First post!!! (I have no life!)

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A bottle of Dom for me tonight. Have a happy new year everyone. May next be far better than the last.

I'm pretty sure that the new year will find me at home, drinking beer and playing Rock Band. I've joined the ranks of off-my-lawners who get grumpy at the thought of paying massive covers just to get into a bar I can get into for free every other day of the year.

Merry New Year, everyone!

I'm mixing scotch and Sparks. I'll let you know how it goes.

I have no life, i'm on the consumerist at 8:10pm.... waiting for my vile children to fall asleep so I can TRY to stay awake for the ball drop, maybe toast the husband, and get a quickie before we fall asleep at 12:02.

I hope everyone else has a grand ole time though, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We're staying home this year. A nice bottle of Chimay, and some cheese made by the same monks who make the beer. We'll watch the Chicago fireworks on our HDTV at home, and then bid good riddance to this awful year and then go to bed.

i really beg to differ on the vodka story. if you're doing shots, monarch is NOT the way to go.

@katylostherart: I have to agree with you. In my experience, cheaper vodka equals worse hangover in the morning. Maybe you cannot taste the difference, while getting drunk, but you will feel the difference in the morning.

we just had a shot of everclear looks like were off to a good start at my house :D

@verucalise: good luck with the quickie! YOU drink the sparks, give the kids the straight liquor. that should take care of them falling asleep. - kidding..... i would never follow my mom's example and dose the kids [she used benadryl though, not booze]

taking a bottle of port to my friend's annual bash where it usually takes at least 45 minutes to put the liquor away in the morning

Wooo! I love my Smirnoff, thank you very much! Only 3 more hours (-ish)!!!

And as a resident living right in the middle of #5, #7, #10, and #15 on that list of hard drinking cities, I say Let the party begin!!!

@katylostherart: Give me 10 shots of 10 different brands of Vodka, I'll tell you what all of them are by taste. I completely disagree with the vodka article. I think their taste tester must of had mouth cancer and had his tongue removed. And cheap vodka gives much worse morning-afters than expensive vodka.

@verucalise: Jeez, you just described my evening to a tee. Except I've already started drinking, just so I can make it through the garbage on TV until midnight. Gawd, I'm a loser.

@aaron8301: Still, red label Smirnoff is as good of vodka as anyone needs. $20 or therebouts for a 1.75l bottle. Anything more than that is wasted money, believe me. Especially if you're mixing it with tonic or orange juice.

@humphrmi: Trappist bear is so good. I usually buy a couple from Trader Joes, but didn't get a chance this year.

I wish you all a happy new year. May 2009 bring you much joy and exceed your every expectation! Now back to my Mimosa...

A haiku?

2008 is over.
2009 is the present.
2010 is far.

Congratulations on the ownership change!

We've had names for every decade since the "Roaring twenties" -- what will they call this decade when it's over in 2011? (Might start having stories as early as 2010)

I generally find that while all vodkas taste pretty much the same, the more expensive ones don't give me the horrible, I-want-to-die sort of hangovers cheap vodka does. But past say Smirnoff or Skyy, they're pretty much all the same.

@geoffhazel: Earlier than that - there was also the "Gay '90s", as in 1890s. And as in gay-fun, not gay-gay. If that makes sense

The only reason Austin is #1 over Milwaukee is that all the sensible people are moving out of the city so they don't have to worry about being shot at the bar.

@junkmail: ALL HAIL US LOSERS!! mu hahahahahaha......

P.S.- I woke up at 12:15am. Dangit all to hell.

@aaron8301: You should watch that episode of the Mythbusters, where they do the vodka testing blindfolded. They could line up the quality of vodka from worse to best just on taste alone.

@defeatism: Followup: not well.

@humphrmi:

Ahh, Chimay. My favorite! I've tried all 3 varieties, and love every one of them. There's a bar down the street that keeps it on tap most of the time.

You sir, have earned my admiration.

@katylostherart: I somewhat agree. While I don't see much of a difference in the brands above a certain level, a few swigs of Relska or Crystal Palace will put a hurtin' on you good the next morning.

@DrGirlfriend: You left out "crowded and pretentious".

I can't wait until peeps start calling next year "0h-ten".

@humphrmi: Chimay FTW!

I actually found a bar that serves it properly in the actual Chimay beer glass...

@RandomHookup: I sure did. That too!

@nicemarmot617:

I find that 40 Below is a vodka worth the indulgance. Super clean, not that rubbing alcohol odor and taste.

Look in to it...it might just be fun!