Random Thoughts

[vulcanlogician]

I don’t remember how or why the Smoky Cokey came up in conversation, but I do remember that it sounded like a horrible idea.

The cocktail is essentially what it sounds like: a Coca-Cola that tastes smoky thanks to the addition of peaty scotch. Specifically, the drink as it was explained to me requires Lagavulin 16, a scotch that sells for around $75 a bottle in the United States—not exactly cheap.

Never one to turn down the chance to try a new cocktail, I was up for having one. That said, I happened to be in Scotland at the time touring scotch distilleries, and asking a bartender to mix a high-quality scotch with run-of-the-mill Coke seemed like a recipe for getting removed from the bar, perhaps by force.

Luckily, the man who first mentioned the drink, Ewan Gunn, happens to be both Scottish and the Global Scotch Whisky Master for Diageo, the parent company of Lagavulin. Counting on the fact that they wouldn’t kick a whisky master out for the order, we asked Gunn to order a round at a bar in the small Scottish town of Oban.

The Smoky Cokey was fantastic. After our first one, my travel companions and I were hooked.

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I have reservations about putting a $75 scotch into Coke. But, man, it does sound good. Laphroaig may work here too.

[Silver]

Incredibly mad at bureaucracy right now.

[vulcanlogician]

If you got up at 3AM, it's okay to start drinking at noon, right?

[Angrboda]

I have reservations about putting a $75 scotch into Coke. But, man, it does sound good. Laphroaig may work here too.

I think I'll try it with the 16 for reference, and then try less expensive Islay's. The Lagavulin 8 is on my short list and seems a good candidate. I need to get some Coke first.

[Angrboda]

I wanted to slander someone.

My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for — and profiting from — the growing ecosystem of websites whose primary purpose is destroying reputations.

So I wrote a nasty post. About myself.

Then we watched as a constellation of sites duplicated my creation.

To get slander removed, many people hire a “reputation management” company. In my case, it was going to cost roughly $20,000.

We soon discovered a secret, hidden behind a smokescreen of fake companies and false identities. The people facilitating slander and the self-proclaimed good guys who help remove it are often one and the same.

(New York Times)

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

People who use the phrase 'go big or go home' seriously underestimate my willingness to go home.

Boru

[ignoramus]

The wealthiest citizens on earth are the Venezuelans.
Did you know they're all billionaires!

[tackattack]

"What humans can do is absolutely amazing, what they usually do is disappointing" - Tony Robbins

[arewethereyet]

Rage Against The Machine never specified what type of machine they were furious about, but I suspect it was a printer.

Boru

Or a scanner - I think scanners are inherently evil.

[Angrboda]

Rage Against The Machine never specified what type of machine they were furious about, but I suspect it was a printer.

Boru

Or a scanner - I think scanners are inherently evil.

It had to be an ATM.