Warren, I think you mean "lucky rich sucker". Blue Label is definitely smooth and tasty. It is also grossly overpriced. You are paying for Johnny Walker's extensive marketing campaign. You can get far superior Scotch whisky for much less money.

Powers is the way to go in Irish whiskey.

You can find a couple of good ones in New York. Of course, the place I went last night wanted to make it with orange bitters. I made them use Peychaud's. It was a little too lemony because he dropped the twist into the glass after expressing the oils, but still pretty damn good. I do feel that I make a better…

Warren, I hope you're not drinking that JW Red straight. If you're picking up blends for the price, try Famous Grouse; it's got a bunch of good Speysides like Macallan in it, good flavor with a little smoke, and reasonable price.

Haven't you people ever heard Terry Lenox's pronouncement on the Gimlet? It's half gin and half Rose's lime and nothing else. Of course, since Rose's lime is high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavoring, do your selves the favor of making your own lime cordial. It's easy and you will be much happier with it.

PBR is crap. Warren, you are right about Rolling Rock being decent cheap beer. I am too old and I make too much money to drink cheap beer anymore. I often have the pub cans of Boddingtons or Guinness in my fridge, and Asahi and Kirin also make occasional appearances.

Contrary to Mr. Sorrentio's assertion, spiky hair, perma-tan, gym rat tank top and well-oiled muscles do not happen to be the style in New York. At least, not in any part of New York you'd want to be in. I won't speak for New Jersey.

Drakkar Noir, baby.

Perfect Tommy's Perfect Parfum: shoulder pads, mousse, guitar strings, Lectroids, and nostalgia (not the Veidt kind).

It's not mackerel. It's muguet, mugwort, or something like that. You can see it better in the video than in the screen grab.

I'm American, I don't have cable, and O'Reilly and Beck still make me want to puke.

Well, bascule, I hope you're happy now.

At my T/G dinner, they were all saying how they couldn't wait to go see it. I've given up on trying to guide them. They're on their own.

Never. The madness will never end. If, in some apparently utopian future we are Twilight-free, some other inane crap will replace it. Happy Monday.

Jimmy James, that sounds like a novel by Alex Garland or William Golding. How soon can we implement this plan?

I'm confused. Was it the ex or the Toyota that smelled like vanilla?

Please, let's not sully the good name of In-n-Out Burger with this crap.

That sounds dangerous, Dumbledore. We'll have to put a strong warning label on them to prevent people from hurting themselves or others with swordchucks.

Nice Deadwood reference, Switters.

@ wo: rules 2 and 3 make sense, but you can do better than gross fast food even when you need to drive. Hit the supermarket deli counter and they'll make you a sandwich. It's way better than McDonalds.