my dad is the king of ice cream sodas. his uncle was a soda jerk and operated his own parlor in new york city which served this now famous kaiser treat. upon hearing that i intended to post his recipe, with added alcohol, on my blog got my dad slightly irritated. there was no way in hell his daughter was going to bastardize his secret recipe by adding vodka. in fact, he refused to make me one if i did so. stubborn insane aquarius that he is, i knew he meant it. my illicit vodka had to be added in secret. i ran into my kitchen, and added the vodka to the finished product, which did get a little messy, stirring with all that whipped cream all ready on it. i therefore recommend adding the vodka in the initial stages, all though i have not actually tested how it effects the carbonation. somebody wouldn’t let me, but i highly suggest you do just that the next time you find yourself wanting to be a soda jerk. the vodka gave an extra kick to an all ready out of this world treat. in the same way that a brandied chocolate covered cherry beats the hell out of a regular one, so does this bevvie beat the hell out of dad’s old fashioned version. i’ll not drink a virgin ice cream soda again. sorry dad, oh and thanks for the recipe!

this obscenely decadent snack could only belong to one sign, and that is Sagittarius, the zodiacal hedon. savorer of the whole pint of ben and jerrys. drinker of the whole pitcher of frozen margaritas. eater of all the leftover birthday cake. polite acceptor of second helpings. Sagittarius knows no bounds and her generous below offering super cedes any level of decadence you think you may have known. taste this, and taste gluttony’s broken sin.

NAUGHTY ICE CREAM SODA
vanilla organic icecream
chocolate syrup
fresh organic whipped cream*
seltzer
cherry*
organic whole milk
oh, and vodka

NO COOL WHIP: make fresh whipped cream by adding 1 cup cream to mixing bowl and beating on high until stiff. add sugar to taste. be sure not to over-whip or you will have made butter! you can also beat by hand using a whisk.

CHERRIES: i don’t feel cadmium red dye #9. trader joe has some really great sour morello cherries, or i hear brandied cherries are easy to make. (ashamed to say i’ve not made them).

start with whole milk. of course organic is recommended as there is no RBGH3 growth hormone in it. better for the cows, and better for moo.

add chocolate syrup. dad says be sure that too much milk will flatten the carbonation so BE CAREFUL : )

stir very well with a long-handled spoon or bar spoon.

add more soda and stir again.

add yet MORE seltzer and stir again.

add 2-3 scoops of icecream. again, organic is best cuz there’s no RGBH3 growth hormone.

at this point things will start to get messy so be sure to have RECYCLED MARCAL napkins on hand!

perhaps a little too messy.

/> pop a cherry on that baby and enjoy!

as a creative person, this is the most important pending legislation i have come across. unless your head has been buried in the sand for the last few years, you’ll know that as americans our democratic freedoms are disappearing as quickly as the polar ice caps. if you don’t know this, get with it. this particular bill, however, has really struck a nerve with me. my fellow bloggers and readers, i think it will with you too.

in a nutshell… if this bill (the U.S. Orphan Works Bills, H.R. 5889 and S. 2913, introduced into the House and Senate on April 24, 2008) is passed we will not inherently own our work. this includes music, blog entries, photos, doodles, etc. if we don’t pay to register our creations with some yet to be formed commercial registration office, we will have no commercial right to our work.

apparently, google has all ready announced that it plans to publish and disseminate anything they can find on the web, free and clear! theoretically, walt disney can swipe that sketch you made on your napkin, totally legally. in fact, they can xerox your sketch book and sell it for a million bucks, and be done with it. perhaps you think you can win in court against a big corporation in an instance such as this? think again…

here’s a little story, i attempted to copyright the name CELESTIAL COCKTAILS for myself (this was before i’d thought of INTOXICATED ZODIAC). well, guess who came a knockin” on my door talkin all sorts of legal action? CELESTIAL SEASONINGS, that’s who! so, what do cocktails and tea have in common? apart from a long island iced tea, i have no idea. but they won and i walked.

hey, but that’s ok, i’m safe… after all, i legally copyrighted all of my original astrology designs with the same intellectual property lawyer who won kate spade’s lawsuit against the gap. ha ha ha… this new law will force you to re-copyright anything and everything you ever created. all for a small fee of course.

are you breathing a sigh of relief because you don’t make your lively hood as an artist or blogger? well you are still not safe. home video recordings, cell phone photos, scrapbook entries, hell your kinky sex videos, are all fair game to the all mighty US corporation.

so watch this video on youtube and go to this website to sign petitions. spread the word… we have to stop this one peeps!

READ MORE:

IPA Statement to House Subcommittee March 20, 2008

Geneva/ May 7, 2008 Orphan Works Bill Catches Global Attention/ Intellectual Property Watch

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