Category: fun
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Glow in the Dark Ants in Ice Cubes
I was trolling the dollar store for things to freeze into ice cubes, as I do, and found these large fluorescent ants. I froze them into ice cubes using my Clearly Frozen tray. Then I shined a blacklight on them. They look awesome, even better in a glass with a drink. There is a video…
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The Cocktail is the International Alcoholic Esperanto
Here’s a fun excerpt: The American Mercury 1924-09: Vol 3 Iss 9 CLINICAL NOTESBY GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND H. L. MENCKEN The cocktail, once observed George Ade, follows the American flag. That was twenty years ago. The flags of all nations today follow the cocktail. Its fame has spread over the globe, and justly. It…
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Nonalcoholic Alcoholic Things Are Just Things
First there was nonalcoholic alcoholic seltzer. To help drinkers in their sober curious exploration, White Claw is introducing a new way of drinking. Introducing White Claw 0% Alcohol – a new, non-alcoholic premium seltzer boasting the complex taste and feel of a real drink. Made from ultra-refined seltzer and blended with iconic flavors and hydrating…
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Halloween Ice Round-Up
I'm a total sucker for Halloween, and my only artistic medium is ice, so every year I do a post or two or three with dumb stuff I've frozen into cubes, blocks, etc. Here is a round-up and gallery of some: Halloween Ice: Magic Wand and Plastic Rat Halloween Ice: Severed Hand in Ice Block…
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A Huge Ice Cube Bling Necklace
Nobody gave me a huge diamond chain for the holidays this year, so I had to make my own. I used the typical cooler method for directional freezing, and Put a clear plastic box with holes drilled in the bottom in the cooler. The holes allow trapped air/impurities to be pushed out below it. Put…
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Grid Patterned Ice, Plus Blueberries and Cherries
I made some fun ice, as I tend to do. For the grid ice, I first made ice using the Ghost Ice tray, then I just set it on a cookie drying rack that I heated up on the stove burner. I think it looks like the tardis from Dr. Who. For these…
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Striped Ice
I made striped ice cubes. The first time I made striped ice was just before I figured out directional freezing to make clear ice. Having realized that the cloudiness in ice was caused by trapped air and not minerals, I tried to pour very thin layers of water in a tray so that the air…
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Halloween Ice Fun 2020: Bats, Skeleton Hands, Finger Puppets
This isn't the first year I decided to freeze some goofy stuff in ice for Halloween. Remember that all the years of ice experiments can be found at the Index of Ice Experiments page. Some previous years I've done: Creepy Halloween Mask Frozen In Ice Blocks More Eyeball Ice Balls and Ice Fangs for Halloween…
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Mocktail Thesaurus – Alternatives for the Word Mocktail
A list of 60+ long list of alternative terms for “mocktail.”
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More Eyeball Ice Balls and Ice Fangs for Halloween
I made more fun ice for Halloween. Recently I put some bouncy eyeballs into ice balls and froze a Halloween mask into an ice block. This time I put some big glass eyes into ice balls and put vampire fangs into other ice balls. The glass eyes were an idea from bartender Ramon Pinon –…