Here’s something that I don’t usually share here on the blog, and I hope some won’t take it the wrong way. A few years ago I discovered the joy of a properly made martini. That’s a true martini, not the 007 version, or those sickly sweet abominations (chocolate martini, wtf!?).
Real martini’s are made with gin – and good gin at that. My personal fav happens to be Bombay Sapphire, a smooth gin if there ever was one. Of course, after making one or two of these, a person starts thinking about a good dirty martini – one of the few good bastardizations of the best cocktail in the world. Of course, I happen to have a personal favorite recipe for one, and I thought I’d share it here tonight.
Oh, I should note that I take the original approach to the drink – it is not a “dry” martini as I have found vermouth to truly be the keystone of the drink. If you want straight booze – do shots, if you enjoy sophistocated tastes, put the right amount of vermouth in which really should be anywhere form 1/4 to 1/2 ounce. Try it once, you’ll see what I mean. Oh – and if you absolutely have to use vodka, you can lean more towards 1/4oz as the vermouth would otherwise overpower the delicate flavor of the vodka (you use good vodka – right?).
My “dirty” Martini recipe.
First, place martini glass on ice or in the freezer – it really should be nicely chilled for any martini.
2oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin
1/2oz. Dry Vermouth
1/8oz or 1tsp Olive Brine
Small Pinch of Smoked Celtic Sea Salt (Yes, it has to be smoked sea salt – bacon salt won’t do here, but might be worth investigating later
3 Queen Olives
Shake (stir if you prefer, but this drink benefits from a cloudy rather than clear presentation) Gin, Vermouth, olive brine and half of the salt crystals with a small handful of ice. Place second half of salt crystals in bottom of chilled Martini glass, place olives in next, then pour mix over olives.
Sometimes you find that you’ve got too many ideas. Ever have that problem? I do this week, and I swear I’m going to do something about it. I’ve got blog post ideas going back several years covering things from social media to technology to life topics and so on. It’s time I liberate these post ideas. I’m giving them to you to take and run with, just in case you’ve run out of ideas and need some inspiration. What better way to end the week, right? Alrightly, here we go:
Social Networking & The Impact On Your Personal Brand
Moleskine Notebooks – Going Analog For The Fun of Writing
How To Balance Social Network Participation In The Workplace
101 Uses for Twitter
Why I Believe The “Smartphone” Isn’t So Smart
Your Blog IS Your Social Network
Online Communities – You Get Out Of Them Only What You Put Into Them
The New Social Economy
Social Media Is About Sociology Not Technology
Never Stop Experimenting To Grow Yourself Or Your Brand
If Words Mean Things
Old Media Using Social Media
Building A Better Branded Blog
Decline Of Technology In America?
Social Media And The IT Professional
Anonymity – Pros & Cons
Can You Connect Up To 6 people?
Linux: Ubuntu Or Fedora Or ?
The Most Powerful Social Media Tool: YOU
Decisions: iOS Or Android
Personal Branding And The IT Professional
10 Reasons For A Windows Hack To Love The iPhone
Disengage From The Collective That Is Your Corporate Mindset
“Who Am I?”
How Can I Help People?
Linux Software Installers – Why Do They Suck?
Essential Software For The Blogger
The New Intellectual
Is the Theme/Style Of Your Blog Important To Readers?
Social Realities Of A New Generation
What Do I Do?
What Can I Accomplish?
Powerful Writing…
Do I Realize How Lucky I Am?
Social Media In The Enterprise
Negativity In The Workplace
Don’t Talk, Just Do
Social Media Is An Evolutionary Step
Tear Down This Wall (Cubicles That Is)
What Is A “Social Entrepreneur”?
Enterprise/Corporate Culture Clashes
Good Enough
Social Media Shoehorn
Blogging Is A Commitment, Social Networks Are A Fling
Making It Happen
Why My Blogging “Rock Stars” Are From the Z-List
SharePoint Can Be An Internal Enterprise Social Media Tool
Labeling Things And Why It’s Ok
Why Paper Publications Will Never Go Away
A Culture Without Culture
To Meme Or Not
Step Away From The Ledge – It’s Going To Be Ok
Help People
Want To Be A High-Buck Consultant?
Positive Growth Through Negative Feedback
Virtualization: For Technology Only?
Build Your Own Brand Armies
Networking For Fun And Profit
Fostering New Communication In The Enterprise
What Social Media Has Taught A Techie Geek
Afraid To Succeed?
Stodgy Or Stale Brand? 10 Sure-Fire Ways To Freshen It Up
Social Media Does Not Equal Marketing Or PR
Fearing Free (Free Rage Fears?)
The Problem With Technically Excellent Solutions
Be Your Own Editor
Thinkers – The Ones To Watch
Getting Back To Where We Came From
Go Where Your Forefathers Couldn’t
Unsung Heros: Headhunters
The Line In The Sand & When You Step Over It
Landing Pages – Why Bother?
Put It On paper
Gen Y & Why They’re different
Engage HR For Change
Friend Counts Do Mean Something
Anatomy Of Twitter
Lack Of New Examples
The More You Share
The Android Dilemma
Is Your Day Job Your Only Gig?
When Self Promotion Goes Too Far
The Joys Of Building Community
Is Social Media Respected In Corporate Environments?
Lets Not Screw Around
Why The Old Tools Don’t Work
Why The Old Tools STILL Work
Corporate Obsolesce
The changing Face Of Social Media
What’s The Big Deal About 4G?
What’s Next For Social Media
The Dark Side Of Social Media, And Why It Sucks
You Will Live Online
Why Tablet-Haters Loose In The End
10 Billion Apps
Do What Comes Naturally
The Decline Of Social Media
Social Media Posers
Ongoing Standards Wars
Shortsightedness Of Newspaper Publishers
Well, there’s a handful of the post ideas I’ve got in my notes. That was just from one page of a OneNote notebook of post ideas! Sometimes, you just run out of time or simply never get back to the ideas you had when you thought of the topic. Whatever the case, I figure somebody might make use of one or two, or ten of these. Better to set them free than keep ’em in a dusty digital notebook right?
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Here’s something that I don’t usually share here on the blog, and I hope some won’t take it the wrong way. A few years ago I discovered the joy of a properly made martini. That’s a true martini, not the 007 version, or those sickly sweet abominations (chocolate martini, wtf!?).
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