Featured today: Cold spiked coffee recipe, funny video about getting a coffee in a recession and a poem about winning against the current recession.
Spiked Coffee
From: Giada De Laurentis
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 cups coffee liqueur (recommended: Kahlua)
• 1 cup dark creme de cacoa
• 1 1/2 cups vodka
• 1 cup espresso, cooled
• 1 orange wedge
• Orange sugar crystals
• 12 ice cubes
Directions:
Mix the coffee liqueur, creme de cacoa, vodka, and espresso in a small pitcher. Cover the pitcher with plastic wrap and place it in the freezer until the mixture is very cold, about 3 hours.
Meanwhile, rub the rims of 8 Martini glasses with the orange wedge. Dip the rims in the sugar crystals to coat lightly. Place the glasses in the freezer.
Add the ice cubes to the vodka mixture and briskly stir the mixture until the ice begins to melt. Strain the mixture into the prepared glasses, and serve.
From Denny: When searching for coffee recipes up popped this funny video about trying to get a coffee in a recession, enjoy!
COFFEE BIAAATCH!
On to the poetry section: As I was considering what to write in the form of an essay for Bloggers Unite Human Rights 2009, out popped a poem. When I sit down to write a poem, you guessed it, out pops an essay. "Do ya think?" my brain could get it straight?! :) Well, who cares how it arrives as long as it shows up...
I'd just got an email from a lovely friend who lives in Michigan and her husband is now out of work and they've also lost their home. To her credit she is writing to battle the stress. She is also one fine fantasy writer! As I looked at my reply to her one sentence stuck out and I knew it was destined to later become one of my quotes. It also inspired this poem.
Image by Esther_G via FlickrQuote: "Keep smiling. Humor pushes your attitude up and your heart wide open to sight the new opportunities coming your way." - Denny Lyon, 16 July 2009
Poetry of Life
The economy in chaos
Job markets spiraling down
Home foreclosures rising
News is bleak
Why turn on the TV?
Marriages are rocky
Children are scared
Bosses are grumpy
Life is tense
Why turn on the TV?
Banks grab stingy
CEOs finger greedy
Markets careen wild
It is what it is
Why turn on the TV?
Focus on outward order
Work at the job there is
Make a home anywhere
Chart a new attitude
Turn the channel!
Keep smiling when it’s tough
Open your heart wide to sight
Opportunities coming your way
Laugh ‘til your sides hurt
Be mentally tough: Love long!
Denny Lyon
Copyright 16 July 2009
All Rights Reserved
Coffee Photo by once and future @ flickr
