Chez Shaffner

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Bacon Martinis and Other Random Musings

From the week of radio silence on this blog, you’d think I haven’t been doing much the last few days. Or, that I’m slacking on my job. Isn’t updating this one of my daily tasks? Why yes, it is, and Outlook has been squawking at me every couple of hours to make sure I don’t forget my blogging obligations...

I'm writing this blog from a tiny motel room one hundred meters off I-95 in Newark. No, not the Newark in New Jersey… but “imagine being magically whisked away to...Delaware.” The last few days have brought some activity over at The Thrilling Travels of Normal Guy and Girl. Several more installments on Pumpkin Show 2006 will be on their way soon.

Here’s something I found this afternoon: a disgusting new trend of meat-based cocktails. In college I once joked about pouring hot lard into a glass of vodka, and now someone in Vegas decided to go through with it. Gives me the willies. (Yet makes me wish I’d patented the concept). Check out the rest of CHOW.com; it's a great magazine. I especially got a kick out of this story about "ethnic" foods that aren't as ethnic as we think they are.

In other news, two CD reviews will appear in the November/December edition of Being There Magazine. I reviewed Game Theory by The Roots and Gabriel & Dresden by Gabriel & Dresden. I’ll post links to the reviews once they’re live.

Back to work... I have freelance pitches to send and novel chapters to revise...

Labels: Miscellany