Toasting, or ‘drinking healths,’ was a longstanding tradition in English culture. The act of honoring another and drinking to their health was a way for English drinkers to combine a display of respect with the consumption of alcohol – certainly a win-win situation for those who favored the practice. The act itself, while popular among the English, didn’t always gain favor from outside observers.
Month: June 2015
@jblanton I’m guessing no, at…
@jblanton I’m guessing no, at least not on iOS (imagine standard Mac app works fine). Sort of a bummer, why I’ll probably stick with Rdio.
RT @yurivictor: Ask Siri what…
RT @yurivictor: Ask Siri what zero divided by zero equals and things get dark.
Cold and dreary outside. Soup…
Cold and dreary outside. Soup and grilled cheese seems appropriate.
@jblanton reminds me of Marvin…
@jblanton reminds me of Marvin from hitch hiker’s
Apparently we have a ribfest…
Apparently we have a ribfest here in Montreal ribfest.lesmokingbbq.com If anyone wants to hit it up in the next couple days, let me know.
RT @nxthompson: The Rainbow House.

This is why I’ve been…
This is why I’ve been a @dreamhost customer for 15 years https://t.co/CChWAo2QiU @DreamHost has been my registrar of choice for as long as I can remember. I use @Namecheap for the weird domains
RT @KuraFire: The severity of…
RT @KuraFire: The severity of the Baltimore PD’s corruption is paralleled only by how unsurprised I am by it. washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch…
RT @ryanmarkel: Let’s take the…
RT @ryanmarkel: Let’s take the opportunity of ICANN’s horrible ideas and pressure them to make domain privacy STANDARD.
I ordered a new NAS…
I ordered a new NAS yesterday. Inevitably this gets stuck in my head, every time i see a tracking update youtu.be/VC4ORS5n9Hg
How did I manage to…
How did I manage to get ketchup on the underside of my keyboard? In related news, a q-tip with rubbing alcohol is a super easy way to clean the sides of the chiclet keys on an apple keyboard.