13. March 2005 · Comments Off on Bombay Sapphire · Categories: Gin

Bombay Sapphire is everywhere. This is the “Gateway Gin”; the first good gin that most people try. This gin is what started my love of the stuff, years ago in college. The magnificent blue bottle helps in presentation, but the gin itself is clear. Sapphire is very aromatic, which makes a fun martini but these days I find too harsh for my preferences.

Bombay Sapphire

This is an excellent introductory gin purely because it is so strong as to easily differentiate itself from gins like Beefeater. I keep a bottle around but use it almost exclusively for mixing (it makes a delightful Negroni).

Bombay Sapphire is 94 proof.

Rating: **

04. March 2005 · Comments Off on A Dictionary of Old Hobo Slang · Categories: Linky

A Dictionary of Old Hobo Slang

A big list of slang words and translation from the Original Hobo Nickel Society. Lots of great imagery. It does prompt one to wonder what words comprise current hobo slang.

25. February 2005 · Comments Off on The Left and Historical Knowledge · Categories: Linky

The Left and Historical Knowledge

List of 12 books about American History. File this under “things to do with my shiny new library membership.”

22. February 2005 · Comments Off on Quitting the Paint Factory · Categories: Linky

Quitting the Paint Factory

“On the virtues of idleness
By Mark Slouka – Harper’s Magazine – November 2004 issue”

I like some of what’s talked about here, although frankly he never really seems to prove anything. This article reads like the inspiration for something really cool.

So I just took the online Jung Typology Test at Human Metrics. The result:

Your Type is
ISFJ

Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging


You are:

  • moderately expressed introvert
  • slightly expressed sensing personality
  • slightly expressed feeling personality
  • slightly expressed judging personality

One analysis labels me as “the Protector Guardian”, which sounds like something on a tarot card. Anyhow, this is one of those things that comes up every few years in conversation, and I can never remember what I score, so here we go. Preserved to my electronic memory.

19. February 2005 · Comments Off on The Beast 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004 · Categories: Linky

The Beast 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004

Not to spoil the surprise, but guess who’s number one with a bullet? Our very own Kenneth Blackwell. Fucker.

19. February 2005 · Comments Off on The Gematriculator · Categories: Linky

The Gematriculator

“The Gematriculator is a service that uses the infallible methods of Gematria developed by Mr. Ivan Panin to determine how good or evil a web site or a text passage is.”

It turns out my homepage is 98% good! Alas, my resume is 52% evil.

19. February 2005 · Comments Off on Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) · Categories: Linky


Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)

Mmmmm, bimodality of sleep in humans…