Anyone else using it? I may be warming to it slightly…
Monthly Archive for May, 2007Page 2 of 2
So, the DOW is going nuts, and yet things don’t feel like they did back in the 90’s when it first crossed the 10,000 mark. The housing market sucks rocks (at least that’s the perception) and generally things “just aren’t the same” as the first time around.
I wondered why that was.
I am no student of the economy, so I found this post from last October fairly enlightening.
I would like to see more current (preferably light-weight and understandable) analysis, though.
I just got an email about not buying gas on May 15th to really sock it to the gas companies and force them to lower prices.
It’s hogwash, folks.
And for the record, we’re still not in any danger of catching up to fuel prices in Europe.
Remember when I posted the WIRED article about T.A. Breaux and his adventures in absinthe analysis and distilling?
Well, he’s since gone and produced an “authentic” absinthe that will be legal here in the states. It’s called Lucid and has a silly bottle.
According to the NY Times:
Mr. Breaux also had to keep the American palate in mind while developing Lucid. “In the U.S., anise is a sort of a strange flavor,� he said. “We don’t get a lot of exposure to it.� So Mr. Breaux made sure that Lucid had a slightly cleaner, crisper taste than its European peers.
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Lucid will be available starting next month, priced at $59.95 for a 750-milliliter bottle. A Web site, DrinkLucid.com, will soon post information on liquor stores that will carry the product.
I sampled the 124-proof liqueur last week, while watching the National Basketball Association playoffs. When diluted with water and a pinch of sugar, the absinthe’s taste is strong and pleasant. And the buzz has an odd way of focusing the mind — I’ve rarely been so entranced by the swish of a basketball net.
Fantastic!
This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of taking in the Ring of Fire 29: Aftershock mixed martial arts fighting event at the Broomfield Events Center. As I mentioned before, this followed after taking my company founder (I’m not supposed to treat him like “the boss”…) out to roller derby last month. As it turns out, his wife is friends with the wife of the local fighter who was the main event of the night. This fact would turn out add both interest and stress to the night for her.
I don’t have the wherewithal to run down all of my observations from the night, but the fights leading up to the two big fights were enjoyable. The results are available for those who care. A few highlights:
- There was one premature stoppage. Dude got clocked but was defending himself “intelligently” by the time he landed on his back.
- One of the referees looked like The Wife’s brother in a couple decades. No worries, he was a handsome devil.
- The crowd was… Wow. Now that I think about it, it should have been what I expected.
Which brings me to the two big fights of the night, both in the 205lb weight class.
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