Wherein the favorable attributes what whikky reputedly bestows on the creative process are most vigorously researched. http://www.drakemag.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:55:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.drakemag.com/new_blog_testing/2.html <img style="margin: 5px; width: 170px; height: 199px" class="jce_tooltip" src="images/blog/couch_potato_copy.jpg" alt="couch_potato_copy.jpg" title="couch_potato_copy.jpg" width="170" height="199" /> <p>For those sad souls who can&#39;t get the angling monkey off their backs and have chosen to live well above the seasonal freezing line, winter can easily slide into a cornucopia spilling over with bountiful excuses. Much like the traveling charlatan preacher for whom the mind is willing but [...] Smithhammer http://www.drakemag.com/new_blog_testing/10.html <p><br/>&nbsp;<br/></p><br/><p><br/>Confessing a love for chasing chum salmon is kind of like of admitting I used to be an altar boy - something I generally only reveal to close friends. <img style="margin: 5px; width: 250px; height: 110px; float: right" class="jce_tooltip" src="images/blog/chum_salmon.jpg" alt="chum_salmon.jpg" title="chum_salmon.jpg" width="250" height="110" /><br/></p><br/><p><br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/></p><br/><p><br/>&nbsp;<br/></p><br/><br /><br/><p><br/>I&rsquo;d like to believe <br/></p><br/><p><br/>the problem is merel [...] Smithhammer http://www.drakemag.com/new_blog_testing/24.html <p><br/><img style="margin: 5px; width: 180px; height: 155px; float: right" class="jce_tooltip" src="images/blog/salmonfly_bloodsport.jpg" alt="salmonfly_bloodsport.jpg" title="salmonfly_bloodsport.jpg" width="180" height="155" /> Painful reality sets in &ndash; I don&rsquo;t have a single salmonfly pattern in my box, and suddenly my meager caddis feels like trying to pawn off a puny cocktail weiner at an all-you-can-eat bratwurst fest...<br/></p><br/><p><br/>&nbsp;<br/></p><br/><p><br/>It was the way my timing usua [...] Smithhammer http://www.drakemag.com/new_blog_testing/25.html <p><br/>Bacchus, the Roman god of feasting and excess, would be proud &ndash; the orgy is in full swing and the sheer visual gluttony of the event makes focusing on the details of trying to get everything right even harder.&nbsp; <img style="margin: 5px; width: 127px; height: 80px; float: right" class="jce_tooltip" src="images/blog/caddis_sepia.jpg" alt="caddis_sepia.jpg" title="caddis_sepia.jpg" width="127" height="80" /><br/></p><br/><p><br/>Separating the continuous splashy grabs of over-eager young&lsqu [...] Smithhammer http://www.drakemag.com/new_blog_testing/27.html <p><br/><br /><br/> <br/></p><br/><img style="margin: 5px; width: 120px; height: 120px; float: right" class="jce_tooltip" src="images/blog/yoo-hoo.jpg" alt="yoo-hoo.jpg" title="yoo-hoo.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><br/><p><br/><br/>Runoff. Somehow the word is far too mild, not gutteral enough, to express my loathing.Can we just agree to call it turd soup? The riparian version of a south of the border bout of Montezuma&rsquo;s Revenge? <br/><br/></p><br/><p><br/><br /><br/> <br/></p><br/><p><br/>&nbsp;<br/></p><br/><p><br/>Runoff. Somehow the wor [...] Smithhammer http://www.drakemag.com/new_blog_testing/28.html <p><br/><br /><br/><br/></p><br/><br/><img style="margin: 5px; width: 140px; height: 114px" class="jce_tooltip" src="images/blog/lunadog.jpg" alt="lunadog.jpg" title="lunadog.jpg" width="140" height="114" /><br/><br/><p><br/>&quot;Yeah, see this big hole? That's in the timing belt cover. I wouldn't drive very far until we can get your car back in to fix this.&quot; He doesn't need to tell me twice &ndash; it looks ugly. Make appointment for later in the week. The next morning, pack up the car and head to the Henry's.. [...] Smithhammer