Not one for the blogroll, I think, but interesting to look at. It’s photos and descriptions from a movie location scout, and shows things that you might not notice yourself on a trip to NYC. Maybe I’ll see if I can find one or two of the ones with revealed locations the next time I get there.
Archive for December, 2009
An interesting site
Friday, December 4th, 2009I guess you can’t call it Scotch, though
Friday, December 4th, 2009Scots are upset because the English are now making their own single-malt whisky. I wouldn’t mind trying it, even if it is a bit expensive for its age.
I’ve been saving a bottle of Stranahan’s for a friend. It is also more expensive than you’d expect for being aged only a few years.
The article notes that the English product “can be officially classed as a whisky as it has been stored for more than three years.” The Stranahan’s bottle notes that it’s been “aged a minimum of two years.” Maybe that’s why they call it “whiskey,” rather than “whisky.”
Miscellany 5
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Respect and courtesy can only be allowed to go in one direction.
Respect and courtesy don’t require knowledge or effort.
Hiding a relationship? Haven’t we heard that before?
Software for which to be thankful. I’ve used about a third of these applications. I use several of them daily.
I’ll have to try this when I get a little time … among other things, I’ve started my Christmas baking. I don’t do it every year, but I sometimes get a little out of hand: cookies, shortbread, rum balls, mincemeat tarts, and so on. I made mincemeat tarts and shortbread on Sunday … I’ll have to post a photo, because the cat walked on the shortbread while it was cooling. It’s a good thing I had plastic wrap covering it at the time.
Ummm … you know, this is not what I’d expect to see if someone meditated on me.
Some impressive card manipulations.
The first time I tried homebrewing beer, I used a recipe a friend had given me. It was a simple recipe that made about a gallon – gallon jugs from cider and such were simple to acquire and clean, and I didn’t have to worry about dealing with the quantities and equipment involved in making a “standard” five-gallon batch. It came out pretty potent, though … one bottle was sufficient to get me staggering a bit. I wonder how it would compare with this stuff.
I can remember, years ago, seeing a cat circus in a sad little building on West Colfax. Never saw a performance, just the building.
Ukulele videos (good pun in the name) and a songbook site.
This is a fun advertisement (found here):
I’ve never had a book do this for me while I was reading it: