last nite i made Ethiopian food for JKB & KC as they squared off in the first round of ABAMP. i will post those recipes once i figure out just what in the hell in put in all the dishes. but they turned out great, and both Jason and KC were well fed as they duked it out for 7 games ( Read more... )

KC and JKB are slugging it out in their 1st round match here, and i am making Ethiopian food, and Ethiopian food requires the appropriate concoction.

TEJJJ
2 C of the riesling that evil zames sent us
2 C water
1/3 C honey
2 T Honey Syrupmix it together ( Read more... )

that weasel face captaino finally stopped ducking me. we finally played today, and he currently leads 2:1 in a match that was called on account of inlaws. he won the 1st game in an ugly game that set scrabble back about 30 years, then bagged me in the 2nd game and i had the run of play in the 3rd. we hope to finish up the match early next week. i need to ( Read more... )

our good sister of temperance wisemonkey came by The Decency League this afternoon, bringing with her a lovely bottle of Bulleit to ad to the stash. in her honour, and in an attempt to find a use for this absurd bottle of Cecilia chardonnay grappa circa 1978, we created this:


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i managed to go 5-1 -73 today in Berkeley. that was good for 2nd place. Noah was 5-1 +713. yes, thats right, Noah eked out 1st by a mere 786 spread pts. i won four games by under 30 pts. and lost to Noah by 181. it was a bizarre tourney. and now i have this ridiculous rating of 1839. this is starting to get surreal ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/cutting-edge-cocktails-light-york-005828083.html

but somehow, i dont think the landlord would approve

the Sazerac is the official drink of Louisiana and is thought to be the oldest American cocktail. in fact, its thought to be the origin of the word "cocktail" since it was apparently originally served in a coquetier which is an egg cup. they were made with cognac originally, and then it switched to rye whiskey. i decided to get creative and combine ( Read more... )

myself, KC and magratheazowmyknee Jesse all seem to have come down with a bad case of Dengue Fever, who are playing tonight and tomorrow in San Francisco. the story of Dengue Fever is your typical, ho hum story about five guys from L.A. with indie skillsets and punk sensibilities who decide to form a cover band. a 60s Cambodian pop cover band, that ( Read more... )

my 6-2, 2nd place finish at the BOB today means that my rating is now 1808, which means after 74 tournaments i am STEE NO MORE ( Read more... )

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