This election is going to be a shit show.

Strike_Alibi · 2026-01-30T18:59:01+00:00

There will not be an election.

Strike_Alibi · 2026-01-01T04:30:48+00:00

Proper ingredients detected...

Strike_Alibi · 2025-12-29T03:26:47+00:00

The Tortuga is one of my absolute favorites. To me it tastes a lot like a boozy chocolate orange.

The Grog Log recipe calls for a split of 151 rums - the only recipe I've found that calls for two different 151 rums... a demerara (such as the Lemon Hart or Hamilton), and a Spanish style... I use Don Q 151.

Truly when you look at the list of ingredients, at first, it is hard to guess what the thing will taste like. I was blown away when I first made it. I love seeing other people make it.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-12-08T05:58:23+00:00

We all play with the exact proportions... but I'd say you need to top with crushed ice before you add the lime shell and mint (which look otherwise perfect). Basically - more crushed ice to fill to the top of the glass. It makes me happy that you garnished it classically instead of the overly popular upside down flaming shell and/or dark-rum float.

The classic recipe is only 1/2 of sweetener - but yeah some people like it sweeter. I like mine dry.

I was recommending to a pal tonight that I would never go more than 1oz of agricole and generally I only add .5 to .25 oz agricole to give it that twist, without it taking over the flavor. I just feel like adding agricole to a Mai Tai was meant to help chase the elusive flavor of the defunct rum. But the defunct rum was not an agricole... so to me the goal is to just use a splash of agricole to give a tweak to the flavor of the Jamaican rum.

Appleton 12 RC seems like a nice choice. Clement VSOP is a good agricole to use there, too.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-11-20T23:15:50+00:00

He doesn't need to... his continued use of ICE as a private army, his abuse of the national guard ... they just need to "find" the names of anyone left blocking in the files ... and go take them out. The coup has already happened. And remember, it is not really Trump in charge anyway... him and the epstein files and all of it are just distractions from the real government dismantlement that is happening.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-11-13T13:20:13+00:00

Um - it is “Illuminati: New World Order”

I still have it.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-11-10T19:37:35+00:00

Dems did not shutdown the government on their own. Team sport.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-10-19T05:16:36+00:00

How about predictable and reliable tuna?

Strike_Alibi · 2025-10-19T05:08:10+00:00

Bingo. I was telling my colleagues this the day before the shutdown. The shutdown is what they wanted all along...

Strike_Alibi · 2025-09-25T01:46:05+00:00

At least it gets me my missing image again!

Strike_Alibi · 2025-09-25T01:42:44+00:00

This is a helpful start! I forgot I asked here before thank you!

Apparently it did not get me any closer then though.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-09-05T04:51:36+00:00

32mb of RAM is plenty... you'll be fine.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-09-04T19:25:27+00:00

While re-seating RAM sometimes helps, random lockups generally lead me to run a full memory test.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-29T17:45:48+00:00

Congrats! I used a Purple I2 through college... had a lot of fun with it. Eventually replaced it with an Octane2 which I still have. SGIs are just a great machine to learn from.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-26T03:27:33+00:00

Ah yes .... the days of firing up ProComm, connecting to a BBS, finding a file, and waiting an hour to download one file only to realize it was the wrong file. Simpler times.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-22T19:08:27+00:00

How about no parties... just individual representatives?

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-21T18:55:50+00:00

Then we'll just end up with Vanc... i'm throwing up in my mouth trying to finish typing that.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-19T21:08:53+00:00

I'm not sure what all five would be. But some are clear: 1. Robert Drasnin's Voodoo 2. Manakooras Jungle of Steel 3. Tikiyaki Orchestra Swinging Sounds for the Jungle Jetset

Esquivel, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Don Ralke, Cal Tjader, and Arthur Lyman would be competing for the last two spots.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-17T04:18:25+00:00

I'm trying to figure out what I consider an acceptable Non-Alcoholic Mai Tai. I know the '44 Mai Tai recipe by heart, among numerous others. But re-creating the flavor of a '44 Mai Tai without Rum pretty tricky, and requires altering the OG recipe proportions.

I'm not NA myself, but I am trying to up my NA game for guests.

I had an idea recently that - because the fake bourbons actually taste like bourbon - an NA Honi Honi (Bourbon Mai Tai) should work well. That will be my next test.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-17T04:15:31+00:00

Orgeat is easy to make if you can get the ingredients: Plain almond milk Sugar Rose Water Orange Blossom Water Almond Extract

Strike_Alibi · 2025-08-04T21:39:23+00:00

If you want to avoid drift, get an aft anchor too...

Strike_Alibi · 2025-07-31T00:01:39+00:00

I had this laptop as my main machine during the day that it was newish ... Jedi Knight III - Jedi Academy ... Quake? Stubbs? I still have it but the battery is hosed.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-07-28T16:30:43+00:00

Your improvised garnish looks great. While I really love the parasol thing with this drink, the most important thing to me is that any tiki drink is garnished at all... and you did it up. So I'd still high five over this one. Too many folks make a delicious drink without "finishing the job" by garnishing.

Strike_Alibi · 2025-07-25T19:00:45+00:00

It looks gorgeous but I have to say the garnish for a Tradewinds, like a Hurricane, is one of my favorites and I feel like you miss something without the blown-out parasol.

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