Things to watch! Something to buy! Something to listen to! Drinks!: (13:22) The Expanse (17:45) Hobonichi Weeks 2020 Planner (24:08) Threedom (27:00) Dolemite Is My Name Drinks! Mike – Man O’ War Cocktail Adam – Straight Bars from Short Throw Brewing Followup and Footnotes Music Break: El Michels Affair – “12345678910” Brad and Will Made …
The Solid Sundays keep on rolling. Last weekend I competed in the 2020 RVA Open, a weightlifting meet here in town. I was trying to get a competition total of 179kg, which would qualify me for competition at the 2020 American Open Series, which starts in March at The Arnold. I went a couple of …
It shouldn’t be colder here in Virginia than it is in Chicago. It just shouldn’t.
Eli Manning is retiring. Here’s what I wrote back in 2004(?!?!) when the Giants drafted him: (sweet screencap from the Wayback Machine’s cache of my blog back then) (I also 100% have that jersey hanging in my closet. I wore it when I watched the Giants play.) (man, I really need to get those old …
I still like getting haircuts, even though they’re on the other side of my head nowadays.
It’s uneven, not quite round, and has plenty of unintended texture.
It is getting closer to the picture in my head. I’m excited to get it glazed. Fingers crossed it lives through the firings.
I went with a Man O’ War cocktail for last night’s podcast recording.
4 ounces good-quality bourbon or your favorite rye whiskey
2 ounces Cointreau or other orange liqueur
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
Brandied cherries or lemon peel for garnish
This recipe makes two cocktails. Everything in a shaker and strained into a rocks glass. The tart/sweet balance is well done. I would have this again.
I got on the bike for the first time in a while. Stella needed some help with a Health Class project, so we caught a few mile on the Virginia Capital Trail. It was an incredible 65-degrees and sunny. In January.
After bikes I had brunch and hangs at Fuzzy Cactus. This is their Mexican Hot Coffee cocktail (mezcal, horchata, black coffee). It was pretty good, but not as good as the breakfast burrito.
