I started this nightly post thing as an "open thread" kind of thing, something that I do at my blog, hoping to engage Kossacks in a free-flowing discussion over drinks (I provide a cocktail recipe, the rest of you provide the chatter), a subversive alternative to the Night Owls thread.
Not that I have anything against that forum but this is meant to be a little more on the chaotic side - my username should imply I like a little chaos.
Including sex and sex and sex and sex and look at this, I'm in tatters...
With that said, tonight's drink:
Manhattan
Pour 1.5 oz. of GOOD Bourbon whiskey and 0.5 oz. sweet vermouth into an ice-filled shaker and shake vigorously.
Strain into a Martini glass and add a Maraschino Cherry.
Some people like a sugared rim but then, some people like watching "Dancing With the Stars" and I've never understood that, either.
Drink it while you enjoy this:
(more below the Cthulhu icon)
While probably more than a few of us indulged in a bit of schadenfreud over the Gooper's party getting rained on, it looks as though the Gulf Coast is going to catch the brunt of it and my thoughts go out to those people.
With that said, not much of a news day. All of us already knew the Teaparty 2010 wave was going to bring a lot of loons big megaphones and those fuckwits are using that bully pulpit now to push an extreme agenda. And yes, we need to magnify that idiocy for the complacent, compliant MSM sheep (so to get that message viral) but really, it's never been news to US.
With that said, some pretty good diaries, today:
Fearing Superman - Sponsored by Batman, Incorporated
Bill Moyers: "Invisible Americans Get the Silent Treatment"
Why isn't this a beer mug? (Because it fits the Nightcap time theme, here)
Paul Ryan's Favorite Philosopher Inspired "The Satanic Bible", Experts Say
How to embed a tweet in a diary or comment
I can't keep this a secret anymore.
As a bonus, check out my friend Mamacita's take on Fairy Tales.
Righteous shit.
So what diaries did it for you today? Who was todays biggest douchebag? What music rocked your world? What were you thinking today as the rich got richer and the poor got more fucked? How was the weather? (107 and wretched here in Phoenix). What did you read? Where did you go? What awesome pics did you take and Instagram?