http://www.shuchow.com Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:12:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I started graduate school at Texas A&M. In other words, I've joined a cult. Check out my awesome new shirt. http://www.shuchow.com/?p=454 My wife is gone tonight. I can't decide if I should go to the gun range or study calculus. Both are equally fun. I am probably the only person in the world that has ever had this dilemma. Gun range... calculus... gun range... calculus... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=451 A conversation with Will that happened on Friday: Will: Are you going to blow anything up on Sunday? Shu: No, nothing really planned. Will: Come on... What are you, some sort of communist? Shu: If anything, I was going to just drink Pimm's Cups all day. It's a traditional drink of British ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=443 At the corner of 51st and Guadalupe in Austin, there is a huge city block of athletic fields and tennis courts. This area is home to a very large colony of Quaker Parrots. They've built their nests on the lights. We must have counted almost ten ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=437 About two weeks ago, we were at a Thundercloud and saw a flyer for 69 Love Scenes, a local theater's production based on Steven Merritt's masterpiece 69 Love Songs. The play is 69 short sketches, each one based on a song from the albums. It takes place ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=433 I woke up this morning in the mood for something sweet, like pancakes or a waffle. I also needed my standard eggs. The problem is that I would have to get dressed and go outside. You all know how I feel about outside. What to do? ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=424 Picon Punch! The national drink of the Basques! Brought to the national limelight by San Francisco! My first drink that features the Amer Boudreau batch! From Ted Haigh's recipe: 2 1/2 oz Amer Boudreau 1 oz Brandy (I used Leptano) 1 teaspoon grenadine Soda water Grenadine and Amer Boudreau in a glass, fill with ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=417 Tuesday morning, I hear a crash in the kitchen. It doesn't sound too bad, but when I get out there, I discover our youngest cat and spawn from Hell, Festy, knocked over my bottle of Green Chartreuse. A bottle costs about $50 and the thing was about 1/3 ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=408 So I got an Oregon 450. A couple of nights ago, I go online to buy a city map for it. Great! Garmin allows you to buy the maps online and download it for instant installation! Awesome! Not so much. I go through the process and ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=401 Back in November, under orders from my friend Sean, I purchased Ted Haigh's Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. In it, there is a recipe for the Brooklyn cocktail. Now, I have a very personal relationship with the borough of Brooklyn. I love the Dodgers, and I never ... http://www.shuchow.com/?p=382