Monday, December 31, 2007

Pick Your Candidate

If you are planing to vote, which I urge you to if you are an American citizen, to find out which candidate really is pro your principles and against whatever you are against, click on the title above.

Or simply: http://www.dehp.net/candidate/

15 Years Ago, I Teased my Neighbour and Got a Rash...

... can I marry her now? Honey!?!!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Pumpkin Nog


Ingredients:
- 12 eggs
- 5 cups whole milk
- 750 ml bottle of 10 Cane Rum (or dark rum)
- 1/2 lb superfine sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- whipped cream
Garnish: fresh grated nutmeg, dollop of whipped cream

Separate eggs. Place egg whites in the refrigerator. In a mixing bowl, beat yolks until creamy. Gradually add half sugar, beating at high speeds until thick. Stir in milk, rum, vanilla, cinnamon, and pumpkin puree. Place in refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours. Remove egg whites from the refrigerator and beat until soft peaks form. Add remaining sugar, beating into stiff peaks. Fold the chilled rum mixture into egg whites. Serve in a martini glass. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and a dollop of whipped cream.

WINTER COCKTAIL


The Vintner's Nightcap
Ingredients:
- 3 oz Night Harvest Shiraz
- 1 oz coffee liqueur
- 1/4 oz cherry liqueur
- 2 drops pastis
- Star Anise

Place pastis in a snifter glass, and swirl around the sides. Add the shiraz, coffee liqueur and cherry liqueur. Swirl to mix and drop a Star Anise in the drink to garnish. (Cocktail created by H. Joseph Ehmann, Elixir Beverage Catering)

Flying Cat


I laughed at this so much.

Good Luck Mr Robinson

We all remember the astronaut's famous words; A small step for man...

Somewhat later, on his first moonwalk Neal Armstrong stated: 'Good luck, Mr. Robinson.' without any further comment.
Later, NASA analysis of all speech came around to this comment and asked the astronaut what he meant in this statement. 'Sorry, personal' was Mr. Armstrong's reply. For more than 20 years no one could make him reveal the significance of these few words, until he was asked by a local show host at a charity show.

'Well' Mr. Armstrong says 'They're both dead now and it can't do them any harm now.'

So he begins telling the host:
'At the age of 10, playing baseball, one of us hit the ball right up in front of our neighbours, Mr. & Mrs. Robinson's bedroom window. As I go to pick up the ball, I hear loud voices inside. A woman's voice cries out; ' You want oral sex Alfred !!?? I'll give you oral sex the day the kid next door walks on the moon!!! '

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Kentucky Egg Nog


Ingredients:
- 1 liter Maker's Mark bourbon
- 1 quart milk
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 2 dozen eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
Garnish: nutmeg

Separate eggs and beat yolks until creamy. Whip sugar into yolks. Beat whites until they stand in peaks, adding 1/2 cup additional sugar, if desired. Beat yolks and bourbon together. Add whites, beat cream. And add cream and milk to mixture. Add nutmeg to taste and garnish each cup with nutmeg.

Fashion Show

Evergreen Martini


Ingredients:
- 1 oz unprocessed simple syrup*
- 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 2 oz Douglas Fir Tea*
- 2 oz vodka
Ganish: small evergreen branch or candied ginger

Add all ingredients to ice-filled cocktail shaker and shake for 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with either a small evergreen branch or a piece of candied ginger. *Making simple syrup with unprocessed sugar gives a rounder sweetness to simple syrup. In airtight container, mix 1c sugar and 2c water. Shake every twenty minutes or so until completely dissolved.

Brew tea and allow to steep for ten minutes as you would a regular cup of tea. Do not add milk or sugar. Chill in fridge until ready to use. (Cocktail by Gwen Sutherland Kaiser, Photo by Mary Claire Miraldi)

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs — though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."

3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.

Whiny Kids Make Conservative Adults. Really?

Sent by Nirmal on Apr 3, 2006.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Yuletide Moon


Ingredients:
- 4 pitted bing cherries
- 1/4 oz simple syrup
- 1 1/2 oz Night Harvest Marlot
- 1 oz bourbon
Garnish: one wheel slice of lemon and fresh nutmeg to grind

In a mixing glass, muddle the cherries (if not pitted, just remove pits after muddling). Add simple syrup, merlot, bourbon and lemon slice. Top with ice to 2/3 full and shake lightly. Empty entire contents into a 10.5 ounce old fashioned glass. Top with grated nutmeg. (Cocktail created by H. Joseph Ehmann, Elixir Beverage Catering)

Sidro Spice


Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz apple cider
- 1 tsp fresh ginger (may substitute with 1 oz ginger ale)
- 1/4 tsp chai tea poweder (may substitute with cinnamon)
- 2 oz Ecco Domani Chianti
Garnish: slice of ginger root or apple

Muddle fresh ginger. Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass (or rocks glass if served hot). (Cocktail created by: Alex Ott, Mixologist NYC)

Good, Bad and Ugly

1. Good: Your wife is pregnant. Bad: it's triplets. Ugly: You had a vasectomy five years ago.

2. Good: Your wife's not talking to you. Bad: She wants a divorce. Ugly: She's a lawyer.

3. Good: Your youngest son is finally maturing. Bad: He's involved with the woman next door. Ugly: So are you.

4 . Good: Your wife and you agree, no more kids. Bad: Your wife can't find her birth control pills. Ugly: Your 13 year old daughter borrowed them.

5. Good: Your oldest son understands fashion. Bad: He's a cross-dresser. Ugly: He looks better than your wife.

6. Good: You give the "birds and bees" talk to your 10 year old daughter. Bad: She keeps interrupting. Ugly: With corrections.

7. Good: Your son is dating someone new. Bad: It's another man. Ugly: He's your best friend.

8. Good: Your 15 year old daughter got a new job Bad: As a hooker. Ugly: Your co-workers are her best clients. Very Ugly: She makes more money than you do.

Monday, December 3, 2007

XLI, pg. 48

90

When the best student hears about the way
He practices it assiduously;
When the average student hers about the way
It seems to him one moment there and gone the next;
When the worst student hears about the way
He laughs out loud.
If he did not laugh
It would be unworthy of being the way.

91

Hence the Chien yen has it:
The way that is bright seems dull;
The way that leads forward seems to lead backward;
The way that is even seems rough;
The highest virtue is like the valley;
The sheerest whiteness seems sullied;
Ample virtue seems defective;
Vigorous virtue seems soiled;
Plain virtue seems indolent;
The great square has no corners;
The great vessel takes long to complete;
The great not is rarefied in sound;
The great image has no shape;

92

The way conceals itself in being nameless;
It is the way alone that excels in bestowing and in accomplishing.