Oh Gundy, Where Art Thou?

Every time I've tried to access the Gunderblog over the last week or so, all I've gotten is this:

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Finger-pain?!? I thought I was gettin' gum.

A Near Death Experience

One of my very good friends recently started up a new blog. It deals with her work as a forensic investigator out West, and is absolutely fascinating.
I can't tell you who she is (due to the sensitive nature of her blog), but I can say that most of you know her.

Check it out. Here's the LINK.

...Love Jenny

It's been a HUGE weekend for projects. I've been running at full-tilt trying to get a bunch of shit together in a short amount of time. Look for more in the coming days, but here's one that's ready to go:
I've been trying to get The Girl to put together a blog for a while now featuring open letters to whoever is pissing her off at any given time. She wasn't interested, so I went ahead and did it myself. I'm hoping that now that it's done that she'll pick up the reigns.
I present ...LOVE JENNY.
The inspiration for this site came from my penchant for condensing all of her rants down to a one sentence "fan" letter to who/whatever was pissing her off. For instance, while I was watching 'Tucker" on MSNBC she launched into a long diatribe on every single way that Tucker Carlson sucked. After 15 minutes I suggested that she write into the show with a letter which read:
Dear Tucker Carlson,
Bow-ties are gay. Drop dead.
Love, Jenny
She never did it (or any of the others - much to my disappointment), but it was a running joke between us.

The other night we were watching The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe and she just couldn't get over the fact that they had digitally removed Aslan's nuts. Throughout the whole damned movie all I heard was "lions have balls" over and over. I then decided that this great wisdom shouldn't be wasted - It needed to be shared with the world. Thus, ...Love Jenny was born.

Enjoy.

Drink, Drank, Drunk

If you'd kindly peer over to the right side of the screen, you'll notice that I've added a new link to the Liar's Club list. William T caved in and started up a blog - Difference is, He's rocking it out right off of the bat. He's been posting like a champ, and is doing a bang-up job of bringing us an extensive primer of liquor-soaked cinema. It's really good stuff, and you should stop wasting your time with the tripe I crap out here and check out his blog ASAP. You won't be sorry.

In salute to Bill's blog I'm going to share a couple of my favorite drink recipes with you.

Liar's Medicinal Tincture:Everything you need is in the picture above: Whiskey, Honey, Ginger, and Lemon.
1) Fill the bottle half full with Rye Whiskey. I use Rye because it has a full flavor that works well with tinctures, but more importantly, it's dirt-cheap, so If you fuck-up it's no big loss. That bottle pictured above is some fancy-ass bottle that I probably dropped an obscene amount on at the Container Store, but any empty bottle and a vacuum cork would work just as well (if not better).
2) Add in a long squirt of honey into the whiskey and shake it like hell until the honey dissolves completely.
3) Thinly cut a few slices of fresh ginger (to taste) and half as many slices of lemon rind (to taste). I like to briefly roast them in a frying pan to 'bloom' the oils, but I'm sure that it would work just as well without that extra step.
4) Stuff the lemon and ginger into the bottle and fill it to the top with more whiskey.
5) Shake like hell, stick it into the fridge, and leave it the hell alone for at least 5 days.
6 Drink. I like it over ice, but it works equally as well as an aperitif shot (or 10).

Mint Julep:If you can fall out of a boat and get wet, you can make a decent Mint Julep.
1) Stroll out to your garden and pick a few fist-fulls of mint, since it's 70 degrees in January, the stuff is everywhere. If you live in the city, you can just stroll out to Whole Foods, but it's gonna cost you at least 10 'folksy points'.
2) Crush a fist-full of mint and place in a 2 cup measuring cup.
3) Pour one cup of sugar into that measuring cup. I always use raw sugar, but any sugar will do.
4) Add one cup of boiling water and stir until all of the sugar is dissolved.
5) Let the syrup cool, and then pour into a small storage bottle - I use a Mason jar & Cling wrap ('Cuz it's 'folksy'). Refrigerate until use.
6) Grab a rocks glass and/or Mason jar and fill that sucka with ice. Add one part of the mint syrup to two parts bourbon (I prefer Knob Creek for Juleps). Adjust mix to taste.
7) Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint (if you want some inedible thing to go up your nose, and generally get in your way while your trying to get a buzz on).
8) Drink.
9) Repeat until immobile.

All Hail The Queenie!

Ms. K(i)M just launched her new blog, and it's chock full of horsey goodness.
Here, I would go into her blog saga, but I'm under the impression that I should refrain from flogging that dead horse. I've decided to reign myself in, get down off of my high horse, and not turn the whole fiasco into a dog and pony show. The important thing is that she's back and we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, and definitely not engage in neigh-saying. This dark horse is looking strong out of the gate, and promises to be short on any horse play.

If anyone is still reading, I'm truly sorry for the barrage of bad equine references. "Where the hell are my horseshoes?!" is poised to rock out some truth, and that's straight from the horse's mouth.

Again, sorry.