Utter bullshit. I smite them for you, ita !.
On the gimlet tip, I had a The Last Word recently, which was really really good. Apparently I only drink gin drinks now, although I would still tell you I don't really like gin.
Last Words are good, as are the variations (Ultima Palabra - tequila, Final Word - bourbon). If you're in a gin mood, and are at a cocktail bar, ask them for a Casino:
2 oz gin
1/2 oz Luxardo (maraschino liqueur)
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
2 dashes orange bitters (Regan's for preference)
1 brandied or Luxardo cherry for garnish
Shake, double-strain, garnish with cherry
It seems kinda inverse, doesn't it? In terms of difficulty a fresh IV is definitely harder, but they're all scared of giving me a blood infection.
Which, thank you, but surely a bit of training and extra cleaning up would be useful...
They found an oncology nurse. The IV idea was totes not gonna work.
Getting a vein at that point would have been impossible, I bet. Ugh.
Oh, and not gin, but I found a recipe for Dark and Stormy popsicles that I have to try once I find a popsicle mold.
Sure thing, "Brenda". It's here.
I just realized I bought regular apricots. Oh well.
Nice. Right now I have just poured a celebratory cucumber vodka and soda, which is lovely when it's 127 degrees out like now.
I'm going to do the eggs with capers and lemon
Can you shove a dozen of these through the intertubes for me? NOM.
Also, I absolutely second the utter deliciousness of pomegranate gimlets, especially when it's made with simple syrup and freshly squeezed lemon juice. But they're very tasty indeed, even using Rose's.
I go to the ortho to hopefully get my half cast off tomorrow. Man, this thing is so grotty looking -- I've re-wrapped it several time, because the 12 MILES of Ace bandages would get all wonky, or the cast would slip up and rub around, and the damn thing looks like a splint jerry-rigged from dirty cotton balls and an old pair of beige panties, which was then subsequently used to prevent zombies from gnawing off my face.
I also have NO wrapping skills, so the damned forearm wrap/cast/arm thing is like, two feet thick. I look like Hellboy's little sister.
it's 127 degrees out like now.
I haven't spent a summer in the city for 10 years. It's taking some adjusting to.
My a/c is a little too small for my apartment so it takes foreve to cool down when it's hot inside. So for weather like this I just leave it on while I'm at work.
Being 1 1/2 blocks from the lake does help sometimes.
It's -23 here. (Really 12C.) Thank you large fog bank parked off the coast.
