How to make your very own Necronomicon Notebooks!
PDF files on how to print, fold and assemble 3 different Necronomicon designs. For all your hellish book needs.
Use a bloody finger to write a message and email it to a friend. I love Halloween.
The story of Polio told as a comic. This is a PDF document, and shows Polio telling its story to a “Diseases Nearing Eradication Support Group.”
Ok, it’s nowhere near as cool as the rhyming version, but here is the recipe for Mulled Wine I’ve been tinkering with:
Mulled Wine
8 cups (about 2.5 bottles) red wine (you want something decent, fruity and cheap. Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon is what I’m going to try next)
1 cup of brandy (I use Asbach Uralt)
1/2 cup sugar (this should probably be brown sugar, but I haven’t tried that, yet)
3 cinnamon sticks
8 whole cloves
1 orange (sliced)
1/2 lemon (sliced)
dash of allspice
1/2 tsp or so of freshly ground nutmeg
Pour it all together and try to warm it. This is where I’m still having some difficulty, as you need to get it as hot as possible without boiling the alcohol off (look for white steam). On an electric stove (suckage) it’s a click or so above low. I let all this heat up for about an hour before serving.
It should be noted that this is very tasty, especially on a cold fall evening. See that cup of brandy? It’s why everyone is tipsy.
In the interest of continuing the important debates raging in our fine and educated society today, some opposing viewpoints:
Talk.Origins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy which is a collection of essays that explain how evolution works and directly addresses the most common questions asked by creationists.
In the other corner we have An Open Letter To Kansas School Board which convincingly argues that life is too complex to have simply evolved, but instead that we are all products of intelligent design from The Flying Spaghetti Monster. The graph showing the increase in global warming as a direct link to the decreased number of pirates is particularly eye opening. This was in full swing before I left for my Big Trip Out West, so I’m delighted to see it still gaining momentum.
Pegu
- 2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce orange curaçao
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters
Found at The DrinkBoyChannel. He describes it thusly:
Originally the specialty cocktail of the Pegu Club in Burma during the early 1900’s
This drink has unfortunately fallen on tough times, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to find a bartender who knows how to make one, much less has heard of it. It is however a wonderful drink, and well worth re-discovery. When properly made, it should have a bit of a citrus backbone, around which the Angostura and orange bitters are providing some interesting spice. The gin itself is just barely noticeable, making it a great drink for somebody who may not normally tend towards gin based libations. Its overall profile is one of complex but approachable flavors.
Give one a try, and you’ll see why this is on my shortlist of favorite cocktails.
I haven’t tried this, yet but am putting it here as a reminder to do so.
The scanned in text from an old book, “Faithfully Transcribed from the Drinking-Glasses and Windows in the several noted Taverns, Inns, and other Publick Places in this Nation. Amongst which are intermixed the Lucubrations of the polite Part of the World, written upon Walls in Bog-houses, &c.”
An example:
Clarinda lay here
With a young Cavalier ;
With her Heart full of Fear,
For her Husband was near.
Note that the host site has many other scanned in books with bawdy songs, anecdotes, etc.
A collection of printable designs that can be assembled into small, gothy toys. Death rattles, monsters and more! The few I looked at are in MS Word format (scary!).