A week or two ago, I stayed with a good friend of mine so we could carpool to E3 the next day (nerds you see). He asked me, over some serious gaming action, to come up with a cocktail for his upcoming birthday party. “No problem,” I told him, “what’ll it go with?” He said, “We’re having BBQ catered.” There ...

Valentine’s Day, ah, what a magical time of year. Everything is pink and fluffy and full of gushy and bleh. It’s not really my thing. Sure, I’ll celebrate, but it’s more an at-home, make a good meal kinda thing. It’s not go out, have a big showoff be fancy deal. There’s no need to score internet points by being extremely ...