Cocktails I've made

A long time ago, I used to be a waiter and mixed drinks for a living. Just so I don't forget, here are some I've made:

Casual S3x
Ice a 12oz glass / hurricane
15 ml Lena Banana
15 ml Vodka
15 ml Creme de Cacao White
15 ml Peach Schnapps
Pineapple Juice to 7/8 glass
Shake
Cranberry Juice float

Strawberry Daiquiri
In a blender - add ice enough for a 14oz glass
30 ml Bacardi
15 ml Rubis Strawberry
15 ml Cointreau
Fresh strawberries
Sweet'n'sour mix
Blend
Pour frostie mix into 12 oz glass / hurricane
Rim glass with sugar

Banana Daiquiri
In a blender - add ice enough for a 14oz glass
30 ml Bacardi
15 ml Lena Banana
15 ml Cointreau
1/2 ripe banana
Sweet'n'sour mix
Blend
Pour frostie mix into 12 oz glass / hurricane
Rim glass with sugar

Margarita
In a blender - add ice enough for a 14oz glass
30 ml Cointreau
30 ml Tequila (no crap Tequila)
Sweet'n'sour mix
Dash of lime cordial
Blend
Pour frostie mix into a 12 oz glass / margarita glass that has a lime-sugar rim

Lazy Margarita
Ice a 12oz glass / hurricane
30 ml Cointreau
30 ml Tequila (no crap Tequila)
Dash of lime cordial
Lemonade to top
Shake

Long Island Iced Tea
Ice a 12oz glass / hurricane
15 ml Cointreau
15 ml Vodka
15 ml Bacardi
15 ml Gin
Sweet'n'sour mix to 7/8 glass
Shake
Coca-cola float on top

Midori Splice
Ice a 12oz glass / hurricane
30 ml Malibu Rum
30 ml Midori Melon
Pineapple Juice to 7/8 glass
Shake
Dash of milk as a float

Abortion Shooter
7/8 shot glass peach schnapps
1/8 shot glass Bailey's Irish Cream
Drip raspberry cordial in
Drip Blue Curacao in

Pina Colada

Ice a 12oz glass / hurricane
30 ml Malibu Rum

30 ml Bacardi

Pineapple Juice to 7/8 glass
Shake
Dash of milk as a float

Fruit Tingle
Ice a 12oz glass / brandy balloon
30 ml Blue Curacao
30 ml Raspberry Coridal
Lemonade to the top
Stir

Midori Slipper
Ice a 12 oz glass
30 ml Cointreau
30 ml Midori Melon
Sweet'n'sour mix
Stir
Strain into a martini glass - no ice should be in the final drink but it should be ice cold

Martini (one of the most misunderstood drinks of all time because improperly made it tastes like crap, and when properly made it requires an acquired taste)
Ice a 12 oz glass
45 ml Vodka (can be substituted for Gin)
15 ml Dry Vermouth (can be substituted for Sweet Vermouth)
Stir (don't shake... this is not a Bond film)
Strain into a martini glass - no ice should be in the final drink but it should be ice cold
Must be garnished with either a lemon rind or an oil free rinsed green stuffed olive

Midori Illusion
Ice a 12oz glass
15 ml vodka
15 ml Cointreau
15 ml blue curacao
15 ml Midori Melon
Pineapple Juice to top
Shake
Pour into shooters and slam

Sweet'n'sour mix (this is just a mixer - not a drink in itself)
1 part juice of a lemon
3 part sugar
2 part water
Boil until all sugar is dissolved

I'll try to line up some pictures of these if I ever get around to making them again, and if I think up any more, I'll post them up too...

My dad lives on with Google's help

Many years ago (1982 to be exact), there was a newspaper article about my father's restaurant. Kitty Kat asked me to do a search on his name, and lo and behold, Google has cached the newspaper article.

My father passed away in 1998, and I miss him greatly. It was a most pleasant surprise to find that even Google knows of him.

Odo readings and apples

On a recent trip down to Melbourne, I noticed that the odometer on the car was at a very auspicious number - especially for the Chinese, so I took a picture of it:

And Kitty Kat baked a "Tarte Tatin". Awesome effort, especially since it was her first attempt. Yummy (and at the time of this post - not much left)!!

Internet censorship in Australia

I've been looking for the past few days for any new information on the exploits of the good Senator Conroy, and his antics of providing a filter around Australia's intenet to filter out the "nasties" that may lurk on the internet. These "nasties" were originally sold to the Australian public as terrorist information, and child pornography - but as this unfolded, it appeared to include more and more items that seem to be of a personal nature to the good Senator.

I have not heard much information after late Feb 2009 - which is a positive sign, but I would like an announcement from the office of the good Senator Conroy announcing that he is no longer going to pursue the avenue of attempting to filter the internet. Articles like "Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end" (from smh.com.au) give me hope.

C'mon good Senator Conroy - force me to remove the italics around the adjective good I've been describing you with!

B _ _ _ scratcher?

Ever seen the Family Guy episode where Peter Griffin has to work a second job job, because his son Chris is going to an expensive private school? I was wondering if you could buy such an implement. Well, Tickets has found them!

Good attempt Boston...

Today marked a day that the campaign for the Boston Celtics to go back to back with their championships ends. In game #7, the Orlando Magic have beaten the Boston Celtics 101-82. Most people said they did not have a chance to even get past the 1st round against the Chicago Bulls with the loss of Kevin Garnett and Leon Powe. They lasted through 14 games in the first two series of the 2009 playoffs.

Hopefully now they will have the time to recoup, and thus allow Kevin to get the treatment he requires to come back and help win championship #19.

GO CELTICS FOR THE 2010 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP!!

Mussels and crab

How tasty can a basic meal be? VERY!

I was fortunate enough to be apart of a crab on pasta, and mussels served 2 ways; one with a white wine, cream and garlic broth, and the other with a chilli tomato broth. Thanks goes to KittyKat's dad.

Mussels with tomato and chilli

Mussels with garlic, cream, and white wine

Blue Swimmer Crab on pasta

Boston Celtics battling the Orlando Magic

If you're following the NBA 2009 playoffs at all, you would know that the Boston Celtics are currently locked 2-2 against the Orlando Magic. The Celtics are trying to go back-to-back when it comes to championship, as they won the title last year. The remarkable effort this year is that they're doing it without Kevin Garnett or Leon Powe - both who play the position of power forward. They squeezed past the Chicago Bulls 4-3 in an entertaining series that included 4 games going into 7 overtime periods. The highlight of the series would have to be Joakim Noah (of the Bulls) stealing the ball from Paul Pierce, and then out running him down the court to make a dunk. While this was done by an opposing team, it was very entertaining, and I have to give credit where credit is due. Joakim has the motivation and skills to be very entertaining to watch, and he is truly an asset to what ever team he plays for.

I hope the Celtics can overpower the Magic in the current series, and I understand that whoever wins will find an even tougher opponent in the Cleveland Cavaliers headed up by Lebron James.

GO CELTICS!

New X.org server on Gentoo

I recently did an upgrade on my Gentoo system, which meant it brought down the new X.org server 1.5.3 - resulting in my keyboard no longer working. The resulted in me doing some research and finding the Gentoo X.org upgrade page. This results (in culmination with the Gentoo X.org configuration page), in running the configuration tool:

# xorgcfg

The final result is a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

evilric@lasek /etc/X11 $ cat xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "wfb"
Load "xtrap"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 29.0 - 55.0
VertRefresh 0.0 - 61.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200 64M]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nVidia0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

They see me rollin' (and eatin')... They hatin'...

So from my last post, I was in Melbourne. Here are some random pics of me in Melbourne doing what I do - either eating or driving...

ric_man on Flinder Street

ric_man eating dumplings

ric_man rollin' past Crown Casino

ric_man eating rum'n'raisin ice cream with lil' sis Urmz looking shocked