Life, Leisure and the Perfect Garnish

In general, I've got to agree with what they have to say about garnishes. Here at moose industries there's sometimes a nagging feeling that we are skimping on the garnish side of things. Some drinks _need_ a garnish. The martini olive is not optional and neither is margarita salt. Others, well that's where it gets tricky. Take, for instance the daquiri. Let's be honest, the lime wedge doesn't offer much in terms of added taste and well things are pretty green to start with so it's not exactly the contrast that's required. Of course a lemon twist would look all wrong.

And here's a thought... are strays part of the garnish, part of the glassware or essential? I vote for the first. They look nice but are not functionally necessary.

Cocktails Are All the Rage Regardless of Gender?

I should know better than to be tempted by PR generating "surveys" for liquor companies. In this case cocktails are apparently all the rage regardless of gender.

Sadly, it's from Jim Beam and it seems to be very middle america. Fuzzy Navels and screwdrivers are cocktails? People like fruit in their drinks. C'mon, it's the 70s all over again. The revenge of creamy drinks will be upon us before we know it and know doubt it will be server in a plastic cup, luke warm and lacking and style. After all it's all about the taste right? Pour it out of the can - it's more convient than find fresh fruit, carefully measuring, fussing with garnishes and serving in a nice cocktail glass.

Oh well - suppose it's better than budweiser.

boards of wanaka

mb1 and I have been working on improving the Board of Wanaka website. Here's our latest efforts. Random images and random taglines are cool. Some stylesheets hacks have been fun too. There's a whole heap of other activities planned, but a few more readers wouldn't hurt either.

now back to studying what makes google ads tick.

The Wonders of Free Blogware

I'm always scared when my little test sites get found by google. It's the lag that kills me. Start of publishing knowing that nobody knows it's there. Then you think: "how does this stack up with google." And so you try to get listed. And then you forget what you wrote, not that it was very important mind you. Finally the dribble gets listed and you think: "my god, I am a pratt".

Having said that, you can't really complain about how good some of this free blog software is. Been trying to set up Wordpress... they say it's easy, but I've had nothing but issues with mod_rewrite.

Oh well, I'll keep plugging away.

Elvis in lieu of Elvish

I'm sure this has been done before, but I chuckled thinking about it.

Take you standard fantasy setting (eg Lord of the Rings) and replace all Elf references with Elvis references:

The Woodland Elvis
Black Elvis (no doubt his early "appropriating days")
Elvis Magic
Elvis Nights
Boots of Elvis kind (only available in blue and suede)
Elvis designs (probably on coffee cups or on velvet)
Elvis cape of protection (works in vegas baby)

etc...