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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • The alcohol is not overpowering, the flavor is both complex and smooth with a perfect strawberries and sunshine aftertaste. I made 5 gallons with 25lbs of strawberries and 12 pounds of sugar so strawberry essence was really packed in there! I failed at a scuppernong wine before this so was ready for disappointment but I got an acid kit and think that lends a lot to final product. I also was a little OCD every step of the way but I think that’s part of why it actually turned out so well.

    I brought some up a friend’s house in the North Carolina Appalachian mountains. His cousins who have been ‘home brewing’ for generations probably paid me the highest compliment when they had some and were like wow, that actually tastes like something you’d but at a store!






  • Came here looking for this! I knew I couldn’t be the only fan of the Winchester. I first saw the movie playing at my neighbor dive bar, which was bunker like, and yep, could definitely get with the plan of holing up there until this all blew over.

    All the scenes are great and hilarious no matter how many times I see this movie.

    Fun fact: Have you seen Spaced? The old friend he comes across leading the group through the back fences is a character from a prior show they were both in together.






  • I read some really old school Gothic Horror for a lit class in college. Here’s a list of what I can recall from that class. Though if you are open to new school recommendations, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garciais superbly chilling and really captures the old school vibe.

    Frankenstein (1818) Which I assume you’ve read but if not is really good!

    The Monk (1796) considered to be the OG gothic horror novel. It’s definitely a creepy one.

    Carmilla (1872) Predates Dracula, girl power vamp.

    The Turn of the Screw (1898) Madness or malignant spirits? Dear reader, this one’s up to you.

    The Heart of Darkness (1899) Recently re-read for a book club. While it works being taught as a gothic novel, it’s actually way more powerful in the context which Conrad wrote it, a scathing criticism of European imperialism in the Congo. Recommend the Norton Critical edition to add the important context. Otherwise, it has the classic gothic genre themes of self vs other, familiar vs strange, civilization vs savage, human vs monster, flipping those notions all on their head (in beautifully written prose) like a brilliant gothic novel should.