Final Blade Runner Poll Results

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Just a short post today. The Blade Runner poll has closed. For the record, the final results are human-4, replicant 1, never saw the movie 3 and you need to get out more often 3.

I am insulted. How can three of you missed out on one of the greatest movies ever made?

At least most folks seem to agree that Deckard is a human.

Manhattan Bianco Testimonial

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Recently, I bemoaned the fact that none of you are looking at my "Bourbon in the News" plugin over on the left hand side of the page. Okay, turn your head a little and take a look, I will wait.

Did you enjoy that? I think there is some useful information over on the left hand side. Recently, I came across a modified Manhattan drink recipe. Manhattan recipes are sort of like Martini recipes. There are multitudes of variations out there, but the classics rarely go out of style. This modified drink recipe (You need to click the underlined text to see the recipe, that is the way the internet is supposed to work. Standard user interface and the such.) originally attracted my attention because it calls for a twist of lemon in the drink. Realizing that my father-in-law Big Dick likes lemon peel in his Manhattan, I immediately emailed him the link you clicked on earlier. By now, you should know I am allowed to call him Big Dick. Knowing that he has tried his drink, I will turn the next paragraph over for a rare guest spot here on Alphageek's Thoughts.

"Just wanted to share this with both of you. I'm on my 3rd Bourbon Manhattan with Bianco Vermouth, 2 last Sunday and one today. I'm getting to like this combo! But you have to make it at least equal parts or heavier on the Bianco Vermouth + 6 to 8 ice cubes in a rocks glass that will accommodate at least 6 or more ounces."

Thanks for that glowing review, Big Dick.

I just wanted to point out that "Bourbon in the News" can do more than provide eye exercise. "Bourbon in the News" can also expand your culinary horizons too. Thanks to this review, I am going to have to go find some Bianco Vermouth myself and give this drink a try.

Foamhenge

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Foamhenge
Originally uploaded by AlphaHokie
Foamhenge is one of the best kept secrets in Virginia. I did not even find out about Foamhenge while in the fine Commonwealth of Virginia. I was in New Jersey, waiting for a coworker to pick us up for dinner. While we waited to occupy our time eating, as people on travel for work often do, we took a look at the tourist brochures in the lobby. I picked up some sort of useless item, while another coworker says, "Hey look at this, a replica of Stonehenge made of
foam." He then noted it was in Virginia. He then laughed and said Foamhenge was right off of I-81. Hey don't you go that way when going to Virginia Tech?

I thought for only a moment, and then said that I would stop by on my next trip and give everyone a report.

Foamhenge is another of my favorite kind of places to stop when traveling. You stop, take a few minutes, and look around. You maybe take some pictures. You then leave shaking your head going "you can't see that just anywhere". This description is pretty much how things went. We probably spent about eight minutes looking around, before we got back in the car and drove the rest of the way home.

I gave my coworkers the same review I am going to give you. You can't see Foamhenge just anywhere, so you better stop. Take your children, while they are young, and they will enjoy the wackiness. Wait untill your children are older, and they will mock your wackiness.