Go Grappa!

Hello all, here we are once again with another fun episode from the Lemon.  Before jumping into the post, how about some updates? 

M is still pregnant...very pregnant...any day now.

My standoff with Words with Friends has come to an unfortunate end.  I logged in tonight to get an official count of days on strike, when I discovered I somehow managed to resign from my game with M.  I'm sure this was all her doing, so in retaliation, I have provided a picture of her swollen feet at the bottom of this blog.

I recently downloaded the Army of Darkness game from the iTunes store.  As a fan of the Evil Dead series (I named my son Ash!), I couldn't resist and it turned out to be a pretty good game.  The problem now is that I am itching to re-watch the movies, but I no longer own any copies.  I lost them in a break-up years ago and never managed to replace them.  Incidentally, screaming at the Netflix logo on your TV screen does not magically add movies to your downloadable library...trust me on this one.

Now on with the show:

For those of you who don't know me very well, I have been spending a lot of time in New York City due to a project for work.  I basically have been living out there 10-15 days out of the month since early June.  It's been a good experience so far and I've found some great places and restaurants.  One of my favorite places to eat is Ancora - an Italian fine dining establishment that makes it's own grappa.

For those of you not familiar with grappa, it's basically Italian moonshine.  Imagine taking all the stuff leftover from wine making such as skins, pulp, seeds and stems and fermenting it into it's own alcoholic beverage.  It's typically 35 - 60% alcohol and can also make a viable alternative for jet fuel.  As an alcohol drinker, I don't like to back away from a challenge, so I continue to order an after dinner snifter of grappa each time I dine at Ancora.

Folks, I have come to the same conclusion each and every time - I do not like grappa.  In fact, for your blogging pleasure, I have come up with a list of things I would rather do than drink another snifter of grappa. 

In addition, I would also like to introduce you to Cara:

Cara has been asking for a while now to include her into Edge of the Lemon, so she is going to demonstrate for all of you the alternative activities I would rather do than drink a snifter of grappa.

I would rather wear a beard of bees than drink a snifter of grappa:

I would rather train attack dogs than drink a snifter of grappa:

As I was creating these cartoons, Ash asked me what I was doing.  He came up with one of his own:

Lastly, I would rather be the practice target for the redundantly named Flaming Knives of Fire act than drink a snifter of grappa:

Oh well, I guess that's the end of our post this time.  Special thanks to Cara for being such a good sport about this.  Hopefully, we can invite her back in the future and finish our redundantly named Flaming Knives of Fire act.

If not, there are other options:

And as promised, in retaliation for M's rouse and blatant cheating, here is a recent picture I took on my phone of her swollen feet:

Also, for some reason, my last post did not resonate with some of our readers as I have received at least 10 friend requests to play Words with Friends.  Do you people actually read this stuff or just look at the pictures?  Let's find out:  I think people should be allowed to worship false overlords...discuss.

HAIL BRAIN SLUGS!

-Cheers!