Vegan White Russian

So, last night I watched The Big Lebowski again - I fucking love that movie! It's been a while since I saw it, and I knew that it just wouldn't be the same unless I had a white russian in hand. Since I'm all vegan and stuff now, I didn't know if this was possible.

I did some hunting around on the web, and I came across a couple of folks who said that they've used soy creamer to successfully make a vegan white russian. I had a coupon for So Delicious Coconut Milk Creamer so I headed over to the Co-op and picked some up. It's not exactly soy creamer, but I thought that the coconut stuff would make it even tastier! (BTW, I was right! The light coconut flavor it added was DIVINE).

I heard folks saying that Kahlua isn't actually vegan, so I picked up some Caffe Lolita, which I've had before and thought tasted just fine. I'm not sure if that's also not-vegan, but at least it's cheaper. I have no idea where to find out what coffee liquor is vegan and what isn't. I also have no idea how to find out what the proper recipe is for a white russian - there seems to be no consistency in the amounts of vodka, coffee liquor and cream people use! So, I winged it, and it turned out pretty damn delicious.



Vegan White Russian

1 shot of coffee liquor
1 shot of vodka
splash of So Delicious Coconut Milk Creamer
splash of light vanilla soymilk (to get that half & half effect!)



om nom nom!!

Playoff happy funtime yay!

Well, good job Saints. First Superbowl ever. Wish I was in New Orleans right now to celebrate with y'all. Must be an amazing party right now!!

Vic Chesnutt will be missed

Mark Huddle wrote a column about Vic Chesnutt that is amazing:

Did the American health care system kill Vic Chesnutt? Probably not, but to argue it didn’t have some role in this sorry episode is a flat-out lie. Vic’s friend, Jem Cohen, put it this way: “Vic’s death, just so you all know, did not come at the end of some cliché downward spiral. He was battling deep depression but was also at the peak of his powers, and with the help of friends and family he was in the middle of a desperate search for help. The system failed to provide it.” A fund has been set up to help the family pay off these debts. (http://kristinhersh.cashmusic.org/vic/)

You can read more here: Remebering Vic Chesnutt

New Years 2010

Yep, it's gonna be a new year. I can't believe it's been a whole decade since all of the Y2k hubub and whatnot. I'm getting seriously old.

Reflections on "No Russian"

"No Russian" (the airport scene in Modern Warfare 2) is one of the most controversial things I've seen (video game-wise) in for-ev-er. You just walk around and shoot people in an airport! No resistance! It's amazing what the first amendment can do.

Affecting

http://www.thegoodsoldier.com/

It's worth the 60 minutes. I totally cried.

What would a caveman feel like if he watched this video?

meh?