“He took a large tablet of beet sugar (an equivalent quantity of ordinary lump sugar does equally well) and soaked it in Angostura Bitters and then rolled it in Cayenne pepper. This he put into a large glass which he filled up with champagne. The excellences of this drink defy description.”
~ Evelyn Waugh, Labels
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Monday
Feb242014
Monday, February 24, 2014 at 12:01PM
Sunday
Feb232014
Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 12:00PM
“To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.”
~ Alan Wilson Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity
Thursday
Feb202014