Order from Chaos

Tomorrow is Halloween at the Launchpad.  This year, LBA will venture out on his own (for the second year).  SoBA will still be supervised wh...

The Brave Astronaut is away today, my siblings and I have traveled to Bermuda to carry out our parent's final wishes - that is to scatte...

The Brave Astronaut Clan is sans a summer vacation this year - although we are getting away for a few days to visit the Brave Astronaut'...

Yes Please. Recipe from Life as a Strawberry via BuzzFeed . Blackberry Whiskey Lemonade PREP TIME 30 mins TOTAL TIME 30 mins YIELD: Se...

I am a new convert to the brown liquor, specifically the sweet bourbon.  In honor of Memorial Day and the opening weekend of the pool - here...

Evidently January 11 is National Hot Toddy Day.  And now that I'm a fan of the sweet brown liquor, I might have to start having these.  ...

If you didn't start drinking during this election season, you weren't paying attention.  Here's 4 recipes to get you through tom...

Today is the 240th birthday for the United States.  It is also the 87th birthday of The Brave Astronaut's Father - so if you see him, be...

Thursday is Cinco de Mayo (I was reminded of this from the post from where this recipe comes).  Cheverly Day is May 21, where there will be...

Who knew?  There is actually a cocktail that was allegedly invented on February 29, 1928.  It calls for gin - so it may not be for me - but ...

The other day, a colleague of mine posted that it was officially fall for her now that she had made her first batch of New England Express c...

I know there's dark rum in the house - it came back from vacation after being acquired at the NH State Liquor Store.  Now if I can still...

I should drink more rum.  Spotted a while back on BuzzFeed, click here for the list.  I think number 8 (below) may be my favorite. Via Supe...

I spent the end part of last week communing with my archival friends at the Fall 2014 MARAC meeting in Baltimore.  There may have been some ...

Last week was the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists.  And there may have been some drinking.  This week, LBA and SoBA and...

Tomorrow night the Brave Astronaut will be tending bar at LBA and SoBA's school fundraiser, Casino Night!  This is the fourth year I hav...

It looks like the Brave Astronaut Clan will be spending Turkey Day with Mrs. BA's family this year.  We won't be on the hook for muc...

I would drink sangria more. There's nothing quite like a good sangria.  And of course, these recipes , from the Smitten Kitchen, sound o...

Astronaut, Brave Astronaut.  That's me.  Tonight I will be bartending at LBA's school fundraising event, Casino Night.  This year...

I'm off tomorrow to the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in San Diego, CA.  I'm sure there will be drinking.  He...