Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree.
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came wiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Upcoming Changes
Lots of exciting stuff on the horizon-
1) I am moving to Durham, NC in four weeks. They call Durham "Bull city". While I don't know the derivation of the phrase, it sure seems like a great place for me.
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2) I have perfected the art of making Mint Juleps. This isn't as straight forward as I thought it would be. The first time I attempted this, I used tea bag leaves in a viscous sludge with whiskey.
It requires you to make "simple syrup", a 1:1 mixture of sugar and water by volume. This mixture must then be heated, but not boiled, and cooled. The best way to do this is to use a turkish coffee pot and keep it swirling.
Take a metal cup and stick it in the freezer overnight until it develops frost around the outside. Then rub a small mint leaf around the rim to leave a menthol-taste. Muddle some more mint leaves in the bottom of the cup.
Add crushed ice. Not cubed, not wedged, not little rollerblade shaped. Crushed
Add a 1:3 ratio of simple syrup to Kentucky Bourbon.
It's very important to use a straw of the appropriate length. The straw should stick out just above the ice so that you smell the mint odor each time you drink.
Here is a video recipe for mint juleps
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3) I will be starting a Phd in the Microbiology department at Duke University. Duke is where Nixon gained his ethics, Alan Schwartz (CEO of Bear Stearns) gained his business sense and Kenneth Starr gained a sense of integrity. The microbiology department has several labs that study pathogenic fungi.
1) I am moving to Durham, NC in four weeks. They call Durham "Bull city". While I don't know the derivation of the phrase, it sure seems like a great place for me.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2) I have perfected the art of making Mint Juleps. This isn't as straight forward as I thought it would be. The first time I attempted this, I used tea bag leaves in a viscous sludge with whiskey.
It requires you to make "simple syrup", a 1:1 mixture of sugar and water by volume. This mixture must then be heated, but not boiled, and cooled. The best way to do this is to use a turkish coffee pot and keep it swirling.
Take a metal cup and stick it in the freezer overnight until it develops frost around the outside. Then rub a small mint leaf around the rim to leave a menthol-taste. Muddle some more mint leaves in the bottom of the cup.
Add crushed ice. Not cubed, not wedged, not little rollerblade shaped. Crushed
Add a 1:3 ratio of simple syrup to Kentucky Bourbon.
It's very important to use a straw of the appropriate length. The straw should stick out just above the ice so that you smell the mint odor each time you drink.
Here is a video recipe for mint juleps
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3) I will be starting a Phd in the Microbiology department at Duke University. Duke is where Nixon gained his ethics, Alan Schwartz (CEO of Bear Stearns) gained his business sense and Kenneth Starr gained a sense of integrity. The microbiology department has several labs that study pathogenic fungi.
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