Wednesday, April 15, 2026

"Disgusting."

Years before they were banned outright, there was a bar in my college town that went smokeless: this was both a good idea, and bad business. I saw some good bands there, but between sets everyone would go outside to smoke, rather than drink! Even the people that didn't smoke would be out there to socialize. I've never been a smoker, save for a brief stretch dicking around with cigars, that probably weren't as terrible as Howard's: whatever you would consider the cheapest, foulest, rankest cigar on the market, Howard's brand is probably still worse. 

I haven't seen Mamma Mia, although I think I heard a fair amount of Abba as a very young kid? Nor have I ever had ouzo...to the best of my recollection. It does feel like something I might have tried at a party, made a face, then got trashed on something else. 

This one actually took me a bit, because I was trying to find if I had a cowl-down piece that would work for Kurt with his Spider-mask off. You can picture it, right? Wolverine has a bespoke, specific one; I feel like Cap figures might've had one, or the MCU Ghost. Couldn't find one handy in black, though.   .

2 comments:

Mr. Morbid said...

How am I just now hearing about Ouzo? I’ve honestly never run across it until today, but after googling it, it sounds like a light alternative to Absenthe more than being compatible to Sambuca, and I’ve actually drunk more Absinthe than I have Sambuca (Unfortunately it was the modern kind sans wormwood. That you’ll have to supply yourself bc for some reason you can’t get REAL Absinthe in the US….for reasons🙄🤦‍♂️

Anyhoo, I’m curious now about this Ouzo. Anyone else try it before?

H said...

Once or twice- ouzo is something you get in one of those little cups at a Greek restaurant and then basically, you say nah and get something else. Sorta like sake at a Japanese restaurant.

Probably for the best you went for a regular Kurt head- that outfit has never sat real well with me so it’s going to be awkward anyway.