tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316886317870996102.post536330530694902212..comments2023-04-06T11:51:16.564-04:00Comments on Dr. Syntax: How to Do a Hook Slide, and Other Improbable Things I've Learned from BooksPeter Ginnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00678504299313188170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316886317870996102.post-63236527626935436342011-05-19T01:19:45.135-04:002011-05-19T01:19:45.135-04:00With respect to the Sazerac cocktail, my friend An...With respect to the Sazerac cocktail, my friend Annik insists that you can make an excellent Sazerac with Pappy Van Winkle's Reserve Bourbon, and who am I to doubt her? I have not tried it myself but confess I have made a pretty good Sazerac with Bulleit's. The book I consulted, however, claims Old Overholt rye is the spirit of choice.Peter Ginnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678504299313188170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316886317870996102.post-75934091377852806122009-11-04T12:38:02.594-05:002009-11-04T12:38:02.594-05:00Here are some things other readers have learned fr...Here are some things other readers have learned from books, as reported via Facebook and e-mail: <br />The far-fabled "nutmeg move" from George Best's Boys Book of Football (soccer, to some)<br />How to extract honey from beehives<br />How To Be Topp (N. Molesworth's indispensable guide to skool)<br />And author Douglas Hunter writes: I re-learned how to read French from Teach Yourself French in 24 Hours, the most insanely optimistic title in the history of publishing.<br />I learned to stay away from ether from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.<br />I learned sailing can drive you mad from The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst.Peter Ginnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678504299313188170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316886317870996102.post-45259528286356884832009-11-04T12:16:41.574-05:002009-11-04T12:16:41.574-05:00If I were interested in motorcycles I'm sure I...If I were interested in motorcycles I'm sure I would do the same. I can picture it now: Rumbling across the country on my Harley, with HOW TO BE A BIKER in my saddlebag. Reminds me of a great song that parodied Steppenwolf: "Born to Be Mild."Peter Ginnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678504299313188170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316886317870996102.post-41646247041829954572009-11-04T11:58:00.249-05:002009-11-04T11:58:00.249-05:00When my dad was my age he was riding around the We...When my dad was my age he was riding around the West with his friends on motorcycles. I've always wanted to learn to ride, have been saving for a a bike for a while without knowing where or how to start riding, and caught myself on Amazon looking up books on everything from maintenance to riding technique. This is probably the least bad-ass way to approach motorcycles on the planet, but it was my first instinct.Vincent Galganohttp://twitter.com/vincentgalganonoreply@blogger.com