Lounge Cocktail: Old Style
Old Style is a domestically brewed beer found around the midwest and born in Milwaukee. We found a lot of local Chicagoans have a problem with Old Style and soon find these same people drink Miller Light and others beers that are really a variation of beer flavored water. You guys do not count.
Cocktail by WebTender

Ingredients:
Old Style - bottle, can case or keg

Variations:

Try your Old Style with V-8 juice and a bit of hot sauce. In the American south this is known as a Red Eye. Go even farther south to Mexico and this would be a Michilada. You can also make a Bloody Mary but use Old Style. This is still a Red Eye in our eyes but for guests.

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And Nathan said to David,
Thou art the man.
Bible, Samuel xii. 7.

Scam Warning:

A 'Heads Up' for those of us men who may be regular Home Depot customers. Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends. Here's how the scam works.

Two seriously good-looking 20-21 year-old girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling
out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look. When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and instead ask you for a ride to another Home Depot or Lowes.

You agree and they get in the back seat. On the way, they start undressing. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts crawling all over you, while the other one steals your wallet. I had my wallet stolen September 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th, 17th, 20th & 24th. Also October 1st, 4th, twice on the 6th, three times just yesterday, and very likely this coming weekend. So tell your friends to be careful.

Lounging at the movies: No Country For Old Men etc.

No Country For Old Men (2007) This movie was voted as the movie of the year and we were very excited to see it. There were hopes of Coen Brothers magic dancing in our heads. Well, do not get your hopes up too high because the fall is even worse than no expectation at all. This is a story about a guy who is hired to correct a drug deal gone bad, we think. There you have it. Make up whatever you want in your head and you will find more satisfaction than sitting through 122 minutes of waiting for climax and possibly resolution.

It reminded us of an art film for a murderer. We found this film to fall under "Emperors New Clothes Syndrome", like "Crouching Tiger". People who do not understand the film, as there is little to understand, know it is getting a lot of big talk and continue to talk it up. Well the buck stops here.

The Coen brothers are capable of great film making as we have seen in the past and this film is an exception to the rule. They should give back their Picture Of The Year Award and get back to work.

A Time to Kill (1998) Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew, Sandra Bullock and Kevin Spacey.
FInally a film worth its salt. Who doesn't like a cast like this one. This film about a small town that is inflicted with horrible rape case of a young girl. The beginning of the film is really brutal rape scene. The Dad, as any Dad would, goes and kills the offenders. The story continues as two very different southern lawyers try the case of the Dad. There is KKK involvement and good old southern ingenuity and ignorance.

Slipstream (2007) Written and directed by Sir Anthony Hopkins. He is also in the film but we do not know to what extent because we had to turn it off as we did not have any Epilepsy medication and the filming was going to send us into seizure.

Ironman (2008)
Looking forward to it!

Lounge Eats: BBQ Sauce - Just in time!

Homemade Barbecue Sauce Recipe
(Tim’s Killer Barbecue Sauce)

This recipe was refined after many years of making homemade barbecue sauce. It is basically Tim Knox's recipe tamed down a little. The preparation for our BBQ sauce can be changed to your personal preference. If you like chunkier sauces cut the ingredients larger. We have made this recipe in every possible combination by now and it always tastes great. Read the directions before beginning because cook times are important.

• 2 tablespoons butter or more
• 2 medium onions - diced medium
• 1 pablano pepper, diced small
• 1 fat jalapeno pepper - diced small
• 1 red pepper - diced small

• 1/2 cup of brown sugar - packed
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 cups of ketchup
• 1 or so tablespoons of yellow mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

• 1 cup heated chicken broth
• 2 medium cloves fresh garlic minced
• 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
• 6 pasilla peppers, toasted, de-seeded and ground into fine powder - Chili powder can be substituted
• zest of 1 lemon
• juice of same lemon

Heat a large skillet or frying pan to medium low and melt the butter. Turn up to medium and add the onions, pablano peppers, jalapeno and red pepper. Stirring every so often, begin mixing together brown sugar, red wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, yellow mustard, and cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside.

Do not forget to stir or assign someone to keep an eye on the vegetables.

Mix together heated chicken broth, garlic and tamarind paste until paste is dissolved. Set aside.

Check the vegetables.
In a small bowl zest and juice the lemon. Set aside. When vegetables are brown and sticky add the prepared chicken broth and stir until bubbling. Add prepared brown sugar mixture and stir until bubbling. Add prepared pasilla chili powder, lemon zest and juice and stir until bubbling.

If you like thicker BBQ sauce, stir constantly until the sauce thickens. If you prefer a thinner sauce, add chicken stock and stir. If you like what you see, turn off stove an allow to cool for 5 or 10 minutes before serving. We have used this sauce on hamburgers, as a spread on sandwiches and as a marinade.

Enjoy.

NOTICE:

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

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Hmmmmm.

Phobia Of The Month:
Bibliophobia- Fear of books

I bet this is an exciting evening when the Bibliphobic is trying to read Goodnight Moon to there kids.

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