Friday Eye-Opener thread
Got to work at 5am for a meeting. Upside is that I can peace out at like 1:30 now.
Alcohol sounds awful to ingest right now, but it's Friday after a rough week, so the idea of alcohol seems great. So, MGoBlogerati, in the spirit of tailgating 29 days from now, what's your favorite morning adult beverage?
Unless you're spiking that shit, in which case carry on.
I upvoted your original comment about shriveled up half-boners! I feel cheated now.
I really wanted to keep it, but thanks to GhostOfInsertMichiganLegend, I'm going to tread lightly around boner jokes. Until the season starts.
I understand. What's that saying about a bad apple spoiling the bunch?
But here is how you can picture me, in a world without boner jokes:
August 2nd, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
August 2nd, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^
Agreed. Pickled green beans are aweomse in B-Marys and Micheladas.
What's wrong with a mimosa? It's OJ and champagne. Good for you and super classy.
Kettle One Vodka, Zhing Zhang Mix, horseradish, plenty of green olives/pickles and celery!
a splash of bakon vodka and some celery salt.
An excellent take on a morning tailgate requirement. I trend towards Tito's Vodka (great taste, resonably priced and American-made) + plenty of horsradish (that's where you get your heat/spice, NOT from a hot sauce) + a liberal amount of Worcestershire + garnish of your choice (I like pickled green beans and olives).
in my Bloody's! Great stuff!!
I am hopelessly addicted to coffee in the morning, so I have to go with the good ol' Irish coffee. If I'm feeling mellow, like a Christmas morning, I'd go with some Bailey's. If I'm feeling a little rowdier, just toss in some whiskey.
Things NOT to have in the morning: can't stand tomato juice so absolutely no bloody maries, and even in college, beers before noon turn my stomach.
I don't mind starting the morning at home with Bailey's with just a hint of coffee, although I have to opt for the straight coffee for work purposes, especially since we have to worry about OSHA rates in my world and straight Irish cream is supposedly not helpful in that regard. Therefore, the Bailey's is typically reserved for Saturday morning to set the tone for the weekend. Strangely enough, at some point in the morning on most work mornings, I will mix in a vitamin water of some sort. It almost replaces actually eating breakfast, but not quite.
On gamedays, I have been known to mix in a mimosa with the coffee. I figure that I am at least getting something good from the orange juice.
It sounds awful, but I have learned as I have matured that taking a good and proper movement, regularly, is really about the only thing I have left.
to get old!
listen to this man
Bloody mary's with lots of horsradish and tabasco. But drinking in the 'morning' for me is usually brunch on the weekends.
During the week, coffee. It's frowned upon for physicians to be drinking alcohol before/during work, especially when seeing patients.
This uptight society. Whiskey in the morning steadies my hand.
I had a morning appointment with a urologist about 30 years ago for a minor problem, and during the "turn your head and cough" examination, I just about fell over from the clouds of vodka breath that came out of him. Needless to say I got the hell out of there as soon as I could and never went back.
Also, 2 scoops of designer whey chocolate protein powder before my morning workout.
in your Kona coffee sounds awful!
I never understood what the big deal about it was, but I visited a coffee plantation on Kona last year and had some really amazing coffee. Not that there aren't other great coffees out there, but really good Kona coffee is great.
You mean other than brushing my teeth with a bottle of Jack?
Probably whatever beer is in the fridge.
August 2nd, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
this guy knows where it's at.
Only have big bills in my wallet and my swipey thingy for the vending machine has gone dry, so I wasn't able to get my morning Coca Cola. I also wasn't in the mood for coffee today, so I have settled for the can of Sprite I had at my desk. I enjoy Sprite, but it certainly doesn't work as a morning beverage.
Good news is it's Tigers day at work today! So not only do we get to wear t-shirts and flip flops, but at 5pm they're piling us in charter buses with coolers full of beer and taking us to the game. Eat 'em Tigers, eat 'em up (RIP eat 'em up guy)!
warm apple cider and cinnamon schnapps, with donuts (of course)
August 2nd, 2013 at 11:08 AM ^
Exactly what it sounds like.
August 2nd, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
August 2nd, 2013 at 12:16 PM ^
nice. as someone who goes stupid for sonic's cherry limeade, I will give this a try this weekend.
August 2nd, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
disaronno and oj is always a good call, vodka/oj or vodka/cran, mimosa, or a nice substantial beer like guinness. I enjoy variety.
August 2nd, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
until I can crack open one of my Stone Ruination IPA's I picked up last night. One of my ATF's.