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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.
-Publilius Syrus*

*Publilius (less correctly Publius) Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BCE. He was an Assyrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favor of his master, who freed and educated him.
His mimes, in which he acted himself, had a great success in the provincial towns of Italy and at the games given by Caesar in 46 BC. Publilius was perhaps even more famous as an improviser, and received from Caesar himself the prize in a contest in which he vanquished all his competitors, including the celebrated Decimus Laberius.
(Taken from Wikipedia)

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
— Henry Ward Beecher

Who was Henry Ward Beecher: An American Politian in the 1800’s. In 1875 an adultery trial in which he was accused of having an affair with a married woman was one of the most famous trials of the Nineteenth century.

Featured Martini for
Wednesday, December 13, 2006 
Classic Martini

Shaken, not stirred…

Ingredients
Vodka
Dry Vermouth

Mixing Directions
Combine equal parts vodka and vermouth
Shake well over ice
Drop olive into each glass
Pour into glasses over the olive

He Says: “It’s classic, what else can I say.”

She Says: “I was sold at ‘olive’.”

SPAM. I wasn’t a fan of the mysterious meat mixture and I hate the online version. I liked Monty Python’s take though. I thought today that spammers were the cockroaches of the Internet, and it really makes sense. Today’s post is about the similarities between spammers and cockroaches.

1. Firstly they’ve both been around since the beginning of time in each others respective medium.
2. They are extremely difficult to exterminate (cockroaches can actually live for a month with no head while spammers get their servers shut down all the time and continue to thrive)
3. They breed at insane speeds, taking over their environment.

Seriously though, advertising works so much better if it’s done on a relationship basis, where the recipient has given their consent to receive advertising that will definitely interest them and result in almost guaranteed sales.

Anyway, I don’t have a solution or anything, I’m just bitching.

When there is no wind … ROW!
— Latin Proverb

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
— Michelangelo

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
— Alexander Graham Bell

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
— Mahatma Gandhi

“It is imortant to stand up for what you believe in, but always respect the rights of others to do so too.”

Featured Martini for
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 
Tropical Funky Monkey Martini

Don’t let the name fool you, these are actually Monkey’s Martinis but with a cherry & pineapple garnish!

Ingredients
Vodka
McGuinness Creme de Cacao
McGuinness Creme de Banane

Mixing Directions
Combine equal parts vodka, Creme de Cacao & Creme de Banane
Shake well over ice
Pour into glasses
Add cherry & pineapple garnish

He Says: “Next week we are going to need some new ingredients.”

She Says: “I agree.”