There is no way to recap the last 4 months without spending all day writing, so this has to done dirty…

Not Drinking that much, last post aside, but the following drinks sit atop the stack: The Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Aviation, Last Word, A Perfect martini with Bluecoat gin and orange and grapefruit bitters.

The Camaro was stolen. Its ok though because two guys in my building watched it happened, even exchanged pleasantries with the thieves. They told me as much. I told them they were heroes for doing that much.  Someone else called security, be security can’t be bothered to check all 3 floors of the parking deck.   We caught the thieves own license plate number on camera, but even that doesn’t constitute an actionable lead to the Atlanta Police Department.   I mean, even if there was some way to magically track down the address of a car (hah, the thought makes me laugh it’s so absurd)  what’s to keep the guy from saying, “ I didn’t do It” and foiling the prosecution.  Did I mention we caught the thieves on video too?   The Sergeant who called me a couple of weeks after the event was clearly just shuffling papers: When I asked him about these leads he got very defensive, asked me how I knew about them, and then accused me of trying to tell him how to do his job.  He clearly had not read anything about  my case,  had no idea that the car was a classic (for instance).  


I spent the summer in Austin teaching 10 New Hires how to be consultants.  It was tough but I learned a lot and decided I would do it one more time, next summer.  In fact I was thinking about moving to Austin. Have been, this whole time, though the cost of selling my condo scared me off somewhat. This week Big Blue bought my company so I don’t know what the future holds now.

Oh well, I have my insurance check. I come out about seven grand light in the whole affair.  

The Cabin is done, and is awesome. I haven’t been in months though. My Client is in town, and that, paradoxically makes it harder for me to get up north (I have to work Fridays).

About not drinking too much: I did Gluten Free, high omega three paleo-diet for two weeks, but just sacrificed it on the alter of holiday convenience.   I will get back on it as soon as I get back from Kansas next week.  Can’t say I noticed any benefit:    Less acne I think.  Maybe less knee pain, but I that was about to go away anyway. The downside is I cut myself shaving yesterday and nearly bled out.  

Oh, I am hovering around 200 pounds, which was damn hard to accomplish while eating strict paleo. Milk is the key there though it is a violation of the theme.

The only new drinking spot on my list is Leon’s Full Service in Decatur. It’s pretty sweet. They serve “bacon in a glass”.  Drove the other guy out of business.  There is a ‘speakeasy’ style place called Prohibition over by Easy Andrews,  that just didn’t do it for me.  Too well lit and trying too hard.  And I usually am very forgiving about trying too hard… I had to listen to two spiels about classic cocktails and how what I want might not be on the menu, for instance.  I should have been afforded a chance to bypass that cocktail safety lecture.

I am most looking forward to Cakes and Ale, which is also in Decatur.

I should mention Drink Shop too, which is my local dive.  Eric, the head bartender, is good barman.


I haven’t had a car for a while, but have made due with Marta. If I can get to Trader Joes with 300 dollars I can last 3 to 4 weeks. The freezer stores more than Ice and Ice cream it turns out.

No new music.  Lots of recommendations… hmm, I am going to download something right now….  I know I missed some stuff, so I will be back  soon to revise and extend.

Oh yeah,  everyone had a kid or got pregnant: Alex, Rich, Trent, Andy, Dave.    A big collective congratulations!     Next post I'll reveal whose child is the best looking.