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No Sugar Tonight In My Cocktail

Food and Drink /

We’re trying our best in the New Year to encourage mellow Buzzing. So here’s more tips on living to Buzz another day.

Drink cocktails neat. They tend to be sipped not sloshed

Water, water, and more water while you drink. And no drinking in the bathroom!

Go for top shelf booze. Might as well if your drinking less

Eat while you drink

Stick to your plan. Quit when you’re ahead

Avoid drinks with sugar. Too many calories. Too tasty. See “neat” above.

Take periodic breaks like Dry January

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Tips For Seniors To Stay Motivated (or Covidated) To Exercise

Endorphins, Fitness /

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a National Institute on Aging. We did not know that. The Institute has some suggestions for keeping that exercise motivation in gear.

Variety. Mix it up to work on strength, balance, flexibility and endurance. Makes sense.

Combine daily tasks like walking the dog or taking out the garbage with exercise by picking up the pace.

Make exercise a social activity. (Scratch this one for now unless you want to help thin the herd.)

Track your exercise and reward progress with a movie or massage. (Scratch the movie and massage for now. See thinning the herd above.)

Not particularly helpful? Well, blame Covid and drop down and give us 20!

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Dry or Dryer January Helpful Hints

Good Clean Fun /

We’re always promoting responsible attainment of a Buzz and in that spirit here’s some suggestions from Men’s Health for maintaining high spirits without drinking lots of spirits:

Cue up a comedy instead of a drink

Round up some friends for some sports instead of meeting at the bar

Try a solo event like a movie or dinner

Rock out with your favorite music

Soak in a tub

Instead of a drink, reach for a pen and unleash those inner thoughts

Cook some creative meals

Get some real sleep.  How about a full 8 hours?

Tap into nostalgia.  Watch a favorite movie or listen to an entire favorite album

Enter suspended animation until February.  This last one is ours.

Just reading through this list makes us sad and thirsty.  Or as Pabst Blue Ribbon posted in a now-deleted tweet, “Not drinking this January?  Try eating ass!”

That’s a bit extreme.  Or is it? 

Go forth and Buzz responsibly.

– Jet Cannon

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Drynuary

Caffeine, Cannabis, Endorphins, Fitness, Food and Drink /

Some Buzzed Boomers are trying Dry January or moderating their drinking this month.  Some are amping up the exercise endorphins while trying to shed those holiday pounds.  Some are exploring their cannabis options.  And some are just sticking to that delicious cup of coffee or tea in the morning.

Whatever your path, whether a cocktail, a latte, a cannabis drink, or cold water after a good workout…. Savor the the beverage!  

Happy New Year!

– Jet Cannon

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Fear of flying

Travel /

We are old enough to remember when fear of flying meant there was a reasonable chance of crashing.  Flying through the weather, rather than over it.  Piston engines vibrating our body to its core.  Loud.  Navigation without GPS meant finding the airport wasn’t a given.

Today we fear delayed and cancelled flights, zero legroom, circulating viruses, crying babies ,and fellow passengers getting in fist fights.  And a booze cart that may only make one trip down the aisle in a five hour flight.

Safe travels.

– Jet Cannon

Photo:  Pinterest and ninjajournalist

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Holiday Manhattan In Manhattan

Food and Drink, Recipes /

Or wherever you are, it’s that time of year. Costco shared a recipe for a Holiday Manhattan to promote their Kirkland Tennessee Whiskey. While we don’t doubt their hooch is pretty good we’re using good ol’ Jack Daniel’s No. 7  Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey.

  • 5 dashes of bitters [for a festive flair, try using chocolate or cocoa bitters (neither of which we have)]

  • 1/2 oz cranberry juice

  • 1/2 oz cherry syrup (we like the syrup from a jar of Luxardo Marischino Cherries)

  • s2 oz Tennessee Whiskey

  • 1/2 oz sweet vermouth

They say stir with ice and strain. We prefer to shake in shaker with ice and pour into a chilled martini glass. Your choice.

Happy Holidays!

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Quick Stick Fix

Food and Drink /

We’re scrambling, as usual, to prep for the holidays. No time to make the fancy holiday drinks we’re always yammering about. So here’s a quick fix. Drop one of these Williams Sonoma chocolate peppermint stick rolled wafer things in whatever you’re drinking and you’ll immediately be in the holiday spirit! That’s a tip kids. Write it down.

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Wickedly Sour and Crazy Spicy

Food and Drink, Travel /

Kimchi, a staple food in Korean cuisine, is a traditional side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, such as napa cabbage and Korean radish, made with a widely varying selection of seasonings, including gochugaru, spring onions, garlic, ginger, and jeotgal, etc. Wickedly sour and crazy spicy, it can be pungent enough to clear a room. It’s one of those things we don’t get at home, like Eggs Benedict and also, well, let’s leave it at that. But on vacation….. in a Bloody Mary!! Couldn’t resist.

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Buzzed Boomer Jet 737

Good Clean Fun, Travel /

Having recently experienced the challenges of flying on commercial airliners, Buzzed Boomer management has decided to order a Boeing Business Jet which will be re-designated the Buzzed Boomer Jet. Enough of the cramped lavatories, lack of legroom, limited food options, and seats that barely recline. The new BBJ will have a queen sized bed, showers, club seats, a nicely stocked galley/bar, a roomy lav, and a proper table at which to eat and conduct “business”.

Financing and operating expenses remain a concern but those issues are for another day.

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Tropical Salvation

Food and Drink, Good Clean Fun /

We’ve been sucking down tropical drinks for about a week now. We don’t recommend consuming that many alcoholic beverages but we’re not stopping either. And all the sordid news from back home goes down easier with a sugary cocktail.

Just when we start to lament the sorry state of humanity, we meet Rachael and Andrew in the community hot tub. Both are young aerospace engineers who, given time and coordination with their peers, will solve the problems we retired folks helped create. So rest easy. Our problems will be solved. We encouraged Andrew and Rachael to get on a plane and go back to work! Now, where’s my Mai Tai?!

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Older Driver Safety Awareness Week

Travel /

National Day Calendar reminds us this week that older drivers are more prone to accidents than younger drivers. We know some older drivers. We are one. So here’s some tips and Buzzed Boomers should pay particular attention to not mixing the Buzz with driving. Be safe.

  • Obey all traffic rules
  • Never drive in inclement weather
  • Avoid driving at night if possible
  • Never drink and drive
  • Plan the route in advance
  • Get vision checked at least once a year

 

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Say Cheese!

Food and Drink /

We like cheese. The holidays offer a good excuse to eat more of it.

Thanks to Costco Connection magazine we are going to impress our friends with pairings suggested by Costco cheese suppliers. Get out the wine and beer!

Fresh goat cheese: sauvignon blanc, a citrusy Belgian beer, or a crisp dry cider

Brie: Beaujolais, chardonnay or wheat beer

Jarlsberg: Beaujolais, chardonnay and most styles of beer

Cheddar: Barbaresco, sauvignon blanc and red beer

Stilton: vintage port

Go forth and pair!

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Fresh Cranberry Concoction

Food and Drink /

Back to work after enjoying Buzzed Boomer’s generous vacation benefit we need to use up those leftover fresh cranberries. Not to worry. First we’ll boil the berries for about twenty minutes until they pop. Then we will strain out the juice. A little gin, a little more gin, or vodka, add some lemon juice, and simple syrup added to your shaker and slosh it with ice. Pour into a cocktail glass and toss in a few of those cranberries that you didn’t boil. And maybe a little mint to add some seasonal color. Voila!

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