Beverage Triumph

The delicious recipe I made up last night:

Approx. 1.75 cups black raspberry puree (picked from your own patch)
Juice of 10 Mexican limes
Approx. 2 cups simple syrup
Approx 1.75 liter club soda

Add half the puree and half the lime juice and half the syrup to one pitcher. Add the remainder to another pitcher. Fill each pitcher w/club soda. Chill. Serve over crushed ice. Or not.

In my limited experience this tastes even better the next day.

EDIT: a handful of mint leaves (crushed) per pitcher. And you should probably strain when serving.

Something New

Today I learned that it is possible to get through airport security without a boarding pass, provided you are given a visitor's pass, which, if the self-check kiosk are working, you'll never get because it requires talking to a person.

This Just In

According to today's Elkhart Truth, Dwight Howard was 12-for-6 from the free throw line last night. He truly is Superman.

(Since the paper went to press, Howard's free throw ability has become a more pedestrian 12-for-16.)

Bolts from the Blue

A couple of memories, both triggered by a Damascus Road event at AMBS.

1. 7th grade. Mr. Cataldo's (EDIT: My sister reminds me that he was Mr. Capaldo.) Social Studies class. Someone did something they shouldn't have done (sorry, details escape me). Mr. Cataldo threatened the entire class with detention unless the culprit came forward. No one volunteered. So I approached him and said I'd stay for detention so that others could go home, even though I'd done nothing wrong. He told me that wasn't the point. I wondered what the point was.

2. Probably around 7th grade, possibly a bit earlier. From time to time my family would go to town to watch the MPHS Panthers play boys basketball. Among the players on the team was Paul Tinder, the only black person I knew of in Mt. Pleasant. I'm pretty sure he wasn't the best on the team, but I could hardly wait for him to get in the game. Maybe I could relate to the rec specs.