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I started my little website here as a platform to write about things that I like. I figured that much of the content would be alcohol-related because that’s always been an intellectual (and recreational) passion, but I’ve been surprised at how much time I’ve spent talking about cocktail making, a topic of which I’m admittedly…
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The thirteenth entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s dive into a drink that’s oft overlooked these days but would make a perfect pool-side pounder, the Tom Collins. Recipe: Add the…
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The twelfth entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s discuss the simple, refreshing, and hugely popular concoction that convinced countless consumers to purchase a copper mug, the Moscow Mule. Recipe: Fill…
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So I guess we’ve all reached a collective acceptance that the internet will soon be almost totally saturated in AI slop, right? And if there are any nooks or crannies remaining that AI hasn’t yet penetrated, well those will surely be filled by human-created opinion pieces about how and why AI is covering the internet…
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The eleventh entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s take a deep dive into everyone’s favorite tequila delivery system, the legendary margarita. Recipe: Sprinkle a layer of salt on a small…
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My wife Sabrina’s side of the family lives in Switzerland, so she and I have made quite a few visits to the beautiful country to see them over the years. Not a bad place to spend time with the in-laws, if you ask me. Sab and I were just out there for a couple weeks…
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The tenth entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s take a peek at the pinnacle of elegant simplicity, the Martini. Recipe: Freeze the glassware ahead of time. Add the gin and…
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Quick disclaimer: My record reviews are not genuine “reviews” in the sense that I don’t have an arbitrary scoring system and I don’t even try to come across as objective. Or even cohesive. I only write about things that I’m stoked on here, so you can expect that all my reviews will be just me…
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It’s the end of the year and all the music rags are putting out their “Best Albums of 2025” lists, and I want to participate like I’m a cool music rag too and not just some dork on his computer awkwardly struggling to be hip by saying “music rag.” This is not a definitive list…
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Quick disclaimer: You can consider this a review of the Petey USA album The Yips or The Yips (A Case Of), as the latter is The Yips plus some extra tracks. It really doesn’t matter which one is the subject of my review, though, since my reviews always end up being self-indulgent rambles about myself…