Let’s all take a moment to collectively forget that it’s probably a terrible idea to drink coffee or tea on an airplane, because the water tank likely hasn’t been cleaned since that “three month reminder” sticker fell off in the ’80s.
Now, sketchy liquids aside, have you ever wondered what the swill du jour is on your morning flight? It’s never a great cuppa joe, but in case you wanted to know so you could order it a second time (or boycott the roasting company all together), Dripped Coffee has come up with a super cool infographic detailing which flights serve which brands of coffee.
The biggest take-away from this compilation is that airlines still have a long way to travel before nailing their coffee game. Seeing brands like Starbucks represented is a push in the right direction, but passengers are more or less still being served coffee that couldn’t win a fight against the drip from 7-11.
Next time you board a flight, make sure you have your own coffee in hand or skip the coffee all together. It will just keep you awake in all the wrong ways.
Country music has a closer relationship to cannabis than many realize. Many stars have waxed poetically about their experiences with weed—and we’re not just discussing Willie Nelson. Recently Toby Keith joined the fray.
Then again, if it weren’t for Nelson, we wouldn’t have the classic anthem of “Weed With Willie,” courtesy of Toby Keith. In the song he wrote with collaborator Scotty Emerick, Keith sings about ending up on Willie’s infamous tour bus after a show. “My party’s all over before its begins … I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again,” he sings.
Not so fast, it seems. The man who made red solo cups famous is back with another party anthem. This time Keith celebrates the green with his latest single “Wacky Tobacky.” In the music video, you’ll never guess who makes an appearance on a tour bus while everyone sings about smoking weed. That’s right: Uncle Willie Nelson.
“Willie Nelson’s in the video. He didn’t sing on it, but he’s in the video,” Keith told News OK. He also added that he’s in favor of legalizing marijuana because “if you drink liquor you ought to be able to smoke weed.”
The song is about all the simple joys of lighting up. As he makes clear, Keith is in strong favor of natural cannabis, and against synthetic marijuana. “Homegrown is healthy, synthetic can kill ya,” he sings.
A good server blends into a meal like a good bottle of wine. He or she keeps the good times flowing, provides support, and isn’t really noticeable until a refill is needed. This stealth mode is crucial for restaurant professionals who don’t want to interrupt people enjoying their dining experience. It’s also what enables them to inconspicuously hear everything that’s going on, like a proverbial fly on the wall.
Reddit recently posted a question asking servers to dish on all the weird stuff they’ve overheard while doing their job. Here are some of the best SFW answers. (Please do yourself a favor and read all of them!)
@ElPapaDiablo: In a Witherspoons and there was a slight lull in the Friday night noise and a buddy and I overheard a girl say “Well technically he isn’t my brother so I shagged him” to which her friend replied “But you have the same Dad”.
@zapatodulce: We had a couple who would come in regularly and always asked to be seated in my coworker’s section. They were probably in their 60s and were always really affectionate and cute with each other. My coworker would joke around with them all the time. One day the man came in with a different woman than usual, and my coworker jokingly told him “ooooh, you’re in trouble. I’m going to tell your wife you were here with another woman.” Woman said “Excuse me? I am his wife. Who the fuck has he been coming here with?” Dead awkward silence while she death-glares at her extremely uncomfortable-looking husband. My coworker just turned around and walked away.
@duckyblinders: A little girl’s (couldn’t be older than 10) dad’s drunk girlfriend calling her fat piece of shit, not pretty enough, etc. When they ordered she asked for a baked potato and the girlfriend said “Really? Do you really need that potato, Hailey?”. The little girl was holding back tears all night. I messed up her order and brought her the potato. Then I brought her a free dessert to make up for the mistake. Just to piss off the drunk girlfriend.
@jakethedog53: I sat a table of three: a mom, her daughter, and Grandma. After sitting, Grandma left to order spaghetti at the Italian place next door. Mom seemed to be having an existential crisis. I asked her what she wanted to drink.
“I don’t know,” she said.
“Can I get you some water?” I asked.
“I don’t know.”
“Do you want me to come back later?”
“I’m not sure.”
The daughter, who was getting impatient, stood up on her chair.
“Hey!” she said. “I’ll have you know. I want apples!”
“But first I have to get you something to drink. Would you like some water?”
“I want apples!”
Grandma ate Italian food in silence while Mom stared at a menu for an hour and a half and the daughter ate apples. When they finished, Mom paid, and they left. She tipped well, considering all they bought was $.50-worth of apple slices.
@jakethedog53: I sat and waited on a living Wes Anderson movie.
You can’t imagine someone ever wanting to smell like alcohol. In fact, most people use products to cover up the smell if they’ve been drinking or find themselves without a shower like at a music festival. But one company seems to think differently. Native, an all-natural deodorant brand, launched a new line of products for the summer. Included was a deodorant that smelled like rosé. They are calling the collection “the brunch scents” and feature sangria and mimosa, in addition to the rosé deodorant. No word if avocado toast is included in the brunch scent box yet.
Though again you don’t imagine people trying to smell of alcohol, the “brunch set” box set is retailing for $30. By the way, you’re not rubbing alcohol all over your body. Native makes their deodrants with natural ingredients like shea butter, jojoba oil, beeswax, coconut oil, and more.
So in case the rosé craze and cocktails weren’t enough for you this summer, and you can’t wait for summer brunch, just roll on one of these bad boys. Cheers to that.
interested parties can sign up for a waiting list online for the second release of the limited run, which comes out mid-July.
Vatican police broke up a homosexual orgy last month in an apartment belonging to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — the department charged with, among other things, tackling clerical sexual abuse. The occupant of the apartment is alleged to be the secretary of cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, head of the Pontifical Council for Legislative texts and a key adviser to the Pope. Cardinal Coccopalmerio is said to have recommended his aide for promotion to bishop, but those plans are likely to be disrupted by news of the orgy and by a period spent recovering from a drug overdose in a Rome hospital and another in an Italian monastery. The allegations about the orgy were published by the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Police raided the apartment in June after complaints from neighbors who reported unusual behavior among people visiting the apartment. The newspaper quoted the police as saying that they found drugs and a group of men engaged in sexual activity when they entered the apartment. The police have arrested the priest and taken him for questioning, presumably on drugs charges. It is not a criminal offense to engage in private same-sex activity in Vatican City.
Brad Pitt & Sienna Miller ‘Have Been Spending Some Time Together’
The past nine months haven’t been kind to Brad Pitt. In the wake of his much-publicized split from Angelina Jolie, newspapers and gossip blogs painted him as the villain, claiming he’d had an affair with Allied costar Marion Cotillard and hired Russian hookers. And as he battled his estranged wife for custody of Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 11, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, Pitt also had to wait to be cleared of abuse allegations by the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI.
Now, the 53-year-old is looking for a partner to walk at his side, says a source. Single for the first time in nearly two decades, the affable Springfield, Missouri, native “has been on a couple of dates,” says another insider. “He’s hanging out with friends and those friends are bringing him out to meet other people.”
And then there are the connections he makes himself. The Pitt source confirms he’s had a few meet-ups with Sienna Miller, who starred in his 2016 biographical adventure, The Lost City of Z. Says a source of the duo — spotted hanging out at England’s famed Glastonbury Festival in the early hours of June 24 — “They’ve been spending some time together.”
The first hint of a flirtation came in early April. At a 25-person dinner for The Lost City of Z cast and crew in L.A., the actor and the 35-year-old Brit were seen chatting much of the night. They reconnected two months later on her side of the pond. When Pitt popped by Glastonbury with Bradley Cooper June 23, the pals connected with the blonde beauty, Cooper’s costar in 2014’s American Sniper.
“They are all good friends so they were hanging out,” says the Pitt insider, denying a report from Britain’s The Sun newspaper that Pitt and Miller were stroking each other and holding hands. Insists the insider of Pitt and Miller, mom to 5-year-old Marlowe with former fiancé Tom Sturridge. But should the ‘90s heartthrob want to make a move, the Pitt source sees a good future: “They would make a great couple.”
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Nothing has been normal regarding Star Wars Han Solo spinoff film this month. Following a very public firing of directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord by Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy, veteran Ron Howard was brought on to right the ship. Whether that ship required any supposed righting remains debatable as Lord and Miller’s credentials speak for themselves.
Regardless, the Han Solo movie is Howard’s now. Some fans might be mildly disappointed in the change of expectations—Howard and the Lord/Miller duo don’t exactly paint from the same palette—Howard is excited by the opportunity.
I'm beyond grateful to add my voice to the Star Wars Universe after being a fan since 5/25/77.
The film will reportedly extend its production through fall as a result in the change of directors. Considering the drama currently surrounding the movie, Howard isn’t just tasked with making a movie—though that’s still required. Because Star Wars is a treasured franchise, one various groups feel some ownership in, and don’t want to feel nervous regarding their movie. Furthermore, Star Wars is perhaps the most profitable franchise Disney or anyone else owns. It needs to be successful and cross the billion-dollar box office worldwide.
Yes, it’s all very serious and somber as you can tell. Howard is in the most enviable of positions. Which is why it’s encouraging he’s making a joke out of the whole thing.
Cool scene today but I'm afraid this is the most revealing image I dare share from my 1st day on the set of the Untitled Han Solo movie pic.twitter.com/RB15lG7FGE
Yes, Howard is trolling hungry Star Wars fans, but in the gentlest way possible. It’s a joke and should be taken that way. We hope Howard shares even more behind-the-scenes access in the coming months.
Dunking chocolatey and icing stacked cookies into chocolate milk and crumbling them over soft serve is a childhood favorite still rolling today. From icebox cake and cookies and cream ice cream, we worship the humble sandwich cookie and its place in our dessert menus and snacks.
Homemade sandwich cookies aren’t terribly easy to make, but boy do they satisfy. Store bought cookies are super yummy, but you’re not going to find cannabis in those. The chocolatey wafers are smeared with genuine vanilla buttercream with a bit of our friend mixed in.
You will need to work the dough with a cookie cutter and swapping into the freezer for identical cookie sizes, worth every second when you see how beautiful they look.
Sift or mix together dry ingredients in a bowl. Cream the coconut oil and sugar together. Add the vanilla, milk, and egg and mix well, but not too vigorously.
Fold into the dry ingredients until combined, again don’t over-mix. Divide into two portions, press into discs, and wrap well in plastic. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Photos by Danielle Guercio
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Roll one round of the dough into a thin layer but use light pressure. Stamp out cookies with a round cookie cutter and place on a silpat or parchment lined cookie sheet.
Once you have the shapes, pop it in the freezer while you work on the other disc. Now you can rotate the first sheet into the oven and bake for 4 minutes, then turn the pan onto another oven shelf, and add the second pan for 4 minutes. Remove the first pan and allow the cookies to cool on the pan while you bake the second pan for its remaining 4 minutes.
Photos by Danielle Guercio
Remove cookie discs from the trays and allow to cool completely on a wire rack. Now you can whip up the delicious icing. Cream together all of the icing ingredients with an electric mixer. You want them well combined but don’t add too much air, its got to have a bit of density. Spoon into a piping bag or ziplock bag and pop in the fridge for a few minutes.
Photos by Danielle Guercio
Now, simply pipe your desired amount of icing onto every second cookie, and sandwich together. Using the cookie cutter means you won’t have any errant shapes that don’t match, and the effort will be worth it when you line up those gorgeous uniform cookies. They also cook at the same time if they are the same size, so it’s not strictly vanity.
Photos by Danielle Guercio
*Cannabis Glycerin Tincture
In an oven safe container double sealed with foil, decarboxylate 3.5 grams finely ground cannabis at 225 degrees Fahrenheit. Put cannabis in a mason jar or vacuum sealed bag, pour over 2 oz vegetable glycerin and seal tightly. Place in a water bath at just under boiling for 1 hour. Strain and keep contents in a sterilized container. Stores indefinitely in freezer.
Though you could theoretically user these cookies to make a fabulous cake, I feel like dosing one at a time is much more respectful to the labor put forth to make them. It will be hard to eat just one but eating a couple should be fine with this dosing.
America is battling an opioid addiction like no other place in the world. In 2015, statistics showed that opioids caused around 90 deaths a day, and that they were the leading cause of death for americans under the age of 50. AXIM Biotechnologies, a company that’s specializes on cannabinoid research, believes that cannabis chewing gum could be the answer for many victims of opioid addiction and a way to stop the growing epidemic.
This chewing gum will provide users with cannabinoids and opioid agonists that’ll help them cope with the symptoms of their addiction and the undesired side effects of withdrawal. These cannabinoids will be useful for other diseases, like chronic pain, an illness that makes a lot their patients turn to opioids when no other source of relief is available to them. The opioid agonists that are present in the gum are also present morphine, opium, methadone and many others opioids, and are used (to a lesser extent) to help the patient cope with their symptoms of withdrawal and to ease their bodies out of the addiction with as much care as possible.
Chewing gum is also a safe and painless way of administering treatment to patients, avoiding injections, smoking or other harmful and more invasive methods of consumption. With nicotine gums it’s been proven that chewing distracts patients, maintains their oral health and releases reward hormones like dopamine and serotonin, which will make them feel better and keep their spirits up.
There are now more people earning a living from the existence of the legal cannabis trade than there are dental hygienists and bakers, according to a new report from Marijuana Business Daily.
Now that marijuana is legal for medicinal and recreational purposes in more than half the nation, the industry responsible for the cultivation and sale of this product needs significant manpower to keep its daily operations afloat. The latest data shows that, even though the federal government still considers marijuana an outlaw substance, its legalization at the state level has contributed to somewhere between 165,000 and 235,000 new jobs.
The latest figures are impressive, especially considering that the blue-collar nation has struggled for the past several years to find replacements for jobs swept away by the decay of the manufacturing sector.
Most of the positions made available by the legalization of marijuana pull from a wide scale pool of professional experience ranging from those folks once employed in retail sales to people well versed in the sciences.
These are positions that start at well above the nation’s measly minimum wage. A report published last year by the Washington Post shows that workers employed by the cannabis industry are earning anywhere between $15-$20 per hour, with some of the more skilled laborers, like grow masters and store managers, taking home in upwards of $75,000 to $100,000 per year.
Although the business of marijuana has a long way to go before it reaches employment numbers comparable to the alcohol trade (nearly 4 million jobs nationwide), the latest data shows just how important the cannabis industry could be to the success of the America worker.
Not only is legal weed providing hundreds of thousands of families all across the country with an opportunity to carve out a life beyond the poverty level, it is also improving the lives of those people who earn their way in more traditional lines of work.
Contractors specializing in everything from construction to heating & air conditioning are now being hired to assemble the various components of the cannabis industry. This means thousands of people are being put to work in areas that have legalized the leaf that may have otherwise struggled to survive.
In fact, in Colorado, Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace recently toldThe Boston Globe that around “40 percent of all construction permits countywide have been attributed to the cannabis industry.”
It is for this reason that some of the nation’s more downtrodden communities, those that have been left for dead in the wake of vanishing factory and warehouse positions, are now fighting for an opportunity to bring the cannabis industry to their neck of the woods.
Incidentally, President Donald Trump has promised to create 25 million new jobs within the next decade. Yet, his administration remains adamantly opposed to a government that allows marijuana to be taxed and regulated in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco.
“There’s nothing but people saying mean things,” he said in an interview with The Sun. “One comment ruins your day. But that’s why I’ve come off it. The head-f**k for me has been trying to work out why people dislike me so much.”
Up until now, we haven’t known much about the plot of Fantastic Beasts 2 – even with JK Rowling (who penned the sequel) tweeting a snippet of the script – which unsurprisingly, revealed absolutely nothing about what to expect in the second installment.
Warner Bros has FINALLY released a brand new official synopsis – teasing what’s to come in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel, and announcing that principal photography has already started.
The second film in the five-movie series expands the Wizarding World – moving from the original Fantastic Beasts setting ofNew York to London and on to Paris — and promises “some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of the books and film series”.
In a statement, Warner Bros said: “JK Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
“However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore.
“But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander.
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