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Jan 28Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

Don't forget the kids today and their "borg"! Aka "blackout rage gallon." There really is something about this boozy g! https://ginraiders.com/article/what-is-a-borg-drink-titktok-gen-z/

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omg I didn't know about BORG-blackout rage gallon-that's bananas! In my day we had gross "grain punch" there's another G.

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Jan 28Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

STAIN! Wish I'd gotten to one of your Bjork events. (Loved the story about the sad club kid.) I love/d her!

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Jan 30·edited Jan 30Author

Just devastating for him. I guess my ads are a little misleading that she "might" come. My bartender just told me he would tell anyone disappointed that she had just left. I still love her and try to get my girls onboard...(ongoing project).

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Jan 30Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

She's the groovest! I was following her when she was only a Sugar Cube. I'd skip the other songs and listen to her.

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Jan 27Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

I remember those Bjork parties all to well, often telling those who asked, “you just missed her” glogg!

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Jan 27Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

This was so much fun.

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Jan 27Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

Wish I knew you then. We are big Bjork fans!

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Yay! Me too obviously. Sometimes I have the itch to bring this sort of bar to SH, but it's soo hard and I'm tired...

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Jan 27Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

"88% of participants in a University of Sussex survey conducted in 2018 say they saved money while not drinking."

I really want to meet the 12% who didn't drink, but managed not to save any money. I love a good paradox!

Also love: etymology, but you know that already! Words are so much fun.

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that is funny. Maybe the 12% are just so pretty they never had to pay. Or freegans who mooch.

I love that glogg derivation has nothing to do with grog (from fabric). Def fun!

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Jan 27Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

Yeah, those are really interesting! I'd say that 80% of the time, whenever two words sound similar, it's because they really are the same word (well, from the same word, but same thing). The exceptions are now surprises to me.

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Jan 27Liked by SleepyHollow, inK.

Your bar seemed so cool. I wish I had had the chance to check it out. And I loved the turn of phrase “It was a giddy age sprinkled with grief.”

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Jan 27·edited Jan 27Author

was definitely the best and worst of times and my biggest proudest accomplishment. I do wish I could time travel back sometimes, but not to stay very long ;)

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