An equal parts cocktail using mezcal, Aperol, creme de banana, and lime juice. It’s inspired by a cocktail called the Naked and Famous. I call it This Is My Costume.
I am told there are many gins. Gins from the mill, gins of swill. Gins so dry, They'd turn the Sahara to dust. And gins so fruity, they're like Richard Simmons skipping in an orchard.
SUMNER COUNTY: “dragging our kids into a divisive national issue”
Parents push back as the far right county commission moves to re-name Liberty Creek’s “Wolfpack Way” after Charlie Kirk (w/o community input) and the board makes 10/14 ‘Charlie Kirk Day’
Yeah, my hackles go up every time someone says "this is not who we are". It's not what the majority of us are but at least 40% and they have all the power.
It's the same recalcitrant 30% that just can't seem to learn to share with others or live and let live. The hateful chud droolers who don't offer anyone anything of value.
Is it too soon to start the speculative rodeo concerning this upcoming pep rally by Pickled Pete at Quantico Base in Virginia for the top brass of all of our Armed Forces?
I gotta point out that the vacant and old Marine Corps Brig is still standing there. And word is people have been seen moving around the complex hooking up utilities and replacing locks on doors. The bars on the windows are being painted with gold spray paint.
When I bought my usual coffee beans at Costco in August - they went up 14%. Purchased another 4 lb bag in September and it was the same price as August. Seems the current goal is the ultra-wealthy are doing to extract wealth from those of us who have less.
We get our beef, pork and poultry from a local processor. They have their own farms. The livestock are treated well, feed well and are outside grazing or resting in the sun.
Buying in bulk is cheaper . The meat is leaner and more tasty than any store bought.
It looks like the organic ( "Greenwise" ) ground chuck at Publix is on sale for $8.99/lb - "Save up to $1.00/lb" - while their store brand ground chuck goes at $5.99/lb in the 3lb pack.
We use it far less than before, that's for damned sure. And my mom for some reason doesn't like eat from grocery stores or even Costco much of the time so she wants to buy it at a local meat market which is about that expensive or more.
So that will be something that will need to be given up.
Neither do we. XD I'm trying to work in more chickpeas, lentils, beans, etc. But we have 2 men here who demand meat more frequently than the rest of us can live with. *eyeroll*
My dreams were going well. People stopped being made at me for showing the movie on the wrong day (I JUST REALLY WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT, I PROMISE). The guy I thought I would start dating until I discovered he was actually a participant on my route is missing, and I've yet to see him again. I keep planning trips to kink partner's shop (now closed in real life), but I never make it by and most important, even he's not mad at me. Nobody in my dreams is angry with me.
But since finding out my close friend has cancer (in real life), my dreams have taken a dark turn. I cannot find I am looking for, and I can barely see 10 feet in front of my place. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to pick up my dinner upstairs or in the fancier downstairs area. It's pretty awful.
I'm talking to my friend Sunday evening. Hopefully they'll be able to inform me and give me some decent news about how it's the treatable kind, and they caught it early and they're going to be fine.
Remember to keep your kleenex handy and use plenty of lotion on your hands. The kleenex is for the tears and the soft hands are for both of you to hold onto.
Rachel Maddow is asking, "What is the dumbest thing Trump has ever said?" There are a lot of contenders for that. One is windmills causing cancer. Another one was him talking about stealth fighters that were literally invisible (to the eye). Then the stuff about cures for Covid, including putting disinfectant inside your body. It goes on. As Fran Lebowitz said, "You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don't."
He's been stupid his entire life. His father, while he was alive, was able to throw him a lifeline to keep him going financially. After his father died, the mask fell off and we were able to see him for the dunce that he truly is.
The trouble with trying to pick one "dumbest thing" is that dumb isn't a linear measurement. The things that Trump says can be stupid in any number of independent dimensions, or several of them at once.
Just finished my shift. Sold cocktails, made up cocktails, entertained guests. Bliss. Walking home to make one of these. Questions here.
This sounds delicious.
I am teetotaler because of 'reasons' - though I will tell you Fevertree Tonic Water - I will buy that and just drink it - it's so good.
Don’t buy their ginger beer. But they make a variety of tonics, all good.
What interesting cocktail did you make up?
An equal parts cocktail using mezcal, Aperol, creme de banana, and lime juice. It’s inspired by a cocktail called the Naked and Famous. I call it This Is My Costume.
{{Loud woofing sounds of ursine appreciation}}
Is there something I could substitute for creme de banana?
(Thanks for answering my original question!)
Swap the banana for yellow chartreuse and it’s a Naked and Famous again.
lime, aperol, mezcal and banana spells lamb, Lamb's Surprise? Woolly and Famous?
I have a cocktail of lime, echinacea liquer, wormwood and dramamine called LEWD the Obscure. You can't find it anywhere.
Naked and Famous sounds like a description of a successful adult film performer.
Melania Knauss
Question: Why not just do some tequila shots after the shift?
Sorry. *snorts*
I hate gin. But this recipe with the lime/cardamom. *fans self*
Be well, our beloved bartender.
I am told there are many gins. Gins from the mill, gins of swill. Gins so dry, They'd turn the Sahara to dust. And gins so fruity, they're like Richard Simmons skipping in an orchard.
But yeah, gin's not my favorite either.
Fuck Eli Whitney and all his gins!
As a bartender in the 80's and 90's, nearly everything was Tanqueray or Tanqueray-adjacent. Pine sap in a bottle. *blech*
I'm letting Matt bring me forward a couple of decades with his recipes and recommendations.
Sounds like a busy night. Have a good night, enjoy the evening.
Yay 😊
Mister Mixmaster - what are those seed-looking things in the jar next to the tonic water?
Cardamom. The seeds are in the pod.
Fanceh 😊
Tennessee! Even in Tennessee they don't want Squishface crap!
https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3lzt5rst5is27
SUMNER COUNTY: “dragging our kids into a divisive national issue”
Parents push back as the far right county commission moves to re-name Liberty Creek’s “Wolfpack Way” after Charlie Kirk (w/o community input) and the board makes 10/14 ‘Charlie Kirk Day’
https://www.wsmv.com/2025/09/25/sumner-county-parents-push-back-charlie-kirk-day-peaceful-discourse-school-road-renaming/
This deification of Kirk is bizarre as fuck. He was a god damned podcaster for god's sake!
Well, they keep trying but it's not really working.
And a fucking hatemonger, by his own well-documented words.
I won't be pissed on by these freaks and told it's rain.
"yes, we have no bananas." Bodega Caturday https://bsky.app/profile/bodegacats.bsky.social/post/3lznsghccgk22
🎶 Highly deadly black carantula! 🎶
𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘁-𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c0ezre2x3gvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Awwww. Lethal bears are cute though. I like the one scratching its butt.
I LOL'd at that. They're so cute! (But I wouldn't want to be anywhere near them).
SQUEEE!!!!! They are so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Except that one that tried to bite the camera.
LOL!!!!!
𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘂𝗽 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxqjqjln1ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Like our republicans, the Russian government are the dregs of humanity.
When you have to go out and kidnap people to be your soldiers, you're not winning.
The Brits have something to say:
https://bsky.app/profile/iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social/post/3lzpbbgt4jk26
🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Yeah, my hackles go up every time someone says "this is not who we are". It's not what the majority of us are but at least 40% and they have all the power.
Baked in propaganda. Exceptionalism, rugged individualism, jingoism.
It's the same recalcitrant 30% that just can't seem to learn to share with others or live and let live. The hateful chud droolers who don't offer anyone anything of value.
Exactly! Turnip's polling numbers are under water but every time I see 38% still approve and I DESPAIR.
They've been the 30% or so that have ensured throughout this country's history that we can't have good things.
Yup!
All of America's worst packaged into one shambling zombie of a human.
I'm gonna put some left over lime and cardamom syrup in my iced tea!
I bet it'll be a tasty drink!
Gotta Hot Ones episode to watch. Guest: Kate McKinnon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-MCkZskQk
"I love animals." That was very funny and weird. I didn't know how smart she is.
Because what's it to you?
"A cat was spotted sitting on top of Bolivia's 132-ft Cristo de la Concordia statue."
https://bsky.app/profile/iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social/post/3lzeonfpss226
Kneel Before Zod!
lol
t c 5th attempt
https://substack.com/@pacepace/note/c-160467195?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knfuc
LOL!
got it! nice
Is it too soon to start the speculative rodeo concerning this upcoming pep rally by Pickled Pete at Quantico Base in Virginia for the top brass of all of our Armed Forces?
I gotta point out that the vacant and old Marine Corps Brig is still standing there. And word is people have been seen moving around the complex hooking up utilities and replacing locks on doors. The bars on the windows are being painted with gold spray paint.
None of this inspires confidence.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡.
I read something like this and still wonder if this is satire. It's so confusing.
“Pickled Pete” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
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https://substack.com/@pacepace?
TADA!
This is the link: https://substack.com/@pacepace/note/c-160467195?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knfuc
You shared your profile. If you click on the note, then the little "U" symbol with an arrow pointing up, that is the share button.
Beat me to it!
Sales of Hamburger Helper up 14%. Tuna and Sardines sales up as well.
Everything he touches...
When I bought my usual coffee beans at Costco in August - they went up 14%. Purchased another 4 lb bag in September and it was the same price as August. Seems the current goal is the ultra-wealthy are doing to extract wealth from those of us who have less.
We need to stop buying it. Tighten our belts. Not give in.
That seems to be the only thing they care about is their precious fucking money.
I stocked up on a few things in January. Canned tuna was one of the things. Sardines too but for the hubs not me.
I love tuna and sardines. *yum*
With the way beef prices are going up ( much faster than the main inflation rate ), pretty soon, even sales of Hamburger Helper will suffer.
It's been known to 'help' other things as well. But you gotta have the stomach for that jack mackerel or it won't work.
Lots of things can be "hamburger" ...
Meat's meat. And a man's gotta eat.
We get our beef, pork and poultry from a local processor. They have their own farms. The livestock are treated well, feed well and are outside grazing or resting in the sun.
Buying in bulk is cheaper . The meat is leaner and more tasty than any store bought.
😳
That's when you turn to eating gruel. And stretching it out with some Gruel Helper.
Mr. Bumble, the beadle at the local workhouse, has a recipe you might be interested in.
There’s a $1,000,000 idea!!!
Almost 9.00 for a fucking pound of ground beef.
It looks like the organic ( "Greenwise" ) ground chuck at Publix is on sale for $8.99/lb - "Save up to $1.00/lb" - while their store brand ground chuck goes at $5.99/lb in the 3lb pack.
Thanks! I don't know if we have one of those around here. Maybe Aldi or Winco might be less expensive. I don't think we have Publix in our area.
‼️ (I don't use ground beef. I had no idea.)
We use it far less than before, that's for damned sure. And my mom for some reason doesn't like eat from grocery stores or even Costco much of the time so she wants to buy it at a local meat market which is about that expensive or more.
So that will be something that will need to be given up.
When I buy meat I too buy at our local butcher. The meat is definitely better. We don’t eat meat at every meal.
Neither do we. XD I'm trying to work in more chickpeas, lentils, beans, etc. But we have 2 men here who demand meat more frequently than the rest of us can live with. *eyeroll*
REALLY?!
Yep. That's how much it was when it wasn't on sale at the grocery store my partner works at.
Then it'll just be Helper (h/t - Randy Quaid in National Lampoon's Vacation).
Tuna helper!
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗻, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻.
Canned cat food? Hell, I can't afford THAT.
Right??? My cat's prescription food is expensive!
My dreams were going well. People stopped being made at me for showing the movie on the wrong day (I JUST REALLY WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT, I PROMISE). The guy I thought I would start dating until I discovered he was actually a participant on my route is missing, and I've yet to see him again. I keep planning trips to kink partner's shop (now closed in real life), but I never make it by and most important, even he's not mad at me. Nobody in my dreams is angry with me.
But since finding out my close friend has cancer (in real life), my dreams have taken a dark turn. I cannot find I am looking for, and I can barely see 10 feet in front of my place. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to pick up my dinner upstairs or in the fancier downstairs area. It's pretty awful.
I'm talking to my friend Sunday evening. Hopefully they'll be able to inform me and give me some decent news about how it's the treatable kind, and they caught it early and they're going to be fine.
Finger's crossed that all will be well.
Keep talking to your friend.
Remember to keep your kleenex handy and use plenty of lotion on your hands. The kleenex is for the tears and the soft hands are for both of you to hold onto.
Best wishes for your friend. Fuck cancer.
Rachel Maddow is asking, "What is the dumbest thing Trump has ever said?" There are a lot of contenders for that. One is windmills causing cancer. Another one was him talking about stealth fighters that were literally invisible (to the eye). Then the stuff about cures for Covid, including putting disinfectant inside your body. It goes on. As Fran Lebowitz said, "You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don't."
He's been stupid his entire life. His father, while he was alive, was able to throw him a lifeline to keep him going financially. After his father died, the mask fell off and we were able to see him for the dunce that he truly is.
The trouble with trying to pick one "dumbest thing" is that dumb isn't a linear measurement. The things that Trump says can be stupid in any number of independent dimensions, or several of them at once.
Holographic stupidity.
Bombing hurricanes.
“I, Donald J. Trump … protect and defend the Constitution …”
You win!
So many, and he keeps coming out with new ones!
"Russia Hoax" 🤣🤣🤣
Too many stupids. I can't pick from them.
Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen.
I vote the ingesting bleach thing
Cofeve
I vaguely remember sharks and batteries.
Florida's Surgeon General, folks..
“𝑊𝑒'𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷-19 𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑎𝑥,” 𝐿𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒. “𝐴𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑦. 𝐹𝐷𝑂𝐻 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛."
Angry seniors should put a pitchfork up his ass.
Lying liars lying again.
Has it really come to this? Why, yes. Yes, it has.