That sounds FANTASTIC.  ::adds to list of liqueurs I plan to make this year::

Oh man, the raw-on-the-inside sausages are such a bummer.  I once tried making smoked chicken breasts stuffed with sausage, and, while the sausage was fine, the chicken breasts ended up a bit underdone.  Like your experience, I didn't realize this until after we'd all started eating.  I do all the cooking in my…

I'm with you, @LJo1:disqus  — can't do hair, nails, or makeup.  And, as 40 creeps ever closer, I feel like the window for learning has closed.  If I couldn't look cute back when it mattered, I sure as shit won't figure it out now that it doesn't.  (I'm also holding out hope that one of these days "letting oneself go"…

You certainly don't need to justify that!  It sounds like a deeply meaningful tattoo regardless of what it actually looks like, and frankly, it's a cool logo even if it had no meaning.  So you can't lose!

You certainly don't need to justify that!  It sounds like a deeply meaningful tattoo regardless of what it actually looks like, and frankly, it's a cool logo even if it had no meaning.  So you can't lose!

Is it a secret tattoo, or will you share with us?

Seriously!  The more pictures people post of themselves here, the more I realize I'm ruining the curve.

You are a genius.  That's the kind of reward system that I need.  Because booze-free, my bathroom cleaning habits leave quite a bit to be desired.

My office has had no heat since New Years.  Last Friday I was reduced to trying to type in fingerless gloves while using my coat as a lap robe.  The facilities people finally replied to my repeated calls for help yesterday, and the solution was to turn on some kind of blower thing directly over my desk… so that it's…

My office has had no heat since New Years.  Last Friday I was reduced to trying to type in fingerless gloves while using my coat as a lap robe.  The facilities people finally replied to my repeated calls for help yesterday, and the solution was to turn on some kind of blower thing directly over my desk… so that it's…

Six months ago I would have said the same of my brother; when we met up for the first time in November he kind of shrugged it all of by saying, "I had a bad decade."  If he keeps sending me booze, I can definitely accept that explanation and move on.

Your New Years resolution is like poetry.  That was beautiful.  ::wipes away a tear::

Wait, you work in my office with [coworker's name redacted], too??  Is this hypothetical person the one who wears bubblegum-scented perfume?  Because that's the one I deal with.

Wait, you work in my office with [coworker's name redacted], too??  Is this hypothetical person the one who wears bubblegum-scented perfume?  Because that's the one I deal with.

I made these cherry chipotle preserves this past summer, and it totally didn't set up at all, so now I have a bunch of jars of cherry halves in a slightly chipotle-y cherry syrup.  (This is not a bad thing.)  This past weekend I strained a bunch of the syrup from one jar and mixed it into the malted milk chocolate…

Oooh, Aviations are a wonderful way to get drunk!  I tried them for the first time at a nice little restaurant near Brimfield, MA; I was in town for the antique show, and ended up going back to the same restaurant for lunch the next day.  I'd had three Aviations with dinner, and must have left a spectacularly generous…

I went out to lunch today, and had pad thai.  Nothing sad here!  (But it'll be all about sad leftovers eaten at my desk tomorrow…)

Very snazzy glasses, @avclub-e129a878f7b0e5aa9ac09e0282f64ea6:disqus !

There has been a detente in my family after many years of estrangement for my brother, and resuming friendly contact with him (after about a decade) paid off big-time for me yesterday — he and his new wife sent me three bottles of bourbon as a belated Christmas gift.  There was a Black Maple Hill and a B&E and the…

Thank you for doing it, too.  I've gotten pretty good at ignoring the actual content of the TI, but man, this week's just shattered my resolve.