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The Last Word is a prohibition era drink created at the Detroit Athletic Club. Some assert that the original would likely have contained bathtub gin, but it’s tough to imagine the ballers at this exclusive social club throwin back hooch. The DAC’s members were wealthy, The Last Word Cocktail | Tuxedo no.2

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The Detroit Athletic Club still exists today, reminding everyone that the illuminati is, in fact, still a thing.

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Messiah,” but not many. Like a New York City radiator, the record is warming and intermittently noisy, too intense to hold tightly but powerful enough to change an entire apartment’s atmosphere. Like “Voodoo,” a hazy, unified piece of hovering funk, “Black Messiah” resembles one piece of music rather than a series of songs. It is so texturally inviting that I played it on loop for three straight days. I didn’t want to get out of it. As D’Angelo writes in a brief statement included with the album, its title was inspired by events in Ferguson and New York. He is not giving interviews yet, but in his statement he rejects the idea D’Angelo Reborn

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Beautiful, and so true. This record has a sonic completeness that is nearly impossible to find these days. One could drop the needle at any place, and get a perfect summary of what the album is about. It begs to be played on repeat, like a piece of furniture in the room.

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The DAC’s members were wealthy, connected, and conveniently located just across the Detroit River from Canada, perfectly positioned to share the spoils of the nation’s leading rum-running operation. Any motley crew of bootleggers brazen enough to drive booze over the frozen river could provide contraband. Since its inception, the drink has struggled to stay in the limelight, but the most recent wave of cocktail crafting has welcomed it with open arms. The Last Word Cocktail | Tuxedo no.2

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While America did the whole Prohibition thing, Canada never bothered. In the northern part of the US, this led to “rum running” operations. Enterprising folks would cross the border in the winter months, fill their horseless carriages with booze, and simply drive across the frozen lakes towards pastures of money. This led to gangs, the most prominent being The Purple Gang of Detroit, which ultimately self destructed from infighting and violence.

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One thing you probably can’t picture is Harvin in a Seahawks uniform. This was probably his best individual game as a runner in Seattle, as the Seahawks repeatedly used him on jet sweeps and as a member of the backfield to both carry the ball and slow down the rush of NFC Championship Preview: Packers vs. Seahawks «

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Apparently I, the reader, have the imagination of a sea cucumber.

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u don’t know what goes on in a sea cucumber’s brain! @sea-cucumber-lobby

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of the Green Bay Packers, there’s also board-game night. There may not be a more unusual bonding tradition in the NFL than the gang of Packers who get together regularly to play a board game called “Settlers of Catan.” For the past two months, it’s been the talk of the locker room. The number of players that have devoted a long night to the game is in the double-digits and—including most of the team’s starting The Packers of Catan: Green Bay’s Board-Game Obsession - WSJ

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You probably haven’t heard of it.

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Hours after the Buffalo Bills presented Rex Ryan with a "Welcome Rex" pizza at their facility, the team's new coach headed around the corner for a beer with Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly. Rex Ryan, Jim Kelly toss back beers near Buffalo Bills' stadium - ESPN

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.75 oz glögg syrup Cocktails at FIKA: Try This Festive Scandi Sipper | City Pages

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Turns out “glögg syrup” is a mulled simple syrup, and not something you would use to bean a person over the head.

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Around 50 percent of the NFL’s fan base believe God might hold a grudge against their teams. And that number would climb to 75 percent if Patriots fans, Saints fans, Bucs fans, Seattle fans, Indy fans, St. Louis fans and Denver fans hadn’t won Super Bowls in the past 15 years. Finding the Cleveland Misery Tipping Point «

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15 years seems like a bit long. Can you really put the effing Patriots on the bubble of God’s hate list?

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I had never been on a budget before, so I had to pay attention to everything that I was doing. Now I realize that I don't need certain things I bought back in the day, like a new boat. New York Jets quarterback Michael Vick nearly out of debt - ESPN New York

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3 less ridiculous ways this sentence could have ended:

Now I realize that I don’t need certain things I bought back in the day, like designer shoes.

Now I realize that I don’t need certain things I bought back in the day, like organic milk from Wegmans.

Now I realize that I don’t need certain things I bought back in the day, like a ten piece sound system.

Mike, the WHOLE POINT of these types of sentences is to downplay your spending with an unnecessary expenditure that others can empathize with. Don’t just bean everyone in the head with a freaking boat!

What makes it even better, is the blockquote:

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Despite fears of a bitter domination Alabazam Cocktail | Tuxedo no.2

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I only get like 20% of Meredith’s puns because they are very subtle and I have the poetic nuance of a rhinoceros. That said, this is one of my favorites.

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