Infinite MonkeysAlthough Memorial Day weekend doesn't mark the official beginning of the Summer season, for all intents and purposes Summer starts now. One sign: the high temperature here shot up 20 degrees in a day.
This weekend, then, was supposed to be the kick off of the Summer of Rum. Instead, we're all sick as monkeys. Mama is, to be delicate, expurgating regularly. The boy and I are feverish, bleary-eyed, and delusional. He tried to bludgeon me with a plastic golf club a couple of hours ago, but he was too weak to land anything but glancing blows. I'm so achey, though, it still hurt like hell. Pathetic.
Anyway, I had planned to throw together some preliminary remarks about rum, how it's made, what's worth drinking. I had something in the works...well, something in the back of my mind, really...about the Mojito.
I am, in fact, sipping a Mojito as I type this. I made it with Pyrat Blanco rum (per Monkey David's recommendation on the phone the other day), key limes, sugar, and mint from my front yard. Unfortunatey, I can't really taste it. Muddling key limes, I think, was a mistake; too many seeds. But I needed to use them up.
So, consider this another tease.
Oh, I happened to catch the end of W.W. II memorial dedication on Fox News this afternoon. Wasn't the music marvelous? And did anyone see the two Presidents Bush kidding around with President Clinton? What was that about?
Posted by Ben at May 29, 2004 08:24 PM | TrackBack