Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Cranberry Concoction

Sharkbait - December 13, 2024December 13, 2024

Happy weekend everyone! I'm still working through the abundance of cranberries I picked up for Thanksgiving dessert. Thankfully these little berries are fairly shelf stable and keep well when in the fridge for a long period of time. I don't want to let them go to waste so I wanted

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Garbage Time

Sharkbait - December 6, 2024December 6, 2024

Welcome to another Friday, but this Friday is squarely in garbage time. I always make this comparison this time of the year: The calendar year is essentially a football game. (American) Thanksgiving is essentially the two minute warning of a blowout game. We've got the ball and all we need

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: That’s My Raiders Request Line!

Sharkbait - November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

With apologies to Rikki for using two of his recurring post titles but I can't think of anything better to set up this week's drink. Let's set the scene: Wednesday, October 2nd. I'm going to check the mail, and go downstairs to the front to find a package with my name

Sexy Friday – 20241122

Mr. Ayo - November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

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TGIF! Have to make this a shorty today what with not having power since Tuesday and none expected until Saturday. But that's a me problem, not a you problem, so we roll on! Survival - Personal Edition Let's flash back to college and open some beer bottles (or near-beer or not-beer, whatever)

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Hedging Bets

Sharkbait - November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

First and foremost, I want to wish everyone a Happy Buttfumbleversary to those who celebrate. I don't know what is the best part about that whose sequence. Is it the fumble itself? Is it that it is the second touchdown in a matter of seconds after the Patriots had a 1

Last Stop at Hamlin

blaxabbath - October 31, 2024October 30, 2024

"Look, it's the question you're always going to ask. But that's your focus; not mine. I don't have fear. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 14, 2023 Season

King Hippo - December 11, 2023December 10, 2023

Oh, it was a rainy Sunday on the East Coast, including at the HippoLair. I tried to nap, truly. As with most things in life, I failed spectacualrly. Still, one quartered back overcame the early window elements to go over 300 yards in a dominant win. Of course, that man is

The (W)Omen (and Halloween Open Thread)

Scary Texan Stories

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - October 31, 2023October 31, 2023

INTERIOR, REPUBLIC RECORDS LOBBY. A DESPONDENT RECORD EXECUTIVE SITS ON A BENCH, WITH A CATHOLIC PRIEST STANDING PRIEST: The relationship...is dead. RECORD EXECUTIVE: No. No, not again. Taylor's fans are rabid, but our research indicates another album of thinly-veiled spite songs will crash her brand. Swifties today want love. They want hope...not

Lover

blaxabbath - October 31, 2023October 30, 2023

Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise. With just one more dip in the road then a right turn to enter a long private driveway to their destination, our two young lovers sit in a comfortable silence. "Travis," the passenger begins before pausing to apply more bright red lipstick

The Man in the Arena

blaxabbath - October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

Sebastian Blax craned his neck in an attempt to catch a glance of the must-be approaching light rail between the crossing traffic. The train was already three minutes behind schedule and the arrival updates had ceased from the speakers mounted on the insufficient shade structure under which he stood. Seeing