Not related to tonight's recipe, but related to the drink in my hand, what are the recommended tonic waters? I recently discovered what I had been using has HFCS so I am looking for alternatives to be most commonly used for the occasional gin and tonic or(non-alcoholic) cranberry juice and tonic.
Second try from last week. I was admittedly ambiguous in my last attempt. Were you, Lord Matthew of Hooper, not to have a mixed drink (i.e. cocktail) what is your single alcohol go-to drink? 🙇♂️ Arigato-gozaimasu (thank you very much).
Yeah, those suck. I've had decent bottled lime juice (from GLASS bottles), but it's so pricey and still not quite as good as fresh-squeezed juice that you might as well buy a bag of limes.
It’s traditional to the recipe. Honestly, I’d rather use a corrected tart orange juice or an orange shrub like we do at Hemingway’s, but I was aiming to keep this recipe more accessible.
We stayed at the place attached to the Soggy Dollar for awhile, and drank a few of those.
The island actually has a tree/plant called a "Painkiller Tree."
A server we met there, said her grandfather used to stuff the huge leaves under his hat if he had a headache.
There was also a large, feral goat population on the island, (as well as a bunch of Jack Russell terriers!). I always thought it would be an awesome place to make goat cheese!
That last part about Israel [Bibi] nuking the US for Trump is pretty insane, if I understood that. But the insane-o-meter is reading a little higher these days.
PSA: this is the time of the year when they start marking down hams. Got one yesterday for 5 dollars off and because they already cryovaced it's freezer ready.
"Now, fresh from a week in which he skirmished with the pope and Christians accused him of blasphemy, Mr. Trump will participate in a marathon reading of the entire Bible in Washington, the event’s organizers announced Friday. The event’s leader, a conservative activist who once ran for Congress in Texas, has described it as “a national reading of God’s law.”"
"He will read a passage from the Old Testament that his Christian supporters cite as a call to national repentance and divine blessing."
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And let's not forget the "little crackers" . . .
"Trump said that while he hasn’t asked God for forgiveness, he does participate in Holy Communion.
“When I drink my little wine – which is about the only wine I drink – and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness, and I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed,” he said. “I think in terms of ‘let’s go on and let’s make it right.’”"
"...Mr. Trump recorded his segment of the reading from the Oval Office, organizers said. He read a passage from the Old Testament book of II Chronicles ...
...
...The central verse in II Chronicles 7 reads: “If My people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”..."
Trump reading this verse is deep bullshit, coming from him, who has no idea what "humble" means and has never "turned from his wicked ways".
As it is, Trump's segment will be "broadcast" onlineTuesday evening, the 21st. The website for the event, "America Reads The Bible", shows the "Visionary & Organizer" as a woman named Bunni Pounds. She has founded a group called "Christians Engaged" and is "a senior vice-president" for the "Family Policy Alliance", an offshoot of James Dobson's "Focus on the Family".
IOW, she's a right wing Christianist gravy train rider and the list of "readers" includes an impressive list of MAGA assholes:
“When I drink my little wine – which is about the only wine I drink – and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness," Wait, is he describing the Eucharist?
He's claiming to be Catholic? If I were still Catholic I'd be furious at how he said that.
WaPo: “The President of the United States made seven claims in one hour, all seven of which were false,” chief Iranian negotiator Mohammad Ghalibaf wrote on X late Friday.
I don't know who to believe. OH WAIT! Trump made the seven claims. I believe Iran.
This also feels like Iran is directly, violently opposing his every attempt to set the narrative. I know they've been quick to set the record straight, but this feels like sharp escalation.
well, they agreed to open it. Then DonOld decided not to let Iran's ports and their ships pass. Hezbollah said "fuck that shit", and the wheel goes around again. I'm pretty sure that Monday, the stock market will tick down again...
"I put out a montage of him a while ago sniffling in nearly every podcast interview he did for two years, but maybe that wasn’t the only thing he had going on."
Because he said nice things about Trump and promised to go after Trump's enemies. If he gets fired, it's the failure to do that second thing that's the problem.
So, I'm trying to pack my overnight bag to go down to the Michigan Democratic Convention in Detroit, because they think that it should be way over in the lower corner of Detroit where none of us up here can get to it. Bag is black. Luna loves anything black. She's black, with yellow eyes. Think of Wonkette Cat. That's her, but with even more attitude. My bag is now her bag. Will I ever be able to overcome this conundrum and go to the Convention? Wait and see!...
DumOld says the earth is just getting cooler. He said that yesterday, in Los Angeles. Not being there, myself, I have to imagine this was met with thunderous, sweaty silence...
El Niño can be a mixed bag. Flooding in the wrong areas and too warm for snow. Or, we could have a 5 bomb cyclone year like we did a while back but you know, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX!!!!
But if he does have a friend, this didn't happen, and the friend desperately doesn't want to be outed as his friend.
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Trump: "A friend of mine called me up. He's a very rich guy. And he happens to be on this Ozempic, I guess. It was not working, by the way. Guy was extremely successful but highly neurotic. Got a lot of problems. I will not mention his name. He's begging me not to mention his name."
Working. Questions here.
When you say "lime wheel", are you talking about a half-wheel, or the whole thing? (Lime is my favorite thing in the whole world)...
Whole thing. One slice of lime, 1/4" thick, slit halfway through, impaled on the rim of the glass via the slit.
Not related to tonight's recipe, but related to the drink in my hand, what are the recommended tonic waters? I recently discovered what I had been using has HFCS so I am looking for alternatives to be most commonly used for the occasional gin and tonic or(non-alcoholic) cranberry juice and tonic.
Fevertree Mediterranean, hands down.
Who is the sloppiest drunk: Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, or Jeanine Pirro?
Both Patel and Pirro have crossed eyes, which makes it harder to tell if they're drunk.
Pete’s an experienced drunk; I expect him to hold it together the longest. I’ll vote for Jeanine. Drunk conservative women are vicious.
True, nothing meaner than a drunk church lady.
So this Planteray Mister Fogg Navy Rum, does it pair well with a deck hand's severed extremity?
Second try from last week. I was admittedly ambiguous in my last attempt. Were you, Lord Matthew of Hooper, not to have a mixed drink (i.e. cocktail) what is your single alcohol go-to drink? 🙇♂️ Arigato-gozaimasu (thank you very much).
Depends on context. Cheap red wine at home for spaghetti night. A beer at Luigi’s. This rum at the end of my shift.
Are you a chianti person?
Montepulciano?
Sangiovese?
Not that picky. Red, jammy, slightly dry, tasty with red sauce.
I am going to a fancy steakhouse tonight and I will ask if they can make one of these for me! Thank Hoop!
One of my favorite performers advertises future performances while building a cocktail, which he doesn't actually name.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1319375070039852
How about Eldorado rum? I brought some back from Guyana and it was really nice. Kind of expensive now.
Yum!
Grated nutmeg is such a nice touch.
One hopes for a cocktail to celebrate the Strait of Vermouth.
There's the "Dictator Smasher", created after the recent Hungarian election
https://xcancel.com/i/status/2044492474207347026
Ha! Ukrainian vodka and orange bitters. Shady!
where do I get a glass with Terror Kitty on it?
https://biggsstudio.com/products/cat-guts-mai-tai-glass-blue
zum Beispiel - here is Tiki Terror Mai Tai - this is pretty nice - bats on the reverse
https://www.tikiterror.com/product/tiki-terror-mai-tai-glass
Oh my! The Tiki Terror Ghoul Girl!
WORK ??!! 🥴🤪🤪🥴--Maynard G. Krebs.
Why is bottled orange juice considered acceptable, while you draw a hard line against bottled lemon and lime juice?
Cause one tastes good in drinks and the others taste like ass and dirty socks.
I think its the plastic squeeze juice things he objects to
Yeah, those suck. I've had decent bottled lime juice (from GLASS bottles), but it's so pricey and still not quite as good as fresh-squeezed juice that you might as well buy a bag of limes.
It’s traditional to the recipe. Honestly, I’d rather use a corrected tart orange juice or an orange shrub like we do at Hemingway’s, but I was aiming to keep this recipe more accessible.
We stayed at the place attached to the Soggy Dollar for awhile, and drank a few of those.
The island actually has a tree/plant called a "Painkiller Tree."
A server we met there, said her grandfather used to stuff the huge leaves under his hat if he had a headache.
There was also a large, feral goat population on the island, (as well as a bunch of Jack Russell terriers!). I always thought it would be an awesome place to make goat cheese!
One of those goats head-butted my brother in law; he was mocking it, do not mock the goat.
Ah, so that's where their "Free As A Goat" shirt comes from. That I really want to order.
I used to camp at Ivans back when and would wander down the beach for a painkiller on occasion.
I miss those trips!
"He came back. He drank many more Painkillers. He reverse-engineered the recipe."
This makes it sound like he had his vomit analyzed at a lab.
I really love that glass. Where did you get it?
https://biggsstudio.com/products/cat-guts-mai-tai-glass-blue
(acidcats, inc obvs)
Oh, damn.
https://bsky.app/profile/maddenifico.bsky.social/post/3mjmsasvc2k2g
Here we go. 😂🤣👇 [video]
That last part about Israel [Bibi] nuking the US for Trump is pretty insane, if I understood that. But the insane-o-meter is reading a little higher these days.
Caturday Morning Kittens https://bsky.app/profile/democratcats.bsky.social/post/3mjpd3swy6c2j
PSA: this is the time of the year when they start marking down hams. Got one yesterday for 5 dollars off and because they already cryovaced it's freezer ready.
Yup. Kash Patel is approaching his expiration date.
Time to pig out!
👉🏼 👉🏼 👉🏼 👉🏼
Aight, time for errands'n'chores. Chin up, y'all!
"𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻, 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻, 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿—𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆—𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲."
~ Sir Winston Churchill; October 29, 1941
Have a great day Frank Talk!
U2, RRA!
Violinist plays in Ukrainian bomb shelter as city above is shelled by Russian invaders
https://bsky.app/profile/rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social/post/3mjqnah3nwt2h (sound up)
Oh FFS . . . and these people call Muslims "religious fanatics" . . . sheesh
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"Trump Will Participate in a Marathon Bible Reading"–https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/trump-bible.html
"Now, fresh from a week in which he skirmished with the pope and Christians accused him of blasphemy, Mr. Trump will participate in a marathon reading of the entire Bible in Washington, the event’s organizers announced Friday. The event’s leader, a conservative activist who once ran for Congress in Texas, has described it as “a national reading of God’s law.”"
"He will read a passage from the Old Testament that his Christian supporters cite as a call to national repentance and divine blessing."
.
And let's not forget the "little crackers" . . .
"Trump said that while he hasn’t asked God for forgiveness, he does participate in Holy Communion.
“When I drink my little wine – which is about the only wine I drink – and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness, and I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed,” he said. “I think in terms of ‘let’s go on and let’s make it right.’”"
As if he can read . . .
"Everything that guy just said is bullshit." —Vinny Gambini
At least Vinny is a real Catholic.
From that NYT story:
"...Mr. Trump recorded his segment of the reading from the Oval Office, organizers said. He read a passage from the Old Testament book of II Chronicles ...
...
...The central verse in II Chronicles 7 reads: “If My people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”..."
Trump reading this verse is deep bullshit, coming from him, who has no idea what "humble" means and has never "turned from his wicked ways".
As it is, Trump's segment will be "broadcast" onlineTuesday evening, the 21st. The website for the event, "America Reads The Bible", shows the "Visionary & Organizer" as a woman named Bunni Pounds. She has founded a group called "Christians Engaged" and is "a senior vice-president" for the "Family Policy Alliance", an offshoot of James Dobson's "Focus on the Family".
IOW, she's a right wing Christianist gravy train rider and the list of "readers" includes an impressive list of MAGA assholes:
Link: https://www.americareadsthebible.com/readers
“When I drink my little wine – which is about the only wine I drink – and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness," Wait, is he describing the Eucharist?
He's claiming to be Catholic? If I were still Catholic I'd be furious at how he said that.
It’s the Body of Christ—on a cracker!
Ironically, this seems to be a ploy to make up for insulting the Pope and pretending to be Jesus, as these thing didn’t sit well with “the base”.
Hmmm...anyone know if the building has a lightning rod?
“And then I posted a meme of myself as Jesus”.
"Jesus Wept"
Stop saying Jesus wept!
ETA this is a joke from "Community", not an actual command.
Jesus is more like "who the fuck are these losers?"
He has no idea what Holy Communion is.
lol
The Old Testament.
lol
Imagine "Christians" afraid of the message in the Gospels.
lol
I'm sure he will sleep and shart all the way through it.
You're supposed make your confession BEFORE you take communion, you vapid WASP.
No priest who truly honors their vows would GIVE Drumpfenfuehrer communion.
Maybe he'll choke on the "little cracker" like I did my first communion.
They better have a large print edition.
WaPo: “The President of the United States made seven claims in one hour, all seven of which were false,” chief Iranian negotiator Mohammad Ghalibaf wrote on X late Friday.
I don't know who to believe. OH WAIT! Trump made the seven claims. I believe Iran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/17/hormuz-strait-reopens-iran-us-war/
I hate that I believe Iran over our own government.
If his lips are moving, he's lying.
Mighty Hunter!
https://bsky.app/profile/melkleingraz.bsky.social/post/3mjrgdmnp3s2u
Woe to the human that tries to take it away!
Beware the murder mittens!!!
It’s almost like he has no idea what he’s doing and has no business being president.
BREAKING: Iran Fires on Tanker Hours After Trump Announces Strait of Hormuz is Open
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/breaking-iran-fires-on-tanker-hours-after-trump-announces-strait-of-hormuz-is-open/
This also feels like Iran is directly, violently opposing his every attempt to set the narrative. I know they've been quick to set the record straight, but this feels like sharp escalation.
well, they agreed to open it. Then DonOld decided not to let Iran's ports and their ships pass. Hezbollah said "fuck that shit", and the wheel goes around again. I'm pretty sure that Monday, the stock market will tick down again...
How many more people are going to be killed secondary to IncompeDon's STUPID?
"FDR should’ve just declared victory in 1942 and told everyone we won. Would’ve been much easier."
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3mjpzcdcv3s2p
From the comments “Some people leave a mark on the world and some people leave a stain”
I was gonna post that - should be said the poster was quoting Eleanor Roosevelt.
Smart lady.
I wasn’t familiar with it until now and I didn’t cite because I didn’t do my own research and so many quotes are misattributed these days.
If it's another of those misattributed quotes, there at least a dozen "quotation sites" that have been fooled.
I was simply explaining why I didn’t cite.
a skid mark...
A fave quote.
Maybe President Sundowner isn't the best source of information.
"Almost" doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
Anyone who actually believed anything that dumbass orange motherfucker says possibly deserves a few consequences.
The media would NEVER accept this kind of mismanagement from a Democrat.
For fuck sake, they excoriated Biden for wearing sneakers and Obama for wearing a tan suit.
Democrats don't own America's "public" media. Republican$ do.
👆👆👆
"You shall not pass!" Bodega Caturday https://bsky.app/profile/bodegacats.bsky.social/post/3mjmbizrgk22k
Indeed!
"Yes, I'm totally judging you for your purchase of buzzballs and funyuns."
RI Judge Tells Trump DOJ, Now 0-5 on Voter-Roll Cases, to Fuck Off
𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗢𝗝 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-dismisses-doj-lawsuit-seeking-personal-details-about-rhode-island-voters
yeeeees!!
"I put out a montage of him a while ago sniffling in nearly every podcast interview he did for two years, but maybe that wasn’t the only thing he had going on."
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3mjq2gck7ik2p
So we got Whiskey Pete and Coked out Kash keeping us safe. That's reassuring.
Cocaine and large quantities of alcohol go together well.
Is that why he has the bug eyes all the time. I thought it was same thing Marty Feldman had.
Like they GAF about national security. They just want to get rid of the only brown guy.
Trump only hired him because he looked funny...
Because he said nice things about Trump and promised to go after Trump's enemies. If he gets fired, it's the failure to do that second thing that's the problem.
So, I'm trying to pack my overnight bag to go down to the Michigan Democratic Convention in Detroit, because they think that it should be way over in the lower corner of Detroit where none of us up here can get to it. Bag is black. Luna loves anything black. She's black, with yellow eyes. Think of Wonkette Cat. That's her, but with even more attitude. My bag is now her bag. Will I ever be able to overcome this conundrum and go to the Convention? Wait and see!...
I went on an overnight conference a long time ago, and when I went to change clothes, I discovered previous kitty had gifted me his favorite toy.
Better that than some other type of gift.!...
I just learned the last expected freeze here is 4/19 and was 5/5 not that many years ago.
BTW, The log cutting and splitting is maybe 1/3 done and it's going much quicker than I expected.
DumOld says the earth is just getting cooler. He said that yesterday, in Los Angeles. Not being there, myself, I have to imagine this was met with thunderous, sweaty silence...
Probably applause given that crowd.
We are getting more rain next week. I thought it was over when we got nothing in March but April has surprised us. I am NOT unhappy about it though.
90, partly cloudy, and breezy Down Here today...
You are welcome to our rain. The Cheboygan Dam is still touch and go, though they got the generator started, yesterday!...
I got a little less than an inch yesterday which is weak for Kansas this time of year, but I'll take it.
I totally understand that! I was certain we were heading into another drought here but maybe not? Or maybe but not yet?
El Nino is back this summer, or so they say.
El Niño can be a mixed bag. Flooding in the wrong areas and too warm for snow. Or, we could have a 5 bomb cyclone year like we did a while back but you know, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX!!!!
Cats and dorgs, living together!
https://bsky.app/profile/welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social/post/3mjrihijyuc2b
He doesn't have a friend.
But if he does have a friend, this didn't happen, and the friend desperately doesn't want to be outed as his friend.
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Trump: "A friend of mine called me up. He's a very rich guy. And he happens to be on this Ozempic, I guess. It was not working, by the way. Guy was extremely successful but highly neurotic. Got a lot of problems. I will not mention his name. He's begging me not to mention his name."
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mjrjrmforj2i
The fat shot!
So Donny, what's your friend's name?
Tony
Fuck you, Donny
Shout out to Elon, how nice.
Was his name Donny?...
Barron.
Viktor.
Overlord, not friend.
It's a new version of a "sir" story!!! He has a friend now!!!
He lives in Canada. You wouldn't know him.
“Was”?
You know it's a lie because that's not how someone with friends talks about their friends.
Self reflection
UNPOSSIBLE!!!