January 2011
December 2010
Bar Chat Strikes Back
Girl: What's your last name, Charlie?
Me: You'll never believe me.
Girl: Now you have to tell me.
Me: I don't have to do anything for you.
(Awkward silence)
Me: I'm just messin' with ya.
Girl: haha. Phew.
Me: My last name is Spaghettios
Girl: Your last name is Spaghettios?
Me: Yup. Charlie Spaghettios
Girl: Haha. Seriously?
Me: My grandfather invented Spaghettios. He named it after himself.
Girl: I thought Spaghettios were called Spaghettios cause they were made out of Spaghetti and shaped like 'O's.
Me: Common mistake. All good.
Girl: Wow. That's pretty cool. Do you get a lifetime supply of Spaghettios?
Me: What's your last name?
Girl: Lewis.
Me: Do you get a lifetime supply of Lewis?
Girl: What?
(Awkward silence)
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere...
– Ruth Renkel
POSTING VS. "LIKING"
Initially, I had hoped to keep my number of “likes” of other people’s posts about even, 1/1 with the number of posts i submitted.
Later, 3/2 likes to posts became the average, and it held for a long time. so i reconciled with it.
Lately, i’ve been disappointed that I’m easily liking over posting at a rate of 2/1. BUT, then i realized there is simply no way to...
The problems with mixology begin with the word itself, a clumsy cocktail of...
– Sarah Deming on exactly what’s wrong with the world of drinking. Go read it, take it in and remember that the bar should be the public house, the nexus of our neighborhoods and an oasis from the pervasive bullshit that soils our day.
Threepenny: Deming, Against Mixology
(h/t Buzz Anderson)
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