Gin and Tonic
It’s a hot afternoon here at the roost, and time for a cold drink. Perhaps a gin and tonic. Build the drink in a highball glass by adding the ingredients ...
Author: Will Cox
Blackberry Fizz
This is a modification of the Raspberry Fizz by Sebastian Reaburn found in Food & Wine Cocktails 2010. I didn’t have raspberries to hand, but blackber...
Wasting Away Again in Margaritaville
Monday, May 31st, I made a Margarita, c.f. CocktailDB and the International Bartenders Association. Shook, with four cubes of ice, 2.5 oz. tequila, .75 oz. trip...
My New Hobby
I have a new hobby: mixing drinks. Now, some have taken this to mean that I’m exclusively mixing cocktails. While those are most pleasurable to sample, th...
Comments on the Arlington Central School District Budget (2010-2011)
The Board of Education of the Arlington Central School District has made the difficult decision to close an elementary school in order to reduce the district...
A Rainy Day
Rain falling from the sky Slowly sliding off the roof Dripping down the window panes Glittering on the spider webs Gently slipping down the leaves Making puddle...
Dear Amtrak
You disappoint me. You don’t understand pricing. Or perhaps you simply have no experience of buying things with your own money. In any case, what are you ...
A Short Networking Quiz
1) An essential characteristic of UDP is that it is a) unreliable b) undecipherable c) unconscionable d) unwieldy 2) This characteristic is a result of which qu...
A $50 Gift Card
Frankly, I don’t understand why people buy gift cards. I understand why they give them, but not why they buy them. Gift cards are given because giving the...
Who Do You Include on Your Christmas Card List?
Our dear leader has suggested that we include our senators on our Christmas card list. That’s an excellent idea! (But I don’t think we printed enoug...
Why Do I Use Facebook?
It’s quite simple, really. I use Facebook because I know people who use Facebook. If I say something witty, they can read it, and comment, or laugh silent...
Selected Spelling Sentences
The Little Sister is in the second grade this year. One of their weekly assignments is to write sentences using the words they are learning to spell. She has qu...
Steamed Artichokes
Look for artichokes that are hard through, with the petals tight together. It’s OK if the petals have begun to open, but you do not want the base of the a...
The Cooper Union demonstrates that the reality rarely matches the promise
A while back I expressed some trepidation regarding the Cooper Union’s trendy new building. Well, they’ve finished constructing it, and they’v...
In Memoriam
Back before Twitter, there was jogger.jabber.org. September 11th 10:40:10 AM R.I.P. WTC 🙁 10:06:15 AM Looks like most of the news sites have been /.d. Guess no ...
The Case of the Wrong Way Driver
On July 26th, Diane Schuler left Sullivan County, New York, on her way home to Long Island. Around 1:30 p.m., she entered the northbound Taconic State Parkway f...
Competitive Pricing of Substitutes in Transportation
Nate Silver has an interesting, if partial, analysis of statistics comparing modes of transportation based on the National Household Travel Survey. He wonders w...
In the long history of Man’s inhumanity to Man, it is ever so
While reading In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Phillipines, I came across mention of a disturbingly familiar topic. War is hell. From The New York Ti...