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I saw that cocktail list earlier in the week and very excitedly tried the Campari Smash (Campari and limoncello being two of my favorites). Well, unfortunately, it was considerably LESS than the sum of its parts. The limoncello just couldn't compete with the Campari.

Hmm. Cucumber mojito. I want one.

I didn't realize that mojitos are normally made with cane rum (aka cachaça, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacha%C3%A7a, also used in Brazil's caipirinhas). That stuff is a lot different from the rum we're used to. A friend from Brazil brought me a bottle many years ago - I have to say it was pretty rough on the taste buds in typical rum drinks, but was spectacular in a caipirinha.

The Zuidam crush also sounds good, but for budgetary purposes I'd try an orange soda with cheap gin first.

I read the article about Kiera Knightley, that's so sad, I think she looks lovely just as she is.

I think what's sad about the Keira Knightley thing is that the people we see on magazine covers aren't human beings any more. It's unbelievable to me that Keira Knightley is not gorgeous enough in her natural state to remain unaltered, but there it is.

I would LOVE for everyone to live a year of life without being the victim of any marketing at all. I think after having our collective palettes cleansed, everybody in the business of advertisement and "spin" would be drawn and quartered, and women would (hopefully) be free of the kind of absurd time-wasting thoughts that occupy far too many neurons for too many hours of the day, such as "my hair looks bad in the wind," and "I shouldn't be eating this," and "I wish ." Then maybe we could solve some problems.

A whole year without marketing would be very nice. Coincidentally, though, I read two articles in the Taunton paper today about a "radio station" they want to pipe onto all the school buses in exchange for, I think, $10,000 which apparently the city needs. It's student-oriented programming and advertising, but it means the schoolchildren of Taunton would be a captive audience to whatever's on that station, including advertising, even if parents do everything else they can to minimize the effects of marketing at home.

OTOH, the article said many bus drivers play a radio on the bus anyway (apparently the station of their choice), so perhaps this issue is already moot.

From what I recall of my school days, there's a good chance that the radio won't be heard anyway, because the kids are so loud. :-)