Good pairing with Oaxaca Old Fashioned is my current favorite cocktail: the Mezcaletti -- summery with the mezcal, but Manhattan-y with the Meletti. Simple to make and very satisfying. And then you also have a bottle of Meletti on hand for digestif'ing.

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wttffffffff :/

The use of that song in SHREK really deflated its affective impact for me 😂

Paywall free version here: drive.google.com/file/d/1sbW4...

Ok you KNOW I am here for this and am tickled to find that my research is converging with the Chatner.

Thanks, Laurence! We were fortunate to be in the final months of the grant. Still a blow and a depressing way to conclude 4 years of work.

For sure. It was that office that informed me of the demand :/

My reply: "I would prefer not to."

It is wild. No one is going to read any of this!

DOGE is now demanding a full summary of our NEH-funded grant activities including an itemized expense report of how every dollar has been spent. They are giving a two-week turnaround. Of course, we faithfully submitted annual reports each year of the grant. So this is an absurd waste of time.

So excited about this next chapter for y'all!

The tide upon which this viral post ebbs and flows is bewildering to me!