Writing in the car

I should be writing a poem or two right now but I'm not. I've been writing pieces of poems (say, two lines) in the car this week. It's been a pretty good car-writing experience. But none of that is going anywhere. Probably because it's only two lines, and by the time I get home the adrenaline (of driving?!) is gone and I'm over the poem. This makes me think, again, that I need a tape recorder in the car so I can just talk and hopefully come up with a poem. But then, I always hate the sound of my voice on a recording and end up hating whatever I have "written" in this way, merely because it sounds wrong. Perhaps I should never read my poetry again, as it is probably changing how people feel about the poem. My voice can do that.

Pizza Thief

So someone stole Rob's pizza at work yesterday. It was sitting in the fridge minding its own business, not trying to be eaten (until Rob came for it at lunch) but someone decided to just go ahead and eat it.

Who does this?! Who just eats whatever they want, even when it is not theirs?! I thought I worked in a better place than that.

Not cool pizza thief, not cool.

Liqueur vs Liquor

A conversation at lunch today produced worrying results. Some people, apparently, do not know/believe that there is a difference between liqueur and liquor. So, this is to clear things up.

A liqueur is a sweet alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruits, herbs, spices, flowers, seeds, roots, plants, barks, and sometimes cream. Basically, it is infused with something, or has sugar added. Liqueurs are not usually aged for long periods, but may have resting periods during their production to allow flavors to marry.

Liqueurs include: Crème de Cacao, Godiva Dark Chocolate, Kahlúa, Baileys Irish Cream, Crème de menthe, 99 Bananas, Limoncello, Grand Marnier, Midori, Triple sec, Sambuca, Amaretto, Frangelico.

Liquor is most often referred to as a spirit. A spirit is a distilled, alcoholic beverage made from a fermented mash of various ingredients.The distinction between liqueur and spirits is not always simple, especially since many spirits are available in a flavored form today. Flavored spirits, however, are not prepared by infusion. Their added flavors are just... added. Whiskies, Vodka, Gin, Rum are examples.

So that's the basics. A liqueur is sweet and has added flavor. A liquor usually isn't.

So this led to a discussion about the French. In English, we have these two words. But liqueur sounds so very French. So do they just call every liqueur? Or are these distinctions in their words? I don't really know French, so I can't say.

A random online translation showed me this:

Liqueur (English)= liqueur (French)
AND liquor = boisson alcoolisée This, when translated back to English, means only "alcoholic drink". So I guess their may be differences in words, but I may never understand. As long as they aren't throwing around "liqueur" for just any old alcohol!

feelings on rain

There was once a time when I loved rain. I used to dance in the streets during thunderstorms. But rain while driving in rush hour is a pain in the butt. And rain that takes away frolics in the woods is also a pain in the butt.

I think the main problem is I have not been fully able to enjoy the sunny weather when it is here, because of school or work, or sore muscles. It seems to always rain when I have time to enjoy sun and it is sunny when I need to stay inside and just enjoy the sounds.

It was glorious to wake up to the rumble of thunder in the middle of the night.