Yay the end of days has arrived ...

Someone yesterday mentioned a drink mix contest. I submit-

The Road to Heaven and Hell Martini.

Smoke an insanely fat joint

In a shaker add a jigger or much more of every spirit in your bar.

Smoke another joint.

To the shaker add a tab or more of every painkiller hidden in various corners of your home.

Smoke another or several other joints.

Add a splash of coke or cola.

Call your dealer if you have run out of fuzzy weed.

Shake the shaker until giddy.

Shuck 24 oysters.

Find the LSD you hid away when you stole that book titled ‘Steal This Book’ and rim your glass with it.

Consume all the oysters.

Consume your martini and get your ass to bed … see you all Monday.

Yes, Feisty, I will totally concur with your assessment of this week! Wow! Some very disturbed peeps on the Right!

Okay, since it seems to be cocktail hour, I had posted yesterday to Mark in SoCal that I would volunteer as host bartender! I challenged all libs and normal Republicans to come up with a unique cocktail to share with the rest of us. Here is mine. I warn you all that this is a shot(can be made as a cocktail, but no ice!) that is delicious, but it will creep up on ya, and then there's no telling what can happen! I am a shots girl, so I always go with the double shot glass.

This is called the "Duck Fart" It is an Alaskan fave!

1 part Kahlua

1 part Bailey's

1 part Crown Royal(or other higher quality Canadian whisky)

This is a layered shot, so you pour the kahlua into the shot glass. Slowly pour Bailey's over the rounded side of a spoon in on top of the Kahlua, trying not to muddle it. Do the same when adding the whisky. The end result if done correctly, will look like three separate quantities of liquor. Cheers!

Yay to the DDI being open!

I guess we need to thank Andrew as well today for covering for sick Domenico (feel better soon!).

Feisty, I hope you've visited the "banned" list lately. Quite a few of the gun nuts have been timed out for a day or two to cool their jets. It has been a week!

Hey, Feisty! I'm sitting here in the middle of a winter storm, and I think the Dew Drop Inn will meet my needs today!

What oh what have we learned? Simply this, the NRA leadership is finally showing themselves up for the really strange, paranoid, creepy people that they are. Can you imagine adults not being shattered by the deaths of those children, but being more worried that someone might take their toys away, and they can't play cop and robber any more? Honestly, Wayne La Pierre is the poster boy for someone who should have a mental health evaluation before he gets anywhere near a weapon of any kind.

Those of you who are members of the NRA, who are disturbed by the antics of poor little Wayne ought to consider that it might be time for a new spokesperson. Ol' Wayne makes you all look a straw short of a bale.

Thanks to all who put on First Read, still the best place to visit for the latest news. I'm ready for a hot brandy. Going to have skate over to the Dew Drop Inn though, you can't walk out there!

Have a good weekend, one and all.

This is called the "Duck Fart" It is an Alaskan fave!

Come on AG, you can't keep us hanging like this... what is in the "Duck Fart"?

Quite a few of the gun nuts have been timed out for a day or two to cool their jets. It has been a week!

Layton,

Thank GAWD! I have NO idea where the nuts came from...??

Hey, Feisty! I'm sitting here in the middle of a winter storm,

Hey NewDay,

Please be safe! It was almost 60 degrees here today! NOPE... NO such thing as climate change happening!

The RWNJ's would be better served if they spent a little more time studying math & science and a little less time worshipping Smith & Wesson!

NO kidding, Feisty; a good share of right-wingers sounded like the whack job on CNN who looked about to blow a gasket. I trust the FBI is looking in on him since he threatened revolutionary war if anyone dares try to take his guns.

AlaskaG, whoa, that's quite a drink and not a bit of anything to water it down.

It's there! I had to drop off for a minute to take care of something!

OMG Jody, are you talking about that dark haired crazed lunatic that Piers Morgan had on the other night? I sure hope Pier's handler had a laser on the guy! He looked like at any minute he was going to spray the place with bullets! Piers had another crazy one on a day or to ago who basically just lied his way through the whole interview. I gotta give Piers credit, he kept his cool.

Sounds like a plan--DDI will be hoppin' tonight! Shots of Fireball Whiskey sound in order to add some warmth to our otherwise frozen evening! Now there's a drink that will surely clear your sinuses! Another great drink for cold nights is hot cocoa with peppermint schnapps! Whatever you decide, have a great weekend everyone!

Alaska Girl ....

It sounds DIVINE! I'd love to try one!

60 degrees?????? Jealous! I'm snow-shoeing over to the DDI to get my "Duck Fart!"

Nurse, try the Duck Fart! That will surely put the warmth in your bones!

Jody, we don't do watered down in Alaska! HA!

It's there! I had to drop off for a minute to take care of something!

Ooops! I see it!

Unfortunately, I'll have to take a pass, I can't do Kahlua ever since a night of White Russians years ago! Just the smell of it still makes me *gag*! LOL

PS: I think it's a great name!

hot cocoa with peppermint schnapps!

Nurse,

Another good choice is hot cocoa with Frangelico liquor, it takes like a liquid Snicker Bar... Mmmmm!

paranoid, right wing, hysterical, bizarre, fearful, uneducated

As usual, Feisty, childish insults completely untainted by logic or fact.

Oh, that's too bad! Gotta love the White Russians! I have that same problem with Tequila shots!

Go away, Kannin! We are having fun, and only fun and light hearted people are welcome when I "tend bar"!

Although Feisty couldn't drink it, on a cold night a Kioki coffee warms you right up: 1 shot Kalua, 1 shot Creme de Cocoa, 1 shot Brandy; top off with fresh, hot coffee and a little whipped cream.

have a great weekend everyone! don't drink and drive, killers!~

Sounds like some great ideas for drinks--we should do a smorgasbord of drinks and snacks!

Oh Kanin, you set a chill in every room that you enter.

OK Fine. My favorite: Moscow Mule - jigger vodka, jigger lime juice in a highball glass with cracked ice, fill it the rest of the way with ginger beer.

AG, yes, that's the one.

Kannin, that sounds good especially on a hot, summer day. Moscow Mule.

Good for you, Kannin! Love it when someone who doesn't agree with us Libs joins in the fun. Have a good weekend.

There you go, Kannin! See, it's not so bad to hang with us, is it? Your drink sounds very interesting! I shall like to "buy" you a Duck Fart! Cheers!

Jody, that guy looked so close to stroking out, his eyes and veins were bulging!

AG & Jody . . .

I was watching that yesterday at work and one of my programmers came in and could not BELIEVE someone would act like that. Sent that link out to a few people. He's one BatSh*t crazy person. Piers was unbelievably calm. Loved the last line though ... "whatever."

Kannin ... to deflect the words of Joni Mitchell ... Moscow Mule? I could drink a case with you.

How about a "Forehead Scraper"...

1 part Jameson

1 part Maker's Mark

1 Part Tullamore Dew

...don't bother to stir...

Excellent!

Mickey, I have never bothered to stir.

I like ginger beer and I like vodka, set me up!

[Mickey, I have never bothered to stir.]

BCWC, somehow I knew that... ;)

Kannin--good thought! My brother and cousins and I used to drink Moscow Mules all the time--I sort of forgot about them--but I used to love them. Will have to make some for old time sake.

Mickey,

Love all of that whiskey... what size glass do you use with the "ForeheadScraper" ?

If the fireplace is going at the DD!, I will just have a Drambuie straight up, sit in a chair, and watch all of you dance!

When I want to forget that conservative fascist even exist I go to the nearest working man bar and order a shot of Ten High * Kentucky bourbon, and a beer chaser, couple of those and a trip or two to the car for some medicine, (I am in Michigan) and the jukebox sounds like a live band. Its all good until the reality of morning arrives.

The Elephants are not the endangered species...all because of self-destruction.

the newest Gallup poll shows that 47% of Americans identify themselves Democrats, 42% as RepubliCONs. Only a year ago, the same poll showed the parties roughly even. Well, then the GOP has actually done something good, be destroying its own brand.

Correction to #1.32: The Elephants are now not the endangered species...all because of self-destruction..................sorry

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The newest Gallup poll shows that 47% of Americans identify themselves Democrats, 42% as RepubliCONs. Only a year ago, the same poll showed the parties roughly even. Well, then the GOP has actually done something good, be destroying its own brand.

If you don't mind, I'll start off with a Vodka Stinger!! While waiting for my 2nd, which will be a Grasshopper, I'd love a Duck Fart. While waiting for my 3rd, the delicious Rusty Nail, I'll take another Duck Fart. Something tells me, it won't be hard to get Northstar dancing on the bar. When we finally coax her down, she can lead us all in a Limbo dance. I project the winner will be Kanin, surprising but proving to us liberals that conservatives are indeed flexible.

At that rate, RedDev, I think you will be picking your lips up off the floor! Have I said recently that I just love Friday cocktails on the Vine?!

@ John: Here in Alaska we call(going out to the car for "medicine") that a "safety stop". Not sure why, but works for me!

Geez, RedDev, I've got a hangover just watching you drink!

Okay, as the resident caretaker of the DDI jukebox since drive-by's not here, here's some limbo music to get Northstar started (Warning, you'd BETTER be drunk before watching it!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfaQuk5tEKE

RedDev, I think you will be picking your lips up off the floor!

AG,

I have partied with Red in person and will vouch for him being able to hold his own! lol

When you start drinking at noon on a blistering hot day in Vegas, someone has to be one of the last men standing! lol

Have I said recently that I just love Friday cocktails on the Vine?!

Me too! Great place to unwind and toss a few back after a L O N G week of playing Whack-A-Troll!

(Warning, you'd BETTER be drunk before watching it!)

EWWWWW!!!

JoAnne,

That is just plain wrong on SO many levels! LOL

Although, it's a step up from his drunken cheeseburger rant!

Oh, JoAnne, you always come up with the best stuff! I've got to say that when David was younger he was pretty cute, always ridiculous, but still cute.

"Whack-A-Troll"! LOL

Feisty, now anyone who can hold their own is a person I want to party with!

Here's another drink(really a shot) that I can only do around 11:30 at night on a Friday night bar crawl and I am already feeling better than fine: Irish Car Bomb! You will have to look it up to see what it is. That one, my friends, will kick your ass!

I think I would fell very out of place with a straight Scotch, but who cares. 45 years of practice and I have never heard of any of those drinks. It is always fun to visit love your post.

Oh man am I getting thirsty! Only wish my kidney and doc would let me drink again but you guys are heavy doers of the alcoholic beverage!! I don't have a favorite - they all taste good to me!

Feisty - the temp here is in the 40's - and I do not have heat in my house - furnace died - temp in house will be 53 - my poor doggies.

Put on the juke box - "Cry Me A River" for the Republicans and "I Shot the Sheriff" for Arizona - ok that is just mean. But it's Friday and more football playoffs - go NINERS!!!!!

JoAnne . . .

Geez, RedDev, I've got a hangover just watching you drink!

Me too! Oh laws but I love all my thirsty and non-thirsty friends!

Elise, having lived in the Bay Area, the cold there is very unique! Stay as warm as you can! I'll cheer on the Niners with you ... my 2nd fav team!

(Maybe one day you can drop me an e-mail about them moving to Santa Rosa?????)

Feisty - the temp here is in the 40's - and I do not have heat in my house - furnace died - temp in house will be 53 - my poor doggies.

Elise,

Look on the positive side, it will make for some great nuzzling! ;o) My daughter said it's colder in San Diego than it is in Chicago....

She managed to get the elusive "double nuzzle" last night from my Grandpup Parker and his GF! lol

all of you are guilty of B-U-I : blogging under the influence; are thus arrested by me, pigotry.

Any sober ones, other than Pigotry the sober pig?

Exito, you could never be out of place! Cheers!

Elise: I will second that: GO NINERS!!! Sooo not a football fan but always willing to cheer on someone's chosen team!

Piglet: Guilty as charged!

[Love all of that whiskey... what size glass do you use with the "ForeheadScraper" ?]

North Star, just a regular rock glass...or a 16oz pint glass..depends he much forehead you have, and how much you can afford to lose :)))

Mickey,

I will have just a rock glass. You can have the pint.

Joanne,

OK, I will start with the limbo without old David H.

Everyone up.... come on...put your glass down ... someone hold Red Dev up... here we go....

well done everyone....

After the break( for bathroom and catching your breath) we will now really get down and dance.

I cannot help but dance whenever I hear this song! It is my favorite no matter what time of year.

Alaska Girl, Layton, Feisty, Joanne, Elsie,Pigoty,Nurse, Amy, Jody, NDD and any other women in the house lets show these guys how to dance....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpX97eg-W-k

the night is just beginning.....

Salud

Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Love Rob Thomas! What a hottie!

Hey, where did RedDev get to? Spanky wants to see how well he, ummm, "holds his own".....

Northstar, great selection! But as Fred says to Ginger - I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor, so......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oSdBu0JSCE

ahhhh the play offs, GO LIONS, errrr, well, next year. Good luck to all. Hey Feisty, what Bears?

Johntho ...

Shhhh on the Bears or you'll haceve to go a round or two with me about the Saints .... I'll have a coach again next year ... and Da Bears will have a new one as well ...

Happy Weekend!

JoAnne,

Love the video.

Did I ever tell you I took tap dancing lessons in my youth?

I remember the instructor saying" Kick back down, Step, Step,...."

On the dance floor at the DDI you do not have to worry, and you do not need a ball gown, just sway to the beat.

Lets have another tune, is RedDev is around? Or is he taking a short nap?

It is his turn to spin a tune....

Now, now JoAnne, I had something more like this in mind -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOK_C2C8wsY

But, since no one in that vid is actually doing the Limbo, it's time to move onto this boot walkin' bit ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww

Now, never one to kiss and tell, but Northstar, I hope you kept that green dress, and JoAnne, the red dress was very complimentary.

Now, as to Feisty, when she starts leading the Can-Can down Las Vegas Blvd, well folks, that is when Floyd starts teaching two stepping and its time to let the Donkey Fart, let the Grasshoppers loose, and hope you don't land on a Rusty Nail or a Vodka Stinger.

JoAnne - Speaking of Spanky, this is a rather fun - ny California attraction. Next door to the dinosaurs is Spanky's Rib Place.

http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=109

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cabazon-dinosaurs-cabazon

What is really fun to read are the reviews on the dinosaur attraction. As popular as the attraction is, I just can't imagine why Spanky Ribs is boarded up.

And Pigotry - B-U-I is legal. Although, when typing over 120 WPM, things do get a bit crazy. But as you can see from the thread above, friends don't let friend blog drunk, nor do they let them drunk dial. But friends do let friends drink and I-Tunes shop. And apparently, it is still socially acceptable to drink and YouTube.

Layton, I like the Saints when they are not playing the Lions. Still mad at Tom Dempsy and his titanium corked boot. ( - : . See you next year. In the playoffs.

OMG!

Doris Day, Nancy and the boots with the go go girls and the grand finale: Dino the dinosaur :-)

Red Dev, you outdid yourself tonight.

And the comments section about the Right Wing fudamentalist that owns the Dino attraction is a hoot.

I am saving the green dress for when the group from the DDI does DC, it will be wilder than the Vegas trip.

Feisty has all the feather boas ready for the trip. I know Floyd has his heart set on the blue one.

Everyone have a great weekend.

Hello all,

Well, couldn't make it in yesterday for AlaskaGirl's bartendership (I is a workin' Republican! hehehehe) and never had time to design my signature drink, The Reasonable Republican, but did give it a whiff of thought so here is where I am at so far:

The gin martini, shaken, is just like Reasonable Republicans - classic! Never out of place, always welcome.

Variations:

The Contemporary Republican. This martini is made with alcohol-free gin, and is utterly tasteless.

Or might I offer The Romney Republican. Bartenders hate this drink because they are never certain from one day to the next whether this martini should gin or vodka, shaken or stirred.

Further updates from Mark's Mixology Lab as I progress.

Oh, and a belated jukebox request - Warren Zevon Rottweiler Blues. Oh-so-relevant.

with the $$ i'm saving from all of that "free stuff" i'm getting from Obama (rolls eyes), the drinks are on me! Even yours, Kanin!

Feisty and other FR friends -- Too late.

I'm in a "red" state. You know, one of the welfare states that pay less into the federal government than they receive -- Yet when Hurricane Sandy hits blue states, they don't think those states should get sh!t.

And how trust funds like Social Security that we all pay into, and that having nothing to do with the deficit should be cut so we can maintain "corporate welfare," most notably the military industrial complex, and to protect the rich and now gun manufacturers too.

I'm in the midst of the rightwing meltdown, so I had to have a stiff drink starting on Thursday!

Hello True Patriot and Mark in So Cal!

Glad you both popped in!

RedDev - Wow, I can't believe I ever considered that little red number a "dress" - these days it wouldn't even be a long t-shirt! Yep, Doris beats The Hoff any day of the week, and I look forward to someday seeing the dinosaurs in person - after all, I'm what you might call a connnoisseur of kitsch. I've not only been to both South of the Border and Wall Drug, I've been to the honest-to-God Fountain of Youth, to Graceland, to the Salem Witch Museum (witch-kitsch?), and even (don't be jealous now) the Mitchell Corn Palace! As to why Spanky's ribs closed down, I figured it was obvious once I read the review that mentioned the near-by truck stop - I mean, who wants Spanky's ribs when you can have a Monte Cristo and peanut butter cream pie? The reviews on the second link were even better, so thanks!

Mark in SoCal - Hey, the party never stops here, so just show up whenever you can! Here at the Dew Drop Inn, we make OUR Romney Republican with only the finest Cayman Islands rum. We also serve a fine "First Read Republican" for those who - unlike you! - can't seem to stop crying in their beer. Start with a glass of Pale Ale from The Grumpy Troll Brewery in Wisconsin - top with a generous scoop of sour grapes, and add several dashes of bitters. Serve in a commemorative 2013 Obama Inauguration glass. (Note: Must show birth certificate and college transcripts to order). Cheers!

newdayDAWNING...RETURNED -- Howdy, good to see you too!

Thinking of the $1 trillion coin to pay the debt, and Greg Walden (R-OR) saying the coin would weigh tons -- Once again proving rightwingers never actually READ anything let along comprehend it -- And FAUX Noise of course reporting the misinformation so that the manure is well spread -- I laugh at Teapublicans freaking out about this because they think they have a monopoly on parliamentary shenanigans (and probably jealous they didn't think of it first)...

But seriously, I have always supported the minimum of a two-party system per democracy -- But now I am in favor of completely shutting down the Teapublican Party because they live in Crazy Town!

Speaking of manure, Stinky was a Legend in His Own Mind, and I fart in his general direction (lolz). I raise my Duck Fart to him. Cheers!

Johntho, well said. I see the DDI is open; sounds like Feisty has a new "toddy" ready.

It's 55 here; the one snow we had is almost gone.

snow snakes...tee hee

Jody, sounds like you got southern Michigan weather. We are 50 today and tomorrow, but come Sunday we are suppose to Katy bar the door, winter is to return with a rain, freezing rain, and snow mix and then next week the temps are going to drop like my bowling ball. It just don't get any better then this in January.

Amy B. You don't have snow snakes in Maine because the moose eat them. Here in Michigan is a different story, some were elected to the state legislature and set back unions 70 years with right to work legislation. The republican governor is head snow snake. It is a real shame that these people can do this to working people, and they do it without conscious.

"Katy bar the door." I love that saying!

Who are we trying to kid in the lower 48 A.G. You know winter. LOL

John Boehner is too COLD, colder than the winter at the north pole. His icicle (inside his pants) is even colder - after he suffered humilitations among his own rank.

Actually, John, where I am has been nicer than what our winter can be. We haven't had much snow to speak of, and the temps during the day have been anywhere from 27-41F. I am okay with the lack of snow, even with a 4wd Ford F150 and studded tires! Having said all that, February is coming and things can change, as they often do!

Little piggy! I just love reading your comments!

AlaskaGirl ....

Ford F150

Got a '78 in the driveway .... love that truck!

Mine's a '97! I bought it used about 8 mos. ago and I do not know how I have ever lived without a truck!

Ole Gotcha Gregory escapes the long arm of the law!

No charges for NBC host over ammunition magazine Published - Jan 11 2013 05:07PM CST ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) —

NBC journalist David Gregory won't face charges for displaying a high-capacity ammunition magazine on his "Meet the Press" news program last month, District of Columbia prosecutors announced Friday.

The city's Office of the Attorney General, which handles low-level crimes, said criminal charges wouldn't serve the public's best interests even though possession of the magazine — capable of holding up to 30 rounds of ammunition — was clearly against local gun laws.

"Influencing our judgment in this case, among other things, is our recognition that the intent of the temporary possession and short display of the magazine was to promote the First Amendment purpose of informing an ongoing public debate about firearms policy in the United States, especially while this subject was foremost in the minds of the public" after the Connecticut school massacre and President Barack Obama's address to the nation, D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan wrote.

Still, Nathan said, there were other legal ways to prove the point and that "there is no doubt of the gravity of the illegal conduct in this matter, especially in a city and a nation that have been plagued by carnage from gun violence." He said it was a "very close decision" to not bring charges.

I'm a little late to the gathering, a bourbon and soda (club) will suit me real well. Can't take sweet drinks even when they taste good.

It has been an interesting week, who knew there were so many crazies in the country. Well they can yell, scream and threaten all they want, this time its different.

Have a great weekend friends, here in So. Fl. it was 79 today it should be at least 8-10 degrees cooler, trees and shrubs normally dormant til late Feb are popping buds and new leaves and we have been getting a lot of rain in our dry season.

Thanks FR for giving us a place to come to express ourselves and discuss with our friends. Domenico feel better there are a lot of people sick so take care.

Okay, I just really made myself laugh! I started reading the AP release and at first couldn't understand what all the fuss was about David Gregory displaying a "magazine" on MTP, until I re-read it as it should be! I thought he was showing some periodical that is banned! :) I really gotta learn firearm lingo, or I should stop mixing Duck Farts! HA!

Gingerbread Mamma: Glad you made it. That one post today scared me. I need a drink.

What a hero he is! Amazing story how Heber talked the kid into putting down the gun.

Another NRA slogan, the truth is, the difference between a bad guy with a gun and good guy with a gun can be one squeeze of the trigger. Good guys with guns become bad guys with guns every single day.

Johntho.......you've put up some great posts today. Nice to see you here. Don't be a stranger.

Thanks for the flowers Gingerbread Mamma. Its just stuff I believe in.

The only difference between a gun nut and a nut with a gun can be a "bad day at the office".

And the Dew Drop Inn bartender will set that up for you DfromSpencer!

"Cheap stuff"? At the Dew Drop Inn? Never! Would you like the Macallan 1926 or the Dalmore 62 Single Highland Malt?