I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS

[pmb]

I turned 30 yesterday, and there was a huge party, in which I fully engaged geek social fallacy #4. And it was wonderful! I think that I will declare it to be the best birthday party I have ever had! I made a cheesecake, Tracy made a lemon bundt cake, and we had lots of chips and dip and a chocolate taste-off. People played Ricochet Robots (

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[conform]

Geek Social Fallacy #30_peter: Having a birthday party on Sunday in a town far away from a large group of non-driving friends is a good idea.

Happy birthday!

[esmesquall]

Edit: Having a birthday party on Sunday in a town far away from a large group of non-driving friends with a week of lead time is a good idea.

[dragonmudd]

While I definitely represent GSF1, and some parts of GSF3 (used to be worse until I learned how it was detrimental to myself when I was in high school), GSF4 is something I do the opposite of. I have always had separate circles of friends and while I wouldn't actively try to keep them separate, I definitely will participate in and organize activities with one set at a time, only rarely inviting inviting two or three from one set for large gatherings of friends from other sets. In the latter example I definitely do not expect anyone to become friends... if it happens then it happens.

[istar]

Thanks for a great party! You rock. :)

[drinkywinky]

Why do you put rosemary into a drink? Did someone take a sip and say "Hmm, missing something, needs a bit more rosemary." Or was it the end of the night and someone thought they were olives?

Happy Birthday

~Boston Pete

[pmb]

I tend to trust ouro. He has a whole blog all about drinks - http://www.boozecouncil.org/ Also, he has a tendency to put lots of strange botanicals in drinks. But there's also a long history of this sort of thing - gin, for example, is basically vodka infused with pine berries and lots of other crap, and there are lots of other drinks (chartreuse, jagermeister, and aquavit are all examples) that get all their flavor from weird herbs and spices.

Faced with this long tradition of herbs in alcohol, rosemary no longer seems like quite so fucked up a choice. Also, it grows wild in our yard in many large bushes, so it was an ingredient in search of a supporting drink.

[ouro]

Anyone can have a blog. It's my liver that drives me to typing.

Apples cooked with rosemary is pretty tasty (slice potatoes and apples, pile in a bread pan, bake with cider and rosemary and salt). I was shooting for that kind of savory with this garnished Apple Cart.

[kirinn]

I've come to the conclusion that you can put rosemary in almost anything and have it work. Really, sweet, savory, it's almost always tasty. This is quite handy because the rosemary bush in our yard has grown to sizable proportions (evidently like Peter's).

[clipdude]

It was an awesome party!

While I agree GSF#4 is a fallacy, I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to introduce people to each other.