Beam Me to Quarks

Some of you noticed there was a delay since my last blog. I had two days off from work and I couldn't bring myself to sit in front of a computer so I watched a lot of TV and read books instead. :) My head hurts today so you get a re-run of a story i wrote about a year ago since Star Trek seems to be the only thing on my mind these days.

A friend of a friend was telling me a story the other day and it made me think about how much we miss out on when we do or don’t do something for fear of what other people might think. She and her husband flew to Las Vegas for one weekend and for one reason. Star Trek Experience. A noble reason, I might add. Well, being that I’ve experienced the Star Trek Experience I know there’s a place called “Quark’s Bar”. Evidently, there’s quite a spectacular beverage served there called “warp core breech”. They ate lunch at Quark’s where she decided not to order said beverage as it was “too early” in the day. (Never too early.) She decided they would return that night and order the drink then, ignoring prompts by her husband to disregard the “too early” rule. Ah, I sense you have already guessed the ending of this tale. They returned only to find Quark’s bar CLOSED to the public for some special event and they were leaving the next morning. Now, mind you, they flew to Vegas just for the full experience. Naturally, she felt jilted and full of remorse and regret. Tough to live with that forever when you live 700 miles from aforementioned libation. It brings a Hellrung’s Law to my mind, “if you wait…it will go away”. So, my advice to you…if you want it, drink it. It has to be happy hour somewhere on planet earth at any given time. Just tell people you’re on Zimbabwe time. If you really like it, buy it. It’s only money…you can’t take it with you and do your kids really deserve to inherit everything? And lastly, if it makes you happy…do it. Listen, livers regenerate (or so I’m told) and credit cards can be paid off, but remorse is like genital warts. Sometimes you feel great and then it flares up and it’s a real pain in the nuts.

Note:
Shortly after this story was written (to the horror of Trekkies everywhere) Hilton Las Vegas closed the Star Trek Experience permanently. Lucky for us, a source whose identity I can neither confirm nor deny, has sent me a recipe for the Warp Core Breach. I count 10 ounces of booze in this concoction. You’ll be speaking fluent Klingon after consumption of this thing.

Long live Star Fleet!!

First we use a 120 ounce Warp Core Bowl. You might be able to find something close at places like Pier 1 Imports. If you want the bubble effect you'll need some dry ice. Place 1 ounce of water on the bottom of the bowl and then pack it with ice. This will fuse the dry ice to the bottom of the bowl so it does not float to the top. The recipe is as follows;
· 2 ounces Bacardi 151 Rum,
· 1 1/2 ounces each of Bacardi Limon, Bacardi Spice, Bacardi Select and Bacardi Light,
· 2 ounces of Razzmatazz or a quality Raspberry Liqueur,
· Top that off with 30 ounces of a high quality berry juice. Suggestions are Snapple Aceola Berry, Sobe Power or other energy or natural beverages similar. Stay away from anything such as cranberry, it's too bitter.