POLL: booze

Jodi and Allison last night.


Happy birthday, Allison! Jodi and Allison and I had a great time at the Frog and Firkin last night. See Allison's Livejournal entry about the evening. And check out Seanan's wonderful Rivendell walk drawing of Allison! (see Seanan's Livejournal for the full birthday greeting)

The Frog seems to becoming one of our regular Urban Tapestry dinner hangouts, replacing The Pickle Barrel since Allison and Jodi moved. Ironic, really ... The Frog is basically a pub, but none of us drink beer.

Which made me curious, hence this next poll:

SURVEY: How often do you drink, if at all? What do you like? What do you definitely NOT like?

I started to drink more often (for me, "more often" is about three alcoholic beverages a week) when my arms were at their worst... I found that the alcohol always deadened the pain much more effectively than anti-inflammatory drugs. These days it's more like a couple times a month at most. I rarely have more than one glass in an evening; if I do, I don't get drunk...I fall asleep :-).

What I don't like:
- beer, especially the dark sludge that Jeff and my friends Andy Beaton and Bill Sutton seem to adore

What I like:
- weak fruit-flavoured wine (blush wine? don't know proper terminology) with ice
- chocolaty/sweet liqueurs, esp a two-coloured liqueur that Rand brought to a Christmas party at Allison's once, can't remember the name
- plum wine
- hot sake
- something fruity and sweet I had at a party at Andy's & Christine's once, can't remember the name

Undecided:
- Scotch: vile taste, but I like the afterburn effect

What about you all?

Interesting links

A cat with an ID microchip implanted under his skin was returned to his owner 10 years after he jumped out a window and vanished. More info: Globe and Mail article.

Media Post has an interesting article about a company hoping to commercialize fan fiction. (free registration required... it was curiosity about this article that finally convinced me to sign up)

Jeff an I have started using Grading The Movies (a site for parents) when we're considering taking nieces to a movie but aren't exactly sure if it's appropriate for their age levels. To you parents out there: How do you decide whether a movie is OK for your child to see or not? Or do you just not worry about it?

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