Vacation is Over
I'm back. I spent the weekend in Alpena, Michigan, at the ancestral cottage on Lake Huron.
Whatta difference one week makes. On my way home on Friday, I discovered that "they" are revising the economic figures going all the way back to 2007, including the first quarter 2011 figures. What's that mean? My opinion: they lied to us. Things have been much worse than they have admitted, and now they're beginning to confess. What a crock, but I'm not surprised. We live in an increasingly-Orwellian world, where words are meaningless and the central government is an inner circle with two related aims: keep the rest of us ignorant and keep the wealth for those within the circle.
I hold a lot of hope for America, believe it or not, but we're going to have to tip over the tower first and let the do-it-yourself entrepreneurial spirit that built this country re-assert itself. In the meantime, there's beer.
Drinker's Corner
I discovered two great drinks this past week. The first is an ordinary red wine from Robertson Winery. It's a sweet red, so it probably won't suit the hard-core red wine drinkers, but I really enjoyed it.
The second is the gin and tonic. I know, I know: "Scheske, where have you been?" I've tried gin and tonics before, and I never liked them, but then this week, Marie's Uncle Bob made one for her and I tried it. Wow, it was good. I inquired further. It turns out that it helps a lot if you use good tonic water that isn't terribly flat and you use good gin. Uncle Bob used Canada Dry tonic water (not Meijer's) and Tanqueray (not Gilbey's). It made all the difference in the world.
