{"id":500,"date":"2006-07-05T03:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-05T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/wordpress\/?p=500"},"modified":"2006-07-05T03:07:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-05T03:07:00","slug":"moonshine-moonshine-to-quench-the-devils-thirst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/05\/moonshine-moonshine-to-quench-the-devils-thirst\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonshine, moonshine to quench the devil’s thirst…"},"content":{"rendered":"

… the law they swore they’d get him but the devil got him first!
– Ballad of Thunder Road<\/span> by Robert Mitchum and Don Raye<\/p>\n

So I tried moonshine for the first time in my life today. I was at a cookout in Midtown and one of the guests brought a Mason jar of it. Now, if you already feel a case of heartburn coming on, “sure, I’d love to try some moonshine,” is definitely the wrong answer. It was corn whiskey, clear in color, estimated to be 135-140 proof by the person who brought it. It tasted like Thunderbird wine, which is not a good thing to be sure, and I’m embarrassed to admit that I know what Thunderbird tastes like in the first place. It aggravated my heartburn by a factor of 5 to be sure.<\/p>\n

I had a great time at the cookout I went to in Midtown, and I thank the host and hostess for the chance to see their beautiful house and for the burger, hot dog, tater tots, and beer. I learned how to work the cab system today. Getting from downtown to other parts of the city is not hard – just find a cab waiting for a fare (I found one at the Peabody). He drove me to the party in the McLean & Jackson area, and I tipped him $5 on my $12 fare and asked, “When I’m ready to head back downtown how do I get a ride?” He gave me not only the cab company number but his personal cell number as well, and asked approximately when I’d be heading back. So when I was ready to leave I called his cell and he was there in 5 minutes. I had always heard it takes at least 30 minutes and often closer to an hour to get a cab in Midtown.<\/p>\n

July 4 will probably be over by the time you read this, but it’s still not too late to show your patriotism by ordering an American Flag Tube Top<\/a>. What better way to show your patriotism than by wearing a tube top? If I were blogging from Afghanistan, this would be Burqa<\/a> Month. Every month would be Burqa Month.<\/p>\n

I read in the Downtowner Magazine<\/a> that Maynard, Silky Sullivan’s pet goat, has passed away. My condolences to Silky and everyone at his restaurant who took care of Maynard.<\/p>\n

Plans for tomorrow:
1) Get up way earlier than I would like
2) Sit in a cubicle all morning
3) Renew my expired tags at lunch
4) Sit in a cubicle some more
5) Get a haircut after work<\/p>\n

Clearly tomorrow is shaping up to be the most exciting day of the week, if not the year. I better get some sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"