Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

I love you all...

And I don't say that often enough...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. How's your vaccination reaction?

[Aristus]

3. All done.

One day of mind-boggling fatigue, a good night's rest, then 100% the next morning...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Excellent! Glad you bounced right back.

That does sound like the usual pattern - feel like crap for a day, OK the next.

[Aristus]

10. One week left until I can expect my viral antibodies to be 100%.

Then, please God let's get the general immunization push going...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Still waiting for mine -

I'm old but my state hasn't been able to get enough doses for people under 75. I'm hoping the newly-competent federal government will remedy the situation soon.

[Aristus]

12. Me too.

Any time I think of one of the many national emergencies, I just think "He's got this..."

[Botany]

2. A cabin in the woods by a river or trout stream or beach house?

I was just there. New Germany State Park MD.

[Aristus]

4. Cabin in the woods by a river.

Perfect for a shy bookworm. Plenty of solitude and time to read.

With a beach house, everyone wants to come over and party...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Hard one. Both?

[TexasTowelie]

5. Straight or are you mixing it something?

I'm having a B-52 tonight for starters along with herbage.

[Aristus]

6. Vodka and tonic.

Heavy on the vodka. Washington is a free-pour state, so I like to honor that by not being stingy with my cocktails.

I just waved the bottle of tonic water over it, and it's ready to drink...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. Nooooooi tonic! Club, extra fizzy

[Aristus]

19. Laura!

Haven't seen you around here for ages!

What are you drinking?

The tonic water was flat anyway...

Still: vodka!...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. JHC.. tired of being serious!

Making my favorite... Tito's and club soda.

There's zero gain from being serious. for four years. Duh.

Thanks Aristus, for not saying "wtf are YOU doing here"

[Aristus]

31. Hell no. Everyone is welcome.

Well...not everyone.

Tiny at the door is asking "Biden or Trump?"

Anyone answering anything other than 'Biden' gets tossed out on his head...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. B-52! Never made at home.

[TexasTowelie]

38. I used to be able to make the layers separate well when I had a steadier hand.

I'm not so picky these days since it all ends up at the same place.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. Wow... You're like a brainiac. Keep up with EVERYTHING and

know how to make a proper B-52?

#impressed

[mucifer]

7. Drinking a screw driver

A looong week and still got some charting to do.

[Aristus]

8. I've got two charts open.

I'll tackle them tomorrow.

One is an annual physical. Even a perfectly normal, unremarkable exam requires a lot of charting.

Gonna take it easy for now...

[Archae]

13. Ever see this 1980's movie, "The Keep?"

Nazis move into a castle and release an old evil.

Good flick!

[Aristus]

14. No.

Sounds interesting. "Releasing an old evil" against Nazis. The old evil probably didn't like the competition.

[Archae]

15. Nope. He kills the Nazis.

[Aristus]

32. Let's hear it for old evil!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Do you think our current fiscal position jeopardizes our

National fiduciary relationship?

[Aristus]

20. Totally...

Hey, I didn't guarantee the answers...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Lol. You know who said that? That I inexplicably remember since childhood,?

[Aristus]

23. Not a clue.

Please tell me...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Moe

[Aristus]

25. I didn't know that.

[Wolf Frankula]

41. Given a choice between him and his Corpulency, the Rump named tRump

I'll take Moe every day. He NEVER lied, or so I am told.

Wolf

[niyad]

26. And we love you back! Straight, rocks or iced?

[Aristus]

27. Rocks.

I like the clinking sound they make when I pick up the tumbler.

[niyad]

28. There is something rather cheerful about that sound.

[Aristus]

29. I like the sound an ice cube makes when you drop it from just the right height...

[Totally Tunsie]

42. Did you know Queen Elizabeth insists on round ice cubes?

She doesn't like the sound of clinking cubes, and the round ones have miniscule surface area touching other cubes.

Happy Friday, Aristus!

[Aristus]

43. Shouldn't they be called ice spheres then?

n/t

[Totally Tunsie]

46. Hmmm...you're not that buzzed if you figured that out!

You need a refill.

[In_The_Wind]

33. What can I drink that won't give me an acid tummy?

This getting old shit is for the birds.

Today was Sugar Smack's DU anniversary. We had some Appletini parties that old time DUers might remember.

[Aristus]

34. Tell her I said 'hi'.

Haven't seen her around for a while...

Tough to find something that won't upset the stomach. Alcohol is a well-known irritant of the gastric mucosa...

[In_The_Wind]

35. We exchanged PMs today. She is in good spirit.

I miss getting in my car and driving south to visit with her.

[Aristus]

36. Glad to hear she's all right.

She's one of the 'Old Guard'.

So few of us left...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

37. Man, you are like the coolest bartender ever!!.

[Aristus]

39. Thank you.

Beats being the annoying guy at the bar who won't stop talking and go away...

Nobody likes that guy...

[Wolf Frankula]

44. Do you play golf?

And when you do, do you have a wee dram after each hole? I don't play golf so my answer is no.

Wolf

[Aristus]

45. No.

Pointless game.

Give me a good book any day...