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- If the Eagles had lost in the same situation that the Packers had, we would not be happy campers. Think effigy burnings. Especially of Juan Castillo (although I think he is underrated. So sue me). In Green Bay they're, like, go get 'em next year.
- Joe Paterno is not dead (he is).
- The defense is too small.
- Oh, yeah, here is the line on today's playoffs.
Of course, football will be back on February 5th when we break out the Cheez Whiz. Throw a jar of salsa in with it. Throw jar of salsa at TV. It's all good.
Spirits. This is what they call distilled alcohol if it is not moonshine. There have been lots of spirits in the newspapers lately. This morning there was a whole article on allowing "craft distillers" in Pennsylvania to sell their bottles at the tasting places at the fancy distilleries. Buy local. Locavores. Whatever. I like anything that gets you relatively blotto that I don't have to buy at the Pennsylvania Liquor Authority stores. Witness Maker's Mark Mint Julep right from the Kentucky source. Also Jack Daniels (Tennessee) although that is rather plebeian. Pennsylvania thinks that spirits tastings will bring tourism dollars to the state. I'm not sure we want tasting and driving visitors. Anyhow, the Inky says that on-site tasting coupled with the annual distillery licensing fee (from $5,600 to $1,500) "just might be the economic incentive needed to make Pennsylvania a new focal point for growth in a national movement toward sartisoan alcohol that's expanding exponentially on the heels of the craft-beer craze". Also there are only three micro-distillers that make a total of 100,000 gallons. Betcha any good 'shiner can make that in a year with only one guy and cousin Rascal. I can just see the job posting at the state place you have to go before you can claim unemployment. "Professional Booze Taster. Must have experience."
There's a potato vodka guy who worked to pass the bill. Must not have a lot of distilling to do. He is convinced that it's going to make Pennsylvania a "craft distilling hub." In Portland there is a place called Distillery Row that attracts bus tourists. They have more than 20 spirits in just that city which is 17 more than Pennsylvania. Turns out that Maxwelton, West Virginia, Smooth Ambler Spirits is just nine miles from the Greenbrier. Damn. First I missed the apple pie 'shine and now I miss Smooth Ambler Spirits. Smooth Ambler sells their "high valley mountain air" story and "friendly folks" behind a small-production "grain-to-glass" spirit as made by "local artisans," according to the Inky. As far as I'm concerned, my 'shiners are the real local artisans and damn good entrepreneurs, not to mention real West Virginia folk and not University of Virginia graduates. Shine on.
This is Smooth Ambler's Exceptional White Whisky. "Sophisticated moonshine." Are you kidding me? Note to self: renew search for horse guy to set me up with some apple pie.
There's a potato vodka guy who worked to pass the bill. Must not have a lot of distilling to do. He is convinced that it's going to make Pennsylvania a "craft distilling hub." In Portland there is a place called Distillery Row that attracts bus tourists. They have more than 20 spirits in just that city which is 17 more than Pennsylvania. Turns out that Maxwelton, West Virginia, Smooth Ambler Spirits is just nine miles from the Greenbrier. Damn. First I missed the apple pie 'shine and now I miss Smooth Ambler Spirits. Smooth Ambler sells their "high valley mountain air" story and "friendly folks" behind a small-production "grain-to-glass" spirit as made by "local artisans," according to the Inky. As far as I'm concerned, my 'shiners are the real local artisans and damn good entrepreneurs, not to mention real West Virginia folk and not University of Virginia graduates. Shine on.
This is Smooth Ambler's Exceptional White Whisky. "Sophisticated moonshine." Are you kidding me? Note to self: renew search for horse guy to set me up with some apple pie.
It is 19 degrees. It is time to peruse the seed catalogs and pretend it may get warmer sometime this year. I always get those Val-Pak kinda things with lots of postcards to fill in to get free catalogs as I have been targeted as someone who gardens. So have a bunch of other people. People who buy Hover-rounds (or however you spell it). I'm trying to understand how gardeners can be Hover-rounders. Hmmm. I do know that there is plant therapy at some nursing homes so that could be it. However, the Val-Pack or whatever also has a really great postcard: Take Full Control! ... with a Magnatrac. Become More Self-Sufficient! Conquer "impossible jobs"! Now this is a Hover-round for me. It is a front-end loader. Really. Note to self: order fava bean seeds and Magnatrac. This is a Magnatrac.
As an Eagles fan, I am delighted to find the topmost headline in the Philadelphia Inquirer to be Reid keeps job as Eagles coach. This is above Down to Wire in Iowa, although the latter is in larger type and has a picture. Continuing in Section A is Andy Reid still loved... by some. This is next to U.S. seeks closer ties in Egypt and Libya moves toward new constitution. The New York Times top headline is U.S. Overtures to Islamists Reverse a Longtime Policy and I can't even find the Sports section. By all accounts, football is a very serious matter in Philadelphia.
This is Andy Reid with his boss Jeffrey Lurie. By the way, the Dream Team ended the season 8-8 and I have not put my windsock back up.
As reported a while ago, the Peeps guys bought Goldenberg's Peanut Chews. Goldenberg's Peanut Chews are objectively not particularly yummy. But I love them and so do a lot of other people. They are pretty devoid of sugar and pretty much any other flavor but they have that satisfying stick-to-your-teeth texture but not too soft. Well, Peeps thought it would do the corporate thing and expand, expand, expand. There was a new wrapper for the national audience. It didn't say Goldenberg's. Didn't go so well. Now they are going back to the Mid-Atlantic where they belong. Much of the old wrapper is back but with a liberty bell around the barcode (huh?).
This is the original wrapper. Grand and dignified.
This is the "national wrapper". Pure video game appeal. Looks like something sour and/or pop-y and/or hot that your kid buys with the money his grandmother snuck him. 
This is the new old wrapper. It also has nothing to do with the original wrapper. Alas.
I must admit, though, that the ads are pretty good, at least for someone of my, uh, longevity.
Note to Peeps: Stick to Liberty Bell marshmallow thingies if you must.
The color of your Silver Ghost says an awful lot about you. On a rare occasion, it will have the original paint and if you are smart you will keep it just as is. It can only be original once. If you are restoring and are an absolute purist, you will repaint it the same color. If you are more-or-less a purist but hate the color, you will select another one which is "correct" as in it could have been that color. This is a slippery slope though because all the bodies are coach built and hypothetically can be any color. There are an awful lot of red ones.
And now we get into personal statements. I hang out at restoration shops a reasonable amount of time and when a really weird color combination appears it is usually the wife who has picked it out. The much younger, blonder second wife. although I must say that some really gaudy ones come from cigar-chomping wannabes.
In my case, I am trying to optimize what I have. This is what I started with (except the doors had red striping on them which is in another picture but that one has other changes in it, I have no ideas how there is no logical sequence here). It is pretty cigar-chomping, no?
This is what it looks like without the whitewalls. Note to self: name the damn car so that I don't have to always be calling it "it."You can see the red stripes here. This is what it looks like with no red stripes.
Next step. This is with black brake drums. Much better dontcha think? It looks like a Rolls Royce. Just a few more details. This is the back of "it." See how the bracket for the trunk is red? It will be black. So will the battery box and the tool box which are the things hanging down from the running boards. 
Here are the wheels. Now your see why I really liked my birthday gift
Today I am 52. How did that happen? Phone call tally:
This is what I got for my birthday: chainsaw and 4 wheels for the Silver Ghost. Just what I wished for. Really. Although I can't lift the damn chainsaw. It also came with 6 hours of chainsawing so I guess that's okay. This is not me. My chainsaw is bigger.
- Best friend- yes
- Ex-husband- yes
- Step-mother- yes, although I think this was under duress because someone must have been reminding her
- Father- conditional yes, had to ask step-mother to put him on
- Sister- no
- Kid- left message late in evening I think because his father reminded him countless times
Facebook greetings: lots and lots. Note to self: take down Facebook page. It's creeping me out.
This is what I got for my birthday: chainsaw and 4 wheels for the Silver Ghost. Just what I wished for. Really. Although I can't lift the damn chainsaw. It also came with 6 hours of chainsawing so I guess that's okay. This is not me. My chainsaw is bigger.
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