Archive for April 25th, 2011

Mexican “gun” ducks!

Monday, April 25th, 2011

I’m kind of stepping on Weer’d Beard’s territory here (sorry, Weer’d), but this HouChron story is too fascinating and disturbing to pass up:

At the largest mass grave site ever found in Mexico, where 177 bodies have been pulled from deep pits, authorities have recovered few bullet casings and little evidence that the dead were killed with a gun.

Instead, most died of blunt force trauma to the head, and a sledgehammer found at the crime scene is believed to have been used in the executions, according to Mexican investigators and state officials.

More:

On Thursday, cartel gunmen sacked the city of Miguel Aleman, across the river from Roma, Texas, tossing grenades and burning down three car dealerships, an auto parts outlet, furniture store and gas station.

Of course, they bought those grenades at gun stores and gun shows in the United States.

…authorities are still looking for an entire bus loaded with passengers that vanished on the border in March.

And:

The savage method of execution is also unexplained, with shuddering investigators left guessing at the deranged mental state of the killers.

Clearly, what Mexico needs is stronger sledgehammer control. And to sue American sledgehammer manufacturers.

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10.5 hour party people.

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Because I’m old and can’t do 24 hours any longer.

This weekend was the combined birthday party/1970’s crime film fest.

No, the cake was not a lie, and I think that came out pretty well. I was impressed that the Sam’s bakery called me to tell me my dates didn’t add up. (They were misreading my handwriting.) Now that’s customer service.

The absinthe went over pretty well, though I think I need to work on proportions. At the recommendation of one of the liquor guys at Spec’s, I’ve been using an Irish coffee glass for absinthe, and my typical pour is two ounces of absinthe, topped off with cold water and one sugar cube. At that level, I can feel an effect. Not anything trippy, just a good solid knock (and that wears off in an hour or so). I think next time I make a glass, I may try two sugar cubes instead of one, but I tend to like things sweet.

The Kraken spiced rum also went over well, though I didn’t care much for it straight; I can see that it would go well with the right mixer (maybe some Dublin Dr. Pepper?). I still haven’t tried any of the Crystal Head. I was trying to be moderate in my drinking, since I had to drive, and as fun as it sounds, drinking Scotch whiskey all night long and dying behind the wheel is a sub-optimal evolutionary strategy.

We only got to two of the movies on our list. Possible spoilers follow.

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