http://aqueousphase.org On the consumption of aqueous matter Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:22:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Though it's easy to forget when you spend all your time in an ivory faux-limestone tower, it's easy to forget, Cambridge, Massachusetts is a unique (and wonderful) point in time and space. There are nicknames to match: some idiot Republican called Harvard "The Kremlin on the Charles," semi-observant writers who've ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/06/revolution-is-thirsty-business/ The name of this company drives me insane. I keep thinking I should say it 3 times and then get up and start dancing. And for all of those completely logical reasons, I have never bothered to sit down and try Numi tea ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/06/numi-numi-numi/ Oh. Hmm. There seems to be a blog about liquids. And I seem to be an editor. That's weird. Somebody should have told me. Anyway, it looks like we're back from an unscheduled vacation. Where did we go? Um, nowhere. It got hot, and my modus operandi shifted from, "Run around ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/06/cause-there-aint-no-cure-for-the-summertime-blues/ I should've realized much earlier; the recipe called for vodka. Not just plain vodka, but flavoured vodka. Not just flavoured vodka, but TWO flavoured vodkas. Not just any two flavoured vodkas, two flavoured GREY GOOSE brand vodkas. It's kind of like the adage about the dog you kick but still ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/05/creamsicles-made-out-of-fail/ The lady didn't like the blackberry stuff, but I do. Perhaps my palette is damaged, perhaps we simply have differing opinions on how blackberries are supposed to taste (and let's face it -- on my budget there aren't many fresh berries in my life). It is a tad bitter, though at ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/05/trader-joes-fruit-infusions-a-contrarian-opinion/ Due to a long-ago bad experience with Dunkin' Donuts coffee, I've avoided the stuff for a long time. At the least, I wouldn't pay money for it. Recently, I've been at two different events where I didn't have to pay money for it, so I threw caution to the wind and ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/05/finals-week-ii-dunkin-donuts-coffee/ There's advantages to dating foreign men (read: non-Americans). I mean, beyond the looks, the accent, the lack of English, and the hot hot way they say "No, what is the meaning of this Make Out?" I mean, what, no, from personal experience? Definitely not. Seriously though, even when all is said and ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/05/dining-in-the-past/ I'm in finals right now. Normally, I've got a lot of self-righteous pre-yuppie disdain for all things sugary. While I may, in fact, have consumed multiple liters of Mountain Dew per week when I started college. I fell off the wagon when I saw Super Size Me and realized just how ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/05/finals-week-i-red-bull/ Last Wednesday, sitting around a conference room table, going over a friend's qualifiers presentation: J: "Hey. Want to get beer tonight?" Me: "Ok." And simple as that, 6pm, we're strolling out of the UES to the painful transnat corpdom that is Midtown, heading towards the Ginger Man, a Manhattan beer powerhouse with 66 ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/05/the-ginger-man-chased-by-financial-d-bags/ Even when the tea is free, people will reuse teabags when the tea is a floor down but there's a hot water dispenser right down the hall. Mountain Dew is, in fact, the breakfast of champions. The signs that say you can't have beverages in the computer lab don't apply after 8 ... http://aqueousphase.org/2008/05/things-i-have-learned-from-my-office-mates/