Single Malt Saturday - Cragganmore

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Saturday July 25, 2009 · 12:07 PM PDT

2009/07/25 · 12:07

Welcome to the second installment of Single Malt Saturday, your diversion from the topics of the week to discuss the "water of life", as it's known in Scotland.

Last week we discussed Lagavulin's 16 Year Old Expression. This week, we'll continue with the "Classic Malts" lineup with a great Speyside whisky: Cragganmore 12 Year Old.

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Your rating of Cragganmore 12 year old (5 stars being best)

15 votes Vote Now!

Your rating of Cragganmore 12 year old (5 stars being best)

5 Stars! Oh heavens yes, give me another dram!

6 votes

4 Stars! A scotch for all occasions..almost, but not quite legendary

9 votes

3 Stars! Okay, I suppose. I wouldn't turn it down if offered

0 votes

2 Stars. I will only drink this if it's the only scotch available

0 votes

1 Star. I'd rather drink rubbing alcohol

0 votes

Single Malt Saturday - Lagavulin

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Saturday July 18, 2009 · 3:36 PM PDT

2009/07/18 · 15:36

As the health care debate rages in the United States, I wish to offer an alternative to the kerfuffle. Scotch. That's right. Good ol' Single Malt Scotch, which can be used for medicinal purposes. Although I've only spent exactly 24 hours of my life in Scotland, I am certain I can vouch for the Scottish in its healing qualities. They do call it the "water of life", after all.

No doubt there are more than a few whisky fans on DKos, which prompts the need for an occasional discussion of single malts. This week, in my debut in DKos whisky writing, I'm going to explore Lagavulin and their 16 year old expression in particular.

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50 votes Show Results

Your rating of Lagavulin 16 Year old (5 stars being best)

50 votes Vote Now!

Your rating of Lagavulin 16 Year old (5 stars being best)

5 Stars! Oh heavens yes, give me another dram!

36 votes

4 Stars! Great stuff, but I know there's better out there

11 votes

3 Stars! Okay, I suppose

2 votes

2 Stars! I will only drink this if it's the only scotch available

0 votes

1 Star. I'd rather drink rubbing alcohol

1 vote

Prop 8 -or- why I'm canceling my Googleads account

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 11:16 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 11:16

Since 1997, I've run a music review website called Satan Stole My Teddybear. It covers heavy metal, punk, industrial and other niche music and has a small following of readers, at one time topping out at 100,000 unique visitors a month. A few years ago, I finally put Google Ads onto my site to generate a little income and for awhile, it was nice to have a few hundred bucks a year. However, ad revenue has decreased substantially in the few months and many advertisers had nothing to do with the content of my site. But Google Ads crossed the line the other day as seen in this screen shot a friend sent me:

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 12:42 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 12:42

As we come down to the final hours of what seems like the longest presidential campaign in the history of time and space, perhaps we should set the polls aside and actually make a few predictions about what is going to happen between now and November 5th, when the dust will have settled and a few more things have become clear.

Daily Kos has Obama polling at 51% and McCain at 45%. FiveThirtyEight.com (which claims "Electoral Projections Done Right") gives Obama 52% of the popular vote and winning at least 346 electoral votes. I like that margin.

But polls are often suspect and perhaps inaccurate. Instead, bold predictions are necessary at this point. I predict...

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 2:03 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 14:03

Today has been a day of amusing coincidences. I've been impatiently awaiting my absentee ballot all month as I'm quite anxious to vote for Obama and Governor Gregoire in Washington state. This morning, a friend sent me this video link:

Obama's Loss Traced To John C.

I happen to be a John C.

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Are you John C

12 votes Vote Now!

Are you John C

Yes, but not that guy

1 vote

Yes, I am that guy, I needed the attention

1 vote

7 votes

Ralph Wiggum - pick a winner!

2 votes

My mom hated McCain/My mom will vote McCain

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 3:00 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 15:00

My mom has been a Republican all her life. She's an avid Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage fan. To make things far more confusing, she's also gotten heavily into paganism, new age stuff, holistic medicine, renaissance fairs, and belly dancing. Most of the other stuff has come into play the last ten years or so, since my dad passed away. I called her a "New Age Pagan Republican" once and she rather liked the label.

Anyhow, she has never cared for John McCain. About two years ago, I asked what she'd do if the 2008 race came down to her two least favorite politicians: McCain and Hillary Clinton. She shuddered and said something about writing in Alan Keyes.

Now that Nov 4, 2008 approaches, she will vote for McCain.

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Tuesday July 08, 2008 · 6:51 PM PDT

2008/07/08 · 18:51

I'm sure everyone on Daily Kos is aware of the change of venue for Obama's acceptance speech in Denver: Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium. I personally have no doubts that they will be able to find 75,000 people to jampack the stadium for a raucous good time. I've been there for a couple college football games (Colorado State vs. U of Colorado...and by the way, go Rams!) and it can be deafening in there.

But let's look at the history of Invesco. A small sales tax was used to fund the building of that stadium. And the vote for the tax came after two Denver Bronco superbowl wins. (If I remember correctly). John Elway happened to donate to Rudy Guiliani.

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 4:27 PM PDT

2008/05/27 · 16:27

Although this particular subject is far from the enormity of importance that such topics as Peak Oil and Climate Crisis carry, an article on the front page of Vancouver BC's The Province newspaper has got me a little riled up. As we all know, the recording and movie industry has been waging a rather futile war against perceived copyright violations for a number of years, usually resorting to suing little old ladies whose 12 year old kids download a handful of songs. Canada, which has been a bit of a safe haven for P2P sharing, is thinking of taking draconian measures to protect the entertainment industry.

Next time you visit Canada, your iPod may be confiscated if a border guard decides you have illegally obtained material on it.

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 10:27 AM PDT

2008/05/09 · 10:27

After months of anticipation and mass mailings by the IRS to inform everyone that they, too, can waste paper with the best of them, my tax rebate showed up via direct deposit. I don't qualify for the big ones, but I got a nice little sum that is sure to help out a bit.

As the hype goes, this economic "stimulus package" is somehow supposed to help our economy out and solve all our problems. After all, we're all going to spend it on consumer goods, which is the surefire solution to everything?

On caveat: I live in Canada now. I'm going to spend all the money here.

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How will you spend your economic stimulus package?

73 votes Vote Now!

How will you spend your economic stimulus package?

Stash it away in savings

17 votes

This will fill my gas tank at least twice in May

6 votes

File taxes? My butt!

2 votes

High end scotch

2 votes

Cheap vodka and barbituates

6 votes

My child's college fund

1 vote

Applebees

0 votes

Xbox 360 w/ Grand Theft Auto IV (special edition)

3 votes

Invest in stock market and make my eventual fortune

1 vote

Bears!

2 votes

Pooties!

4 votes

South Park DVDs

1 vote

High end call girls (or guys)

11 votes

Nomeansno merchandise sold directly from this diary writer

1 vote

Convert to Euros and bury in back yard

16 votes

$108 a barrel oil: things are gettin' ugly

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 12:44 PM PDT

2008/03/10 · 12:44

It was merely a few weeks ago that oil hit the mythical $100 a barrel threshold, which was sort of a psychological barrier for many who want to keep thinking of oil as an endless, cheap form of energy, not something that is going to become vastly more expensive in the near future.

Today oil hit $108 a barrel, and gas prices are sure to rise accordingly in the coming days.

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Monday January 21, 2008 · 1:41 PM PST

2008/01/21 · 13:41

For the record, I missed 2 picks out of 10 playoff games. And this diary is for those who want to avoid another candidate diary or economic doom diary (we'll have plenty of those and heck, tomorrow, I may add to the economic doom list).

And then there were two.

Ever since probably week 3 or 4 of the season, it was almost a given that the New England Patriots would represent the AFC in the superbowl this season. The main suspense would be whether they lost a game along the way or if they'd have another showdown with Indianapolis along the way. The former has come to pass while San Diego dispatched the Colts to annoint themselves as the new big rival of the Patriots. Meanwhile, most people probably wrote off the Giants multiple times throughout the season, particularly when they lost to Minnesota on a day where Eli Manning seemed to think throwing touchdown passes had something to do with the men in purple. But at the end of the season, ironically in a loss to New England in Week 17, the G-men found themselves and went on a playoff riproaring rampage, knocking off at least two teams that were favored to be the possible NFC representative.

So who will win the rematch of Week 17's best game? Stay tuned...

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Who will win the Superbowl?

119 votes Vote Now!

Who will win the Superbowl?

New England Patriots

82 votes

New York Giants

37 votes

Taken hostage by a tiny kitten

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Thursday January 17, 2008 · 7:21 PM PST

2008/01/17 · 19:21

Maybe this has happened to you. You innocently go into a store but you are accosted by something tiny, furry and purry.

And you walk out with a brand new kitten. Yes, this happened to me today. I had no intention of getting a kitten, but here's what came home with me:

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Which kind of person are you?

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Which kind of person are you?

Cat

86 votes

Dog

30 votes

Other animal

2 votes

I'm terrified of nature

2 votes

Pooties!

36 votes

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