On the Matter of the National Popular Vote
I’m on Mrs. Clinton’s e-mail list because I haven’t unsubscribed yet. Today, the list sent me an e-mail about bills currently in the New York ...
Author: Will Cox
Whose Benefit?
The medical benefit plan I have requires payment of a certain sum before it begins paying a high percentage of the cost of prescriptions. This sum is called the...
Bloody Mary is the … Girl I Love
Happy 3rd Birthday, No. 2 Son! Soon we’ll have the family over for a party in your honor, and they’ll be drinking some stuff you can’t, yet. I...
Spirits of Any Kind
Now that I have more than two bitters in the house, let us try something. A cocktail is spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters. How about an Old-Fashion...
What Fashion of Gimlet Might This Be?
Having acquired an essential ingredient in the Deadrise, I find myself without another: the cucumber. Well, there’s nothing to it then but to make the nec...
Harvest Punch
We typically host Christmas Day dinner at our house, after my brother-in-law and his wife host the Feast of the Seven Fishes at his. Christmas Day is a more sub...
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Drink Cocktails
J. T. Dobbs at American Drink asks, Is it a coincidence that on the heels of one of the worst economic crises since The Depression, artisan cocktails began maki...
One Day Spam Will Once Again Be Just a Luncheon Meat
Dear Spammer: You’re wasting your time, but not mine. All posts here that Akismet thinks are spam are automatically deleted. Fuck you, and the horse you r...
The Cosmopolitan
Girlfriend, I present for your classy enjoyment the Cosmopolitan. Or, rather, a variation thereof since I don’t stock citrus vodka. The Cosmopolitan 1 1/2...
On Plagiarism and Linkage
I’m disturbed by what seems to be the very common practices on today’s Internet of copying another’s work without acknowledging the source, of...
Honey Lime Toddy
We are fresh out of lemons, so I made a hot toddy this afternoon using my standard recipe but substituting lime for the lemon. Honey Lime Toddy 1 oz. honey 1 oz...
Spiced Bourbon
Using the spiced syrup from the Honeycrisp Apple cocktail, make a variation of the Old Fashioned. I’ve drunk the following with both Evan Williams and Tut...
Cinzano and Lime
Cinzano’s site is all Flash, and next to useless. They did, once the craplet loaded, have some worthwhile suggestions about what to do with this bottle of...
Replacing the Oxygen Sensor on a 2002 Honda CR-V
In order to pass the New York State vehicle inspection, all emissions control components must work. For example, if the oxygen sensors fail, they must be replac...
Google Travel
Apparently Google wants to purchase a travel data company, but the existing flight comparison websites don’t want them to. I can see why they wouldn’...
Things to do with Vermouth
I have a rather large bottle of Cinzano Extra Dry Vermouth in my refrigerator. One might ask why I have such a large bottle. That’s easily explained: it w...
Honeycrisp Apple
The recipe below is from Gotham Bar & Grill, by way of Tuthilltown Spirits. I substituted Harvest Spirits’s Core Vodka and Cornelius Applejack instead...