Decon_IV

For 300 years the Romanov family ruled Russia, through a love, hate and God appointed rule. During the time of Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexis, Carl Faberge and his apprentices and helpers created some of the most beautiful and well remembered pieces of artwork for his time….the Imperial Easter eggs. They were the gifts of a poor man to honor royalty. Stunning works of art encrusted in the most expensive enamels, diamonds and gems the Russian world had seen in too long. They were beauty. I wouldn’t mind having just one.

Absinthe. If you’re looking for the trippy high stuff, you’ve got the wrong drink. Hollywood’s helped perpetuate a lot of myths about this, not to mention a couple hundred-year ban on the drink in much of the Western world itself. The stuff does kind of taste like licorice, and depending on the level of sugar and water you decide to mix with it, it can either feel like drinking novocaine (it will numb your tounge) to tasting like soaking licorice whips in water. I personally like it with a 1-.5-1 ratio of Absinthe to water and Absinthe to sugar. You get that mouth numbing help-put-you-to-sleep feeling. $50/bottle? Sure, I’ll pay. Besides, I can definitely see a market for this stuff at my place of employ. >=)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was 4th grade when I picked up this book…having been bored to tears with the other books in elementary school and being a huge book nerd, my 4th grade teacher and 5th grade teacher conspired to get me to memorize the first line of this very famous book. To this day, I can’t get past more than a couple of the best of’s…

I remember the last line of the book too, much easier for me to remember: It is a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done ; it is a far far better rest than I have ever known.”