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.
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