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Milestone: 3200 Comments
Well, here at Hookers & Booze we’ve reached our 3200th comment.
The honor goes to hilljohnny who said:
Elijah Craig is my favorite bourbon. a true sippin’ whiskey, very smooth, just a splash of branch water.
Previous honorees:
1600th Comment -- Nicole
800th Comment -- TheDudeAbides
400th Comment -- WAMK
200th Comment -- GWK
100th Comment -- LC Aggie Sith
Next stop is obviously #6400. (cause if Aggie wasn’t around I’d never get anything right)
Welcome Home
I’m sure you already heard about this but the other day George W. Bush showed up at DFW to welcome soldiers home. I’m quick to admit that there’s an awful lot about his work as POTUS that I was really unhappy about and I’m sure many of you feel the same. But you just can’t doubt that he’s a good man. This right here is a classy thing to do. He’s not running for any office or trying to score points with the public. He’s just doing his part to make the returning soldiers feel welcomed and appreciated.
How many soldiers have been personally welcomed home by the guy that sent them to war ?
Soothing the Savage Breast
Can I pick an awesome post title, or what? I was sitting here listening to Vivaldi’s La Quattro Stagioni, and it came to me. Kinda goes with the blog theme, in an artistic way. Anyway, I started thinking of all the music out there that has the power to make us feel calm, loved, and just downright groovy. What is your favorite song? Favorite type of music? Favorite band? And no, Light My Love Pump by Spinal Tap doesn’t count 
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonus Hooker
Like last week, here’s the other side of this week’s HotW.
Booze in the News
From Fox News:
Scientists Develop Whiskey-Based Fuel for Cars
Yes, my friends, the question of whether whiskey is a Good Thing has been answered, once and for all.
Researchers [in Edinburgh, Scotland] found a formula to make the fuel from whiskey by-products.
They combined so-called pot ale -- the liquid from the copper stills distillery equipment -- and the spent grains used to make whiskey, also known as draff, to produce butanol.
The key word is by-products. No whiskey was harmed in the making of this fuel. Nor were starving people denied corn crops, as in the case with ethanol. On top of that, butanol can be combined with any gasoline blend, used by any unmodified vehicles, and has 25% more energy per unit volume. Ethanol FAIL!
And in tribute to this great achievement:
Advertising Fail
So, Saturday night, Hubby, Son and I decide to sit down and watch a boxing match on HBO. Yes, boxing is my contribution to the kid. That, and knives. Anyway, we are seeing two rather inexperienced fighters who have championship belts (because as we all know, belts are given out by 50 different organizations in 200 different weightclasses), start to duke it out. One is wearing FUSCHIA! I thought that was bad enough, until the guy in the emerald camouflage turned and I saw this:
Seriously, people… does anyone else see a problem here?? And just where the hell was management when this was approved???
Bonfire of the Vanities
Since the last open thread turned out to be so popular, and so informative, I thought I would turn the tables a bit. Whereas last time I asked y’all’s opinions about someone else, this time I’m asking y’all’s opinions regarding yourselves. No, nothing bad…really. But everyone has something, a feature or a habit, of which they are most proud satisfied happy. Ok, vain. Vanity can be a good thing when it boosts your morale, right? RIGHT?? So, get your Carly Simon on, grab a mirror, and get to commenting!
By the way, no bodice-rippers were harmed during the making of this post
Ol’ Blue Eye
The Glowing Eye of NGC 6751. This image is being released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Hubble Telescope. The nebula is found in the Aquila Constellation, and shows a star that has ejected a cloud of gas. Beautiful….wondrous….mysterious…and totally hot. 
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