I got my orders from antifa central today ...

About those milkshakes...
What flavor are we talking 'bout?

Whatever you want in big glasses with wide bore straws, two of em with every shake. But you gotta promise not to plot, meet, follow any rules, sign any documents, pay any dues, get any antifa ID cards, or get a uniform. Everyone is a spokesman.

Why would I pay dues?
The last time I wore a uniform was as a respectable (ha!) Boy Scout.
Rules? I don't need no stinking rules!

Oh crap, I missed the signal.

Yer in!

That's Okelly Dokelly, yer in!

I’ve just been out to the offie. I had a choice of Somerset apple brandy, apple brandy from the Calvados region or Calvados.

I got the Calvados even though it was the most expensive because it’s so good.

Somerset is one of my favourite parts of the country, I love the place and have lots of friends, and the scrumpy is second to none, but the French just make a far superior spirit. I wish that wasn’t the case but it is.

Yer in! Best coded application ever!

I have huge amounts of alcohol, but most of it is untouched because Calvados is my favourite. I was watching Better Call Saul and the character of Chuck was drinking Calvados. I was a bit pissed off because I don’t like the character and I was alright when he was drinking single malt, but Calvados, I didn’t want him to like that.

Anyway I will be drinking some tonight and cooking with it tomorrow. There is a custard apple pie by Raymond Blanc which uses Calvados and is fantastic.

Google “ Apple tart Maman Blanc” for further instructions.

There’s a movement at the moment called sober October, advising people to abstain from alcohol for a month.

Well **** that. In August I had an accident and broke a rib, I’ve been on painkillers and have been unable to drink alcohol until last week.

Calvados is an expensive treat here in the US. Love it but almost always its when someone else is paying for it. My weakness is Port and Sherry and single malt Scotches. I've tried some of the single malt small distillery bourbons here in Texas and have been impressed by the quality as well the price tag.

Slivovitz and Pear Brandy is the same way: if I can afford it I won't drink it.

I don't drink much, and for the first time my Christmas bottle of port has made it to October and still has some left. I still have bottles of Myer's lemoncello from three years ago. This will be the first year in over a decade I haven't made any. Still at least two Cranberry liquors laying on the rack.

Those are your first orders from antifa uber-supreme high command. Follow them closely or not. Nothing is counting on this.

There was a lot to be said about that dark ale I drank yesterday.

Intentional sobriety is for people who can't handle alcohol.

I do like slivovitz. Poire William is pretty good too, I’m lucky in that I’ve still got some of a bottle I picked up at a car boot sale for a few quid.

This Calvados cost me £34, which is quite pricey, most spirits cost about £20, but it’s worth it.

Calvados is at $80/fifth (3/4 of a liter) here. I like me, a lot. I'd rather have a good bottle of cab to put up for $80. Or a big fat bottle of good Texas Sangiovese to put up.

That is a lot.

I've been trying to blame it on Trump. But the Liquor Lobby is a protectionist organization and has been since the fifties and sixties. The wine lobby is worse.

I’m sorry but I don’t know what cab or Sangiovese. Unless you mean Cabernet Sauvignon, but I don’t drink read wine it gives me a terrible headache after about half an hour of drinking it.

I used to like it, but once I hit thirty it stopped liking me. Strange thing is I can drink red wine if it’s mulled, but that’s it.

I think that especially the advice to drink milkshakes should be kept as a secret! Otherwise all Republican toilet-bowl-cleaner-tablet-suckers could drink it as remedy!

I am sad to hear that. More for me! I find the company I'm drinking wine with gives me a headache, particularly if they can't stop talking about the wine.

Like: "Deep purple colour. Aromas of rich dark currants, nectarine skins, gushing blackberry, but lots of fragrant tobacco, rich soil, white flowers, smashed minerals and metal. Medium-bodied and saucy but racy acidity stabilises the wine nicely with the robust tannins. Deep red currants and ripe cherries, laden with mocha, loamy soil, charred herbs, pencil shavings, roasted hazelnut. Dense like characters that make it perfect for cellaring, however it is drinkable straight away once you expose it to the earth’s atmosphere. This is a delicious Sonoma Cabernet! Has been matured for 24 months in 2 year old 55% Tronçais and 45% Vosges oak."

I get a throb in my temples even reading it. And when there are three or four others mumbling some version of it at once ... its one reason I own no firearms, not that any sane jury would ever convict me.