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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Rickey

In a shocking development, I learned over the holiday that there is a drink called a "rickey" and that I have never known it as such.  Given that, you know, I have a Rick blog...I find myself slightly ashamed for not knowing about this sooner.  On the other hand, these are the types of things that you learn in an endeavor such as this, and I am pleased that I can share my learnings with others

"The Rickey" is a family of drinks that seem almost too simple.  You take liquor, squeeze half a lime and then also drop the lime in the glass and add water.  Let Esquire tell you just how easy it is.  

Per Wikipedia, it was originally created with bourbon whiskey in Washington, D.C. at Shoomaker's bar by bartender George A. Williamson in the 1880s, purportedly in collaboration with Democratic lobbyist Colonel Joe Rickey, and it became a worldwide sensation when mixed with gin a decade later. It is commonly referred to as "air conditioning in a glass," they write.  The mojito is its cousin.

On a side note, there appears to be a bar called "Gin Rickeys" in Dubuque, IA.  One website says "Located at 14th and Central, Gin Rickeys brings a clean, relaxed, classy atmosphere for working professionals to be able to let go of their daily problems. Once the weekend evenings arrive, you will find all the sexy young dancers here enjoying all the cocktails their hearts desire! "  

And, of course, here is a video of someone making a gin rickey:


I like the idea of putting the actual lime in the glass, but I can see why bars just use the juice and then put a garnish piece of lime, I suppose.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Rikki Don't Lose That Number

By Steely Dan, Rikki Don't Lose that Number propelled the album Pretzel Logic to #4 on the Billboard charts in 1974. 


Want to know who Rikki is, and why that number is important?  Well, per Wikipedia:
In the March 24, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly, in an article titled "Back to Annandale", it was revealed that Rikki Ducornet was the apparent inspiration for the song due to a friendship songwriter Donald Fagen had with Ducornet while he attended Bard College. Ducornet was pregnant and married at the time, but recalls Fagen did give her his phone number at a college party while attending Bard and said that she believed she was the subject of the song. Fagen would not confirm the story.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Word of the day: Ricochet

Today's word is ricochet.

Can you give me the definition (via dictionary.com)?
  • the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.

Can you please repeat the word? rik-uh-sheyrik-uh-shey

Can you use the word in a sentence? Rick was hit by a ricochet


R-I-C-O-C-H-E-T

Ricochet.

That is correct.


(see bonus ricochet action after the jump!)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

You Want Towel?

It's election day.  USA!  USA!
But I'm not going to talk about the election.  I'm sick of politics for now.

Tommy Boy is a pretty classic movie.  Without Richard, Tommy couldn't completely be Tommy.  And without Tommy, there'd be no Tommy Boy.  So here we are.  But what clip to choose?  That's where things get complicated. But why limit ourselves to just one?