.
it seems as though there is no flu vaccine anywhere and all of the “flu clinics” have been cancelled…
Hopefully it will not be a bad season…had the flu a few years ago and definitely DO NOT want to go through that again. Luckily I’m not at risk…pity those people!
Thanks, twinger — it seems that when you have kids, ‘specially little uns, you are ALWAYS at risk of something or another — we’ve alreayd had a bad bout where all 4 of us were sick on and off at various intensities (fever, coughing, general oogieness) for a month running — end of Spet to middle of Oct. — looks like we got almost 4 weeks of health in before this round with the boys — so far, the spouse and I are ok, though after two days at home with and sleeping last night with, the little sick ones, I am not feeling so well myself!
here’s our company’s message:
We have been notified by Independent Nursing Care (INC) that the entire US healthcare community recently learned of a delay in the release of the Fluvirin influenza vaccine manufactured by Chiron Corporation.
According to Chiron, they expected Fluvirin doses to become available in early October, but because of a problem with the manufacturing process, Chiron said it will not be releasing it’s 2005-2006 vaccine, known as Fluvirin until later November and into December.
Unfortunately, Independent Nursing Care has had to postpone our flu shot clinics until December.
We will send out the new dates for the clinics as soon as we hear that the vaccine is available.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Fill a rocks glass with ice.
1 1/2 oz. Scotch
1/2 oz. Drambuie
Always pour the Drambuie last to allow it to mix with the lighter Scotch.
Stir lightly – or not…
It’s only lunch time…geez I now have 5 hours to wait.
and does that work with bourbon? (Hate scotch….)
Drambuie is a Scotch liquor – sweetended with heather honey and “secret” herbs.
I don’t think it tastes like Scotch…it has kind of a super sweet taste – maybe with a touch of anise. The spouse is a bourbon drinker and he’s will sip at the Rusty Nail occasionally.
It’s a pricey liquor (25-30 in CA)…sip it at someone’s house before buying.
is the name by which I know this concoction. Was once Spouse’s fav drink when first we met (but I was sadly underage) and we’d wind up at a piano bar to finish the evening.
What do you call it?
Sorry I forgot the title…it is a Rusty Nail.
Nah, just kidding — just thought I’d inject my level of sophistication into the mix.
AndiF my dear…you should know we have everything at the FBC…
Wow, they really spiffed it up in the 30 plus years since I last had the misfortune to drink some.
With Infidelpig and Ghostdancer’s Way so quiet these days, it’s nice to see that someone new has come to the site to talk about Native American issues. Maybe more people could drop by the diary and say howdy:
LINK: Greetings from Turtle Island
The last diary was huge by the time I got around to spraying 4’s, and I gotta go now, so please everybody considered yourself totally 4’d there and here!
Too bad kansas appears to be gone but I’ll mix another one for her some other time if it turns out to be a popular drink.
I came back to lol!
CabinGirl, do you think maybe we should post a Closed sign on the old cafe? I noticed that our new diarist, starkravinglunaticradical put her “hello” comment over there. (She also said on her diary that she had to skedaddle because she has a deadline to meet.)
Okay, I’m doing the Skedaddle, myself.
Marmotini!
Done…I was so excited about the dirty martini picture I found, I forgot to close up…tsk, tsk.
at the hockey chat – when we make a new thread – we put up a Highway sign 🙂
HAHAHAHAHAHA! That is Hilarious! Woooo, I needed that, thanks Andi!
I.
Love.
It!!
Don’t Marmot that drink my friend 🙂
And you know how to make a VIRGIN dirty marmotini right?? 🙂
but my marmot is a blissed out stoner and good time party animal. Feh on your insults about viriginity!
make virgin wool right?
They find a bunch of fugly sheep… I was going to say “republican” but we all know they are a bunch of sickos…
I love your dirty marmot.
Republican and bunch of sickos
or
Republican and bunch of sheep
or
….by any other name
ROFL. I love it. Though I think I’ll pass on drinking it. Hair of the dog, yes. Hair of the marmot… I think I’ll have a Booswarm mark II instead. One part Midori, one part citrus vodka, one part sour, serve with ice and a twist of lemon. Yum!
You are brilliant, AndiF! But I’m going to need CPR if I swallow that Marmie by accident.
Oh come on, you know better — he’s just like an olive and a paper umbrella — you take him out before you drink.
O’Reilly Urges Al Qaeda To Blow Up American City
Pat Robertson urges assassinations of foreign leaders, Ann Coulter has repeatedly called for the murder of many liberals, and now this…
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Supervisor Chris Daly is firing back at Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly for comments he made on his radio show Wednesday that encouraged al-Qaida to “blow up” Coit Tower.
O’Reilly reacted to San Franciscans approval of Proposition I, which discourages military recruiters on public high school and college campuses.
He advised President George W. Bush to react by withdrawing any military protection for the city. “…If al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it. We’re going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead,” O’Reilly said.
Ms. Coit is rumored to have had many reasons for her admiration for the firefighters and their hoses. Thus the tower dedicated to the firemen. ;^D
And it has great art as well:
even as a local we go just because it’s cool and the view is great. And we get make all those great fire hose jokes which make the tourii think we are nuts!
1 1/2 oz dry gin
1/2 oz French dry vermouth
3 pearl onions
twist lemon peel
Combine vermouth and gin. Shake well with cracked ice and strain into 3 ounce cocktail glass. Twist of lemon peel and serve with three pearl onions.
[From the book: Old Mr Boston’s De Luxe Official Bartender’s Book compiled and edited by Leo Cotton (Ben Burke, Inc, 1941)]
Cheers!
ooooh! A gibson–love, love, love them. Though I do prefer mine with less vermouth–as someone mentioned upthread — Alice? just wave the vermouth bottle over the gin.
Gin and Scotch–so long as I am surrounded by them, I am one blissed out marmot.
Ignorant questions follow.
Marmot, hmmmmm — Canadian? Skier? Outdoor gear afficianado? Or do you just like the rodent?
So cute!
A week ago thursday, manee was feeling tense so I posted a photo of marmot relaxing in and eating flowers as a mellow example. This led to a whole bunch of relaxed animals getting posted but the marmot was the unofficial winner. Since then he’s shown up in various diaries (with the most mentions from manee, dj, and kansas).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grand-lake
Marquee sign put to good use in Oakland, CA 🙂
Today eneded up being Wayne’s last day at the BOMB FACTORY!!! (sorry Ask) He designed safety equipment and procedures for almost 2 yrs… he had had it. Now he can walk the talk.
He gave two weeks notice although it was an “at will” company. They gave him lunch, wine, a fucking pen… and next week paid and he’ll get the Christmas Bonus.
The fuckers… worked today.
Sorry LONG story as to all the bad shit that went on in that hell hole. But.. I did get to have my say this week there. And I blewwwwwwwwwwww!
Kids in school…liberal neighborhood and good job next month. Steamy mornings after the kids are off to school! Woo Hoo…
It boggles the mind…okay, not really, I’m just jealous!
Scale ingredients to servings
2 tsp granulated sugar
8 limes wedges
2 1/2 oz cachaca
Muddle the sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the cachaca into the glass. Stir well.
Happen to be high and dry at the moment though. Actually, no not high, and yes, in that sense dry.
So what are the hours round here? Can someone direct this newbie (big shot cattle prod on the rec list 😉 to a “froggy bottom” hours and terms of operation site?
Hi, let me try to answer your questions about the cafe….it is run and hosted by a group of us who each have one day hosting…we try to always have one going…
So glad you made it over here and do stop by often.
Can also use kiwis instead of limes.
Dammit Janet, now that’s a good idea. Pretty sure before this happy hour’s up, I ‘ll be running down to the kitchen to make me one (fresh out of kiwis at the moment, but kiwi-lime caiparinha sounds like a hit!)…
I never heard of a caipiranha before, but it sounds great. methinks I’ll be visiting the liquor store this weekend…
definitely something for women who run with wolves. hehe.
And here I thought I was flying under the radar…consider that bubble burst. 🙂
*bat*shit loons of a feather flock together–radargators gone wild! 🙂
Well, there’s almost always someone hanging around the Froggy Bottom, although different folks host it on different days. We have a Book Club (the next Book is “Oh Pure and Radiant Heart” by Lydia Millet) and we did a photo fair a few weeks back…We’re sharing recipes for the holidays on Fridays in the daytime cafe this month.
Um, anyone ese want to chime in here?
You mean with tubular bells? 🙂
I think that a loose theme for tomorrow will be food and weight control (not necessarily the same thing) issues.
I host on Saturday depending on the weather, it can be busy all day, but it’s usually most active in the morning.
We welcome newcomers anytime — this is a great place to come. No matter what the general theme for the day or evening, nothing’s Off Topic here.
And it’s always 4s for everyone!
Flaming Pumpkin Pie
1 tsp cinnamon
1 part Kahlua
1 part Bailey’s Irish Cream
1 splash Peppermint Schnapps
Pour in Kahula, top with Bailey’s, pour a splash of Schnapps on top…light it up, sprinkle with cinnamon and repeat as necessary.
Enjoy
Peace
just what I need… an open flame while I’m LIT. 🙂
(((dada))) enjoyed your posts this week. Mucho thankos. 🙂
Next you’ll be up on the bar, singing Muskrat Love and dancing like that olive around the bottom of the marmotini glass…
Shhh! Don’t put ideas into my head.
Soon as I shove some extra poundage off my gut and ass… I’ll be back on some stage – somewhere.
I can be stone cold sober to make a fool out of myself 🙂
Peace
What I would say is just hold on. I know how hard it is. I was divorced and when I was going through it it was hell. I don’t know if you will get divorced, but I know a little about how hard these times are. I don’t really know what to recommend: deep breathing, liquor, reaching out to others, as you are doing here.
My best wishes are with you.
I can’t believe how many people are here tonight. I’ll take a Bailey’s on the rocks barkeep. Or shall I get it myself?
you can have the whole bottle!
Oh, Brinn..I’m sorry that the cafe is nearly empty and I’m the only one here to respond.
Your comment brought back so many awful memories of my first marriage…of hanging on because you can’t afford to leave. Of resentment and anger that have no place to go but be turned inward and make yourself sick, or to let it fly crazily around the room scaring the kids and making you feel like a raving lunatic. It brought back memories of having no money to leave the house, of having to do without things for my kids that every single other kid had and then feeling like a rotten mother because I couldn’t provide. It brought back memories of me staying home with 4 little kids while my husband worked 12 hours a day and still not being able to make ends meet, and the bitterness I felt toward him for not making life more comfortable for us, and the resentment he felt toward me for not getting a job making $5.00 an hour and leaving the kids home alone while I worked.
I had enough after 5 years but finally got the courage to leave after 20 years. Those 15 years were miserable. I loved being home with the kids and we were relaxed and happy when he was gone, then I would hear his car in the driveway and the kids would scatter to their rooms and I would sit there steeling myself for his return, all the while feeling like I was going to vomit.
I finally left when a friend just gave me $1000…more money than I had ever had at one time in my life. I found a little house to rent and the old man who owned it let me pay off the security deposit over the first 6 months. I worked two jobs and my older kids watched my younger kids. One of my jobs was at a Methodist church and they gave me all kinds of boxes of food and put my kids names on their “Angel Tree” at Christmas so they would have presents.
I’ve told you this before but even though it was a struggle, those two years were the happiest years of my life because only people who loved each other were in the house and even though it was a daily struggle to survive, I felt self-sufficient and my kids and I loved being together and relaxed.
If your husband is losing his temper with the kids to the extent that he leaves marks, Cat, that’s not okay.
I care and I’m listening. I hope things settle down and you can make clearheaded decisions.
Sometimes you have to leap and have faith that the net will appear.
Don’t ever feel sorry for reaching out to people. This is why this place is here.
Thanks for saying so, Toni. I don’t know what else to do, and I know there are a lot of great people here but I still feel really weird doing it….
I’m sorry I haven’t been around the Pond enough lately to know all the details of what’s going on, Brinn. So if this is out of place, I apologize in advance. Music gives me hope; it gets me through my tough times.
Here’s a song I’ve quoted many a time on many a blog, but never as extensively as I will now. You have to do what’s best for you, and best for those kids. For your own sanity, and well-being, and for theirs. They’ll know; and they’ll appreciate it and be the better for it later.
thank you.
Do something. Don’t do nothing.
That’s just my opinion and I know very little about your situation, but it sounds like your house is just throbbing with tension and the kids are feeling it because they’re acting out and clinging to you.
Ask yourself this: If I do nothing what will happen? Is it likely to get better on it’s own?
Read your comment again as if it’s your best friend telling you this. What would you tell her to do?
I do not wish to sound insensitive to your emotions, but it is your responsibility to protect those children from harm, and there are times when that must override all other considerations.
If you do not have a car, call someone to come and get you, call a taxi, gather the babies and any necessary medications and GET OUT.
Go to a friend, go to a relative, go to a shelter if you have no relative or friend at which the abuser cannot find you.
Your only other option is to keep the children in harm’s way until he does them – and you, serious harm.
Feel free to curse me as an interfering and impolite old man as you walk out the door.
I would never curse you, ductape, but we aren’t going anywhere — he is the one who goes, as he has done tonight.
Believe me, I have thought long and hard about the possibility of escalation…I can’t think about it any more right now.
Where he does not and will not, under any circumstances, have access to them.
A man who has harmed your children knows where they are. That is the situation that must change immediately.
Once that is done, you can decide whether you wish him to know where you are, and I would suggest you discuss it with a professional, but for now, this minute, turn off the computer and get your babies to safety.
I’m not usually one to give advice, but why don’t you go play with the kids while they’re up?
Believe me, I sit in front of a computer for over half of my time these days; it’s easy to forget what’s important while you’re staring into those pixels.
We’ll still be here when they go to bed. As Arthur Gilroy would say…Bet on it.
I concur with the “impolite old man” for his openness with the truth. As I see it, your six yr. old is protecting the two yr. old & you also. That responsibility is your`s after the father abdicated his position as protecter. I hope the best for you in everything, but in my opinion this problem is not going to go away. No matter what it takes, GET OUT NOW.
Then again it`s none of my business.
Sorry about your situation.
I’d like to be able to reach out to take you hand and lend you any extra strength I could. Since I can’t do that I’m just want to offer my uncritical support for whatever you decide to do. You are a strong woman with a good head and an even better heart.
One thing I do think is that you feel isolated and unable to voice how you feel in order to protect your children. Feeling this way is really stressful and finding a support group or counseling where you can express your feeling honestly and openly would probably do a lot to help you work through what you need to do.
You may feel upset now, but you will feel much more upset when he causes one or both of them to be hospitalized, or buried.
If you wish to protect them, send them to a safe place where the abuser cannot harm them.
If you are unable to do this, call someone, anyone, if necessary, your local social services agency and let them do it.
You can sort out your problems at your leisure, but your immediate responsibility is to protect your children, from harm, and from watching their mother shoot somebody, which is how I assume you will imagine you will protect them.
You are all that stands between them and serious injury or worse. You are their mother, and if you never do another sensible thing in your life, get the children out of there NOW.
but this is the little that I could contribute. DON’T worry about your kids’ bedtimes. Don’t try to live up to the impossible (for many) standards of what a middle class family should be like. Give them hot fudge sundaes for breakfast, if you feel you need to. Worry about all this stuff later.
Do they have other family members nearby? Grandparents, aunts, uncles? Maybe they could spend some time with them and get out of the pressurecooker for awhile.
DON’T feel guilty. There are no perfect parents. No one is a perfect mother. This is a lie that tortures so many women. We are all imperfect people who do the best with what we are given
Brinn, check your email…
This thread’s getting pretty full…see you on the flip!
Brinn,
(we love you)