Not only am I a fan of single malt scotch, I’m also a fan of creative design.  The Highland Park 50 Year Old (£10,500; roughly $16,800) takes both of these to a whole new level.  Sparing no expense for this anniversary edition, it arrives in a hand-carved oak box with Sterling silver portholes to give you a glimpse of it’s unique handmade bottle inside.  The bottle is encased in an intricate weave of Sterling silver protecting that precious mahogany colored whiskey, rich and spicy tannins… alright, I’m starting to drool.

They only made 275 bottles of fine drink so if you’ve got a ridiculous amount of money you should grab one of these before they’re gone…. or get one for me.  More pictures after the jump.

Bottled at 44.8% abv, Highland Park 50 year old is a vatting of five refill oak casks distilled in 1960. Its natural mahogany colour, rich and spicy tannins, and muscovado sugar flavours makes this Highland Park single malt an exceptionally fine whisky that builds on the world-class reputation of its award-winning distillery.

• Country: Scotland
• Region: Orkney
• Style:Single Malt
• Age: 50 Year Old
• Alcohol: 44.8%
• Bottle size: 70cl

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Sometimes in life bad things happen to good people.  It is a terrible truism that I, we, all of mankind has tried to understand since the existence of our first sentience moment.  People have tried to say that it’s just the way life is and moved on.  Some people say that it is in the nature of humanity to be bad and have bad things happen.  I believe that bad things happen to good people to keep them good.  When bad things happen we are shown humanity and shown the full spectrum of what life is.  If there is anything that is taken away from those terrible situations it should be an understanding of what is possible and a thankfulness for what remains.

Sometimes…well sometimes we are allowed to see things that we would have never been able to see otherwise.  We are able to learn, appreciate, and understand people.  Such is the case of “Nancy” and Southwest Airlines.  Those of you know me personally, know that I am not an emotional person.  This is a story that does warm my heart though and makes me want to only fly Southwest (which I’m a huge fan of already). Nancy had a murder in her family and called Southwest to let them know.  This is her story… after the break…

Last night, my husband and I got the tragic news that our three-year-old grandson in Denver had been murdered by our daughter’s live-in boyfriend.

He is being taken off life support tonight at 9 o’clock and his parents have opted for organ donation, which will take place immediately. Over 25 people will receive his gift tonight and many lives will be saved.

This morning, after only a couple hours sleep, my husband and I began to make all arrangements to get him to Denver to be with our daughter. He is currently on business in LA and is flying Southwest.

While his employer, Northrop Grumman, made arrangements to get his ticket changed so he could get to Tucson today (which he had to do in order to not spend any extra money) I called Southwest to arrange his flight from Tucson to Denver so he would be stepping off one plane and getting on another.

He has several free flights with them so I couldn’t really do it on the website. The ticketing agent was holding back tears throughout the call. I’m actually her step-mother and it’s much more important for my husband to be there than for me to be there.

In LAX, the lines to both check a bag and get through security were exceptional. He got to the airport two hours early and was still late getting to his plane.

Every step of the way, he’s on the verge of tears and trying to get assistance from both TSA and Southwest employees to get to his plane on time.

According to him, everyone he talked to couldn’t have cared less. When he was done with security, he grabbed his computer bag, shoes and belt and ran to his terminal in his stocking feet.

When he got there, the pilot of his plane and the ticketing agent both said, “Are you Mark? We held the plane for you and we’re so sorry about the loss of your grandson.”

The pilot held the plane that was supposed to take off at 11:50 until 12:02 when my husband got there.

As my husband walked down the Jetway with the pilot, he said, “I can’t thank you enough for this.”

The pilot responded with, “They can’t go anywhere without me and I wasn’t going anywhere without you. Now relax. We’ll get you there. And again, I’m so sorry.”

My husband was able to take his first deep breath of the day.

I don’t know any other airline that would have done this.

There is not much to say after that.  Sometimes 12 minutes flies by as a waste of time and we don’t know it.  Sometimes 12 minutes can mean the difference between being a world away when you need to be right next to someone.

(Yes this article is poorly written, full of dangling participles and bad ellipsis but sometimes…that is what life is made of)

Link

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I love this prank.  I used to work in maintenance doing this same kind of thing and never had this idea…but I wish I had.

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We’ve seen our fair share of things on Etsy.com that aren’t the greatest ideas.  In fact, there is an entire site dedicated to them… Regretsy.com.  However dear friends, when you mix delicious milk chocolate, creamy all natural peanut butter and applewood smoked bacon you are far from tragedy.  You have possibly one of the greatest creations ever.  Did we mention it had Bacon?

So how much will these 4″ diameter, 6oz Peanut Button Bacon Cups set you back?  You may assume a small fortune for a treasure like this but you’ld be wrong.  You get two of these giants for $13.  Check please!

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Not a lot to say about this.  Just Freakn’ Sweet!

[via Break.com]

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I came across this video at Reason.tv and thought it aptly showed how the political process has gotten BETTER in American and NOT worse.  Each election cycle you hear many people say that this is the worst ever, and then the next cycle it’s the worst ever.  Believe me…it’s not.  I’ve worked in it.  I have done these ads.  I have done opposition research.  I’ve been that guy that you all look at your TV and say, who comes up with this stuff.  Yea that was me.  It’s never as bad as people think.  Unless it is. Thought this video would help put some of the attack ads that we just finished watching into perspective.  Enjoy.

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Not sure who is more “freakn sweet”. The Black Ninja or the cops who had the courage to stand up to him.  I mean there were only 45 cops sent to take down one crazy guy.  He does have some sweet moves to go along with that high pitched death scream.  This video is full of FAIL on almost every level.

Vote in the comments.

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Can you imaging life without beer?  Of course not, why the hell would you?  Thankfully for us, our interweb generation wasn’t around during Prohibition.  But what did beer taste like before 1920?  Funny you ask because Coors has just introduced Batch 19. It’s based on a 91-year-old, pre-Prohibition recipe (and named for the year 1919, before Prohibition began), delivers a “bold, hoppy flavor that is surprisingly well balanced.”

Now for the bad news.  Batch 19 is currently only available on draft in select speakeasy and saloon style bars in Chicago, San Fransisco, San Jose, Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee.  So if any of you luck bastards get to try it, let us know what you think.

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OK, maybe not but you’ve got to admit that even on a non geek level that blonde chick is HOT!  These scantily clad Princess Leia clones soaped up cars for the Make a Wish Foundation.  The whole gig was a Star Wars themed car wash sponserd by G4′s Attack of the Show.

Chris Gore, a frequent guest on Attack of the Show uploaded video of what he called the “greatest car wash of all time”. One of them can be seen after the break.

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[via Fashionably Geek]

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Sometimes at work you need to hide your drinking habits…  Happy Friday!

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