The Aging Bartender

Cocktail: Shrinking Violet

1.6.23 Violet gets a a bad rap. Remember Roy G. Biv? The colors of the rainbow? Yeah, violet, not purple, dude. Purple is bad, it’s heavy handed, it’s gross, common, uncool. It’s been mishandled. Violet on the other hand is elegant, graceful. Have you not heard? Morose is chic. Less red, more blue. Poor thing’s…

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  • Cocktail: Shrinking Violet

    1.6.23 Violet gets a a bad rap. Remember Roy G. Biv? The colors of the rainbow? Yeah, violet, not purple, dude. Purple is bad, it’s heavy handed, it’s gross, common, uncool. It’s been mishandled. Violet on the other hand is elegant, graceful. Have you not heard? Morose is chic. Less red, more blue. Poor thing’s…

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  • Space Chef

    1.4.23 For whatever reason, I woke up this morning thinking of all some of my favorite science fiction movies– Aliens, 2001, Moon, Star Wars–as well as a slew of sci-fi books I’ve read recently–Bourne, Children of Time, Blindsight–and how they all had one thing in common; zero attention to decent meals. Yeah. In each of…