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  • Spirited Thave

    Winter evenings have been enriched lately by a little sip of amaro from Forthave Spirits. Found this hulking reserve release at Civil Alchemy in Webster Groves and started enjoying it as part of our Christmas celebration. With the indulgent taste and sensational label comes an equally compelling story:

    MARSEILLE is based on the secret recipe of four medieval thieves. They were caught stealing from plague victims in Marseille. In exchange for clemency, they revealed their secret concoction.

    → 12:51 AM, Dec 29
  • The Verge’s Alexis Ong chronicles the continuing difficulty of owning a home in the world of Final Fantasy XIV:

    The last time I went to look at a house that I lost, the owner had filled the yard with twinkling lights, graceful trees, and a cute patio set. I don’t care about building a cafe, and I don’t want to hold house parties. I’m a simple catgirl, and I just want a home.

    → 12:06 AM, Dec 28
  • Picture of spines for some developer-related books
    Some Developer-Related Books
    → 11:29 PM, Dec 26
  • BIBI’s Lowlife Princess: Noir is on repeat here, and her video output is as compelling as ever. Check out the MVs for Animal Farm and BIBI Vengeance.

    → 12:38 AM, Dec 26
  • Don’t you call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease!

    C-3PO, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

    → 12:06 AM, Dec 26
  • A Quiet Holiday

    → 2:09 AM, Dec 25
  • Gather at the Ramparts

    Of all the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works. When darkness sifts from the air like fine soft soot and light spreads slowly out of the east then all but the most wretched of humankind rally. It is a spectacle we immortals enjoy, this minor daily resurrection, often we will gather at the ramparts of the clouds and gaze down upon them, our little ones, as they bestir themselves to welcome the new day. What silence falls upon us then, the sad silence of our envy.

    John Banville, The Infinities

    → 11:51 PM, Dec 24
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