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Comment on The continuing saga of my new Old Fashioned tattoo. by gr

gr — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:58:23 +0000

Thanks, Hannah!

Comment on The continuing saga of my new Old Fashioned tattoo. by Hannah Mae

Hannah Mae — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:56:16 +0000

It did come out nicely! And a 4.5-hr session sounds totally reasonable to me if it means you’re gonna finish – but yeah, the high is definitely gone by then. (My personal record is 5, so we could finish with some color of ink or other, but I didn’t enjoy the last bit.)

Comment on Name this drink! by Roald Severtson

Roald Severtson — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:32:50 +0000

A “Black & White Manhattan” because it has elements of a Black Manhattan – the amaro – and a Bianco Manhattan. (Boozehound, p 42-43 for convenient reference for readers). -Roald

Comment on Don’t google “halloween cocktail” unless you have a strong stomach. by SusieJ

SusieJ — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:16:09 +0000

Forget the water one time …

Comment on Don’t google “halloween cocktail” unless you have a strong stomach. by Rodolphe

Rodolphe — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:43:08 +0000

Gorgeous post.
I just found some red wines that I liked and pretend they were blood… but the Bone punch and Sleepy Hollow sound acceptable too.

Comment on Fruitfly Catching: Round 2, Cooper family shootout by gr

gr — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:40:47 +0000

Curses, I haven’t installed a “like on Facebook” add-on to Wordpress, else I’d've said so on Gerrit’s comment.

Comment on Fruitfly Catching: Round 2, Cooper family shootout by Gerrit

Gerrit — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:38:30 +0000

At least they died doing what they loved

Comment on About by gr

gr — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:11:35 +0000

(Akismet tagged that as spam. And it kind of is, but this appears to be legit PR, not a waste of bits, and maybe I’ll get back to him.)

Comment on Fruitfly Catching: Round 2, Cooper family shootout by gr

gr — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:50:15 +0000

Honestly, I was basically gone for the several weeks during which these collected, and what spirit was left in the glasses when I took these pictures had the viscosity of molasses at 0 degC, but I’m pretty sure none of the flies sunk, so I do plan to test your theory.

I agree with the point of increasing surface area, but I’m mostly dubious of your insights into fly psychology.

Comment on Fruitfly Catching: Round 2, Cooper family shootout by Rodolphe

Rodolphe — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:08:34 +0000

Continuing on the surface tension theme, have you seen submerged flies in these glasses of spirits?

My recollection is that the soapy water helped the carcasses sink leaving more surface area for more flies to land (and maybe decreasing the unappealing “fly graveyard” aspect of the glass t0 future fly victims).