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Is it just me or is pound cake basically Shortbread with eggs?

Lately I've been experimenting with "mixers". By "mixer" I mean aperitifs, liqueurs, and digestifs that almost always appear as secondary ingredients in a cocktail, but that one almost never thinks of drinking on their own. The intention here is to write a series of articles about each one.

It started with the Vesper, a mixed drink well known in cocktail circles. The recipe comes from an iconic scene in Ian Flemings's Casino Royale, where Bond instructs the bartender as follows:

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After a good run, I've decided to retire YAWT for the time being. I found the workflow I set up to be a bit complicated, and I found myself wanting to concentrate more on writing rather than the nitty-gritty of publishing. I also got a bit tired of the lone wolf thing and I wanted to try using piece of software that other people actually use.

But I still liked the basics of my workflow. I still liked writing blog entries with a standard text editor (Emacs in my case). I still liked the idea of keeping my site under source control, as plain files. In other words, I did not want to switch to Wordpress.

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: possibly the first time I've ever seen an Ayn Rand reference in a science fiction novel.

I didn't even watch the debate. Still though: NO YOU'RE THE PUPPET!

UNBELIEVABLE COMPANY!

I HAVE A WINNING TEMPERAMENT!

' "She doesn't have the stamina" says the guy who has been sniffling all night.'

And I fear that if the last year wasn't enough to show Trump the door, this debate isn't going to do it (though it clearly should)

NOBODY CALLS SEAN HANNITY!

TREMENDOUS JOBS!

The thing is, this debate was basically just more of the same.

HACK INTO AMERICANS!  Crap that was Hilary...

Wait, the standard python library includes sqlite?

“This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it." - Dorothy Parker

I googled "In defense of the IDE" and got a whole bunch of shit on the Indian Defence Estate Service. I don't know why I find this funny.

Evelyn and I went to Poland this past May, with her dad, uncle and cousins. Her second cousin was getting married and we were invited to the wedding.

I have to admit, I didn't know what I was going to get out of this trip. Poland was never really on my list of places to visit. The Lonely Planet guide, a book whose job is to make you excited about the place you're visiting, said that Poland "wore its charms lightly". What was that supposed to mean?

I mean...one of the main draws of Kraków is...a decommissioned salt mine? A salt mine?

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Reactive programming feels like wiring a circuit.

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We visited Poland for a wedding. A literal Polish wedding.

I have nightmares about the mess in my basement.

Things learned today: 1. Dry pressed cottage cheese is not the same as paneer. 2. Saag "Dry Pressed Cottage Cheese" still tastes pretty good

Wait, it's National Beer Day?

Headline on Slashdot: "People Feel Weird About Touching Robot Butts, Researchers Find"

There's an Irish joke that runs as follows:

A journalist, researching for an article on the complex political situation in Northern Ireland, was in a pub in a war-torn area of Belfast. One of his potential informants leaned over his pint of Guinness and suspiciously cross-examined the journalist: "Are you a Catholic or a Protestant?" the Irishman asked.

"Neither," replied the journalist; "I'm an atheist."

The Irishman, not content with this answer, put a further question: "Ah, but are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist?

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Gyros pita plate for lunch. Stomach hurts. I REGRET NOTHING!