Say goodbye to your social life
Yesterday saw the release (and the subsequent launch problems) of Diablo III. Now that your body has forced you to surface for bathroom, food, and sleep, we’d like to entertain you with an oral history of how the Diablo franchise turned role-playing into a respectable activity–or a remorseless addiction. It’s a matter of perspective, really. more
“Let me craft you a drink I originally mixed for the Queen of Bialya…”
Cocktails turn drinking into a skillset. Offering a lady your bottle of Fireball won’t impress her, even though it’s incredibly generous because if that’s what you’re drinking it’s probably all your Earthly possessions. Offering a beer is just basic courtesy (and let’s be honest: James Bond doesn’t drink beer for a reason). But offering a cocktail says, “I know how to do complicated things which will make you feel good.”
Unfortunately most “beginner” cocktail guides put the word “beginner” in quotation marks for a reason. They promise to introduce the most essential recipes and then start throwing around terms like “simple syrup” and “fresh lime juice.” That’s like asking a new student to arrive at karate class with the guns of four muggers. Those are things he’ll definitely have when he’s an expert, and he’ll will enjoy it, but at the beginning all it does is ensure he’ll never get to the dojo.
That’s why we’re offering a real beginners guide to drinks. Every drink below is easy to make, every ingredient can be bought in bottles at the the liquor store or supermarket, and those bottles can be used for many other drinks. No need to thank us; just remember to name any children after us who were conceived after pouring one of these for a lady.more
Save Knuckles the Puggle! (credit: Craig Dershowitz)
So this fella Craig Dershowitz bought a puggle — a pug/beagle mix — and named him Knuckles, because why wouldn’t you? Just look at that scrappy fella there, head cocked all all to the side, as if to say, “We play more now?”
Anyway, life happens, as it does, and Dershowitz broke up with his lady, Sarah Brega. She took Knuckles with her to California, and the custody battle began. Brega claims Dershowitz gave her the dog, but he says on his fundraising page Rescue Knux, “The courts gave me custody already but, sadly, the system is too complex and expensive to make anything that simple and easy.”
Dershowitz blames the protracted battle on Brega’s wealthy family supporting her “filing crazy, frivolous motions just knowing that I can’t afford to respond even after the judge has ruled in my favor.”
Now we can’t say what the story is, but we can say any guy who spends $60,000 really wants his dog back and will make a great owner. He’s raising funds in hopes of concluding this legal battle, and he’s got tons of donors offering neat swag for your escalating donations.
The guy already suffered a break-up. Now it’s gotta cost him sixty large and he still doesn’t get his best friend back? Be a guy and chuck in a sawbuck to help Dershowitz rescue his dog. Your dog would do anything for you, so let’s man together and help him do the same for Knux.
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