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Cocktail – The Buffalo Red
Well, it’s been a while since I posted one of my cocktails, but I’ve gotten a lot pickier about which recipes I choose to share (too many of my early attempts were merely so-so drinks). After ages of tweaking this … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drinks
Tagged bitters, booze, bourbon, buffalo trace, cocktails, drinks, maple bitters, pernod, peychaud, recipe, sazerac, urban moonshine
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The Occupy Movement, and Why It’s a Good Thing
On Friday night, my wife and I went down to Burnside Park to check out the official kickoff of Occupy Providence, the latest in a string of protests begun by the Occupy Wall Street folks. I’ll be honest: we weren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Social Issues
Tagged corporations, demonstration, economics, march, occupy providence, politics, protest, rally, speaking out, standing up
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Review – Fallout New Vegas (PC)
Platform: PC One Word: Sprawling Two Words: Vegas, Baby! Worth It: Yes Scale: terrible | poor | fair | good | great As a reward to myself for finishing Blood Hunt, I finally got around to buying and playing Fallout … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming
Tagged fallout, fallout new vegas, games, Gaming, new vegas, oh god i lost eighty hours of my time, pc, review, rpg, video game, video games
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My Second Novel – Blood Hunt
If you follow my writing blog, you’re probably already well aware of this, but I’ve released my second novel, Blood Hunt, the sequel to The Blood That Bonds. It’s been getting great reviews from fans so far, most of whom … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged blood hunt, Books, chris, ebook, fiction, novel, print, publishing, reading, story, the blood that bonds, Writing
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Books – Justin Cronin’s “The Passage”
The Passage by Justin Cronin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Justin Cronin’s “The Passage” is a complex novel that at, over the course of its reading, left me at times enthralled and at other times enraged. I think that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged black ladies who love them some god, Books, fiction, justin cronin, novel, reading, review, story, the passage, vampires
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Summer Cocktails – The Neat Drinks
The fine folks at Primer Magazine have posted the third and final installment in my Summer Cocktails series: “The Neat Drinks.” This one deals with straight-up cocktails, and could also have been titled “Up Drinks”, but the idea remains the … Continue reading
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Tagged article, booze, chris, cocktails, drinks, non-fiction, primer, primer magazine, recipe, Writing
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Article: Summer Cocktails – The Rocks Drinks
Primer Magazine has published the second in my trio of articles on summer cocktails, this one focusing on drinks that you serve on the rocks. It includes a new cocktail of my own design never before featured on this site, … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drinks
Tagged article, booze, cocktails, drinks, non-fiction, on the rocks, recipe, rocks, summer, summer cocktails
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Books – Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a remarkable writer Cormac McCarthy is. This is the second of his books that I’ve read, and while it was more … Continue reading
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Tagged american west, blood meridian, Books, civil war, cormac mccarthy, fiction, novel, reading, review, the judge
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Article: Summer Cocktails – The Long Drinks
The good folks over at Primer Magazine have published some more of my musings on cocktails. This time we’re taking a look at delicious summer cocktails, which I’ve broken out into three types: long drinks, rocks drinks, and neat (straight-up) … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drinks, Writing
Tagged booze, chris, cocktails, drinks, long drinks, primer, recipe, summer cocktails
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Things I Will Miss About Indianapolis
My two-year stay in Indianapolis is coming to a close as my lovely wife Charlotte and I prepare to move to Providence at the end of the month. I thought it would be fun to take a look at the … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drinks, Misc Rambling, Travel
Tagged amy, beer, brett, brewing, chris, cocktails, coffee, gabe, indiana, indianapolis, jeevan, things I will miss
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