Potluck of Imposition

Undisclosed Roseville Location

The December birthday people (Scribby & Jarla's Better Half), invited themselves and everyone else to Jarla's wee little house. So began the Potluck of Imposition, where you are told what to bring! Shooter - famous white chicken enchiladas. TheJenny - "You Don't Win Friends With" salad. Sluggy - dessert crepes. Nairb - red wine chili. Scribby - mini potato skins. Oh, so yummy!

We fit into the wee little house just fine. Jarla had the all matching green party sets out and the place looked sharp! We were down a Crabby (trapped in a two week meeting in Portland).

NakedBob had started the night early, so he was the majority of the entertainment for the evening. He had on a very "stylish" pirate shirt with his kilt that he ordered from International Male about a decade ago (and yes, even 10 years ago, the clothes from International male were uncomfortable to look at). By the end, he had retreated to Darla's shower for some peace and quiet...although we still don't know what he was doing in there. We hypothesized that he was consulting the self breast exam pamphlet hanging in the shower.

Many recycled cards were exchanged along with gift cards, Barpy (Croatian version of Nutella), and cotton candy in a plastic container. Which, when you removed the first layer, appeared to have finger marks where it was pressed into the tub. Kind of disturbing.

We topped it all off with a burning of the very old birthday candles, that Jarla rewicked a while ago.

Journal tidbits:

"Take a picture of the freakin' pfeffer-finger!" - Scribby

"Touch the banana...be a man!" - Sluggy to Shooter"

"You've got to be ready to hump at any time." - RobotGoBen

"This is NakedBob talking. This whole story is crack! - NakedBob

Zelda's Original Gourmet Pizza

1415 21st St

Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 447-1400

Zelda's is a Sacramento institution. It seems like it's always packed, but most people don't know that it's there. With a very 70's cocktail bar feel, kiss-my-grits service, a mysterious door and not getting a table until your pizza is actually ready, you would expect people just wouldn't come here. But the pizza is an original, and freaking delicious!

A smaller group then normal converged on midtown, and lo and behold - there is space in the entryway, the bar and the dining room! I've never seen this before! And they are now taking credit cards! WTF? We order drinks at the bar and admired the very old school Christmas decor...it was refreshing. When Sluggy and wee little wednesday showed up, they frowned upon the baby on the bar scenario we were going with. That's the first time we've been kick out of a bar cause of baby.

The artichoke dip came out hot, garlicky and in their signature deep dish crust. Paired with cheap round tortilla chips, it actually worked.

The waitresses were still pretty kiss-my-grits, but damn if that cute baby didn't melt their Flo from the diner attitudes. They were down right nice most of the time!

Iceberg lettuce and ranch dressing salads really hit there stride at this place. Basic and delicious. We had the combo and the Spinocolli (spinach, brocolli, etc) - both were good, but most of us only got one piece in after appetizers and salad.

Topics of conversation were all over the place. My favorite is that Nairb will be in Germany during our annual Drinky Xmas party, and New Years. So we will be throwing a Crafting in the New Year shindig in his empty house and craft 'gifts' as our thank you. Fair game: his 14th hand glass topped dining room table and matching 80's chairs. Macaroni art, here we come! RobotGoBen dubbed this Drunk Eye for the Straight Guy. Can't wait!

Missing persons report:

NakedBob: Was "on call" if you know what I mean

Crabby: in Oregon for work but drinking it up at McMennamin's. Good job!

Jarla: Ireland, but what kind of lame ass excuse is that.

Stay tuned - we have heard rumor that the prodigal Canadian Bump might be returning to our ranks soon!

Drink with your Family Day!

Happy Thanksgiving from all the Thursday Drunks!

This is the one day a year we don't go out on Thursday, because it is officially deemed "Drink with your Family Day". One way or another, that is our task - our oath.

We hope you also had drinks with your family. See you next week!

Shooter's Family Menu:

• Turkey w/ gravy
• Stuffing w/ gravy
• Mashed Potatoes w/ gravy
• Home-made Crescent Roll
• Sweet Potatoes (no that's not gravy, it's brown sugar)
• Green Beans
• Creamed Onions
• (and Shrimp Cocktail in the adjacent dish)

Giovanni's Pizzeria - Natomas

2701 Del Paso Rd

Sacramento, CA 95835

Everyone trekked out to North Natomas for some really good New York style pizza. Thin, crispy crust. Lots of fresh toppings. Their own label beers and some cheap ass wine that will get you sloshed really fast! Sounds like a Thursday to me! Only lame part...getting our salad at the same time as the pizza. Would have enjoyed it first.

We had a couple of newcomers this week. Frankenstein and his bride from the Halloween party have decided to give us a try. They fit in perfectly, drink, and were super fun to have - we hope they come back often!

With such a large red-checkered plastic table, I can only report on the conversation on the south side. Actually, I could probably make some good guesses for the other side too...

Much convo on the #12 menu item at C.F. Cheng's in Natomas: Steamed Creaming Buns. Really?

Journal Tidbits:

"How many sites in your top ten have the word 'douche' in them? - Jarla to Shooter

Refreshing = Cocky + Dumb (example: Palin is so refreshing.)

Oh, and we want to make velvet covered horns for wee little wednesday and send her off to daycare. We don't expect mama Slug to get any calls over that one.

Samurai Sushi - Ranch Cordova

12251 Folsom Blvd
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
(916) 353-1112

We were down three people again for various reason - all of which we don't believe. We had a NakedBob, TheJenny, RobotGoBen, Scribby, Sluggy, Nairb and wee little Wednesday.

Inside a renovated Denny's or Carrows, and next to a freeway frontage hotel, you wouldn't really expect much from Samurai Sushi. But it's pretty damn good!

The prices are on the affordable side for sushi and right now, they offer half off sake and draft beer during dinner, Monday through Thursday. Really. I got a full bottle of Sho Chiku Bai Nigori sake for a whole $3.50, which I shared so really I was out $1.75. Large Sapporo $3.

Our waitress was very to-the-point, but nice as well. She wanted our lunch box. They have pretty inventive sushi, lots of choices and good quality fish. Overall it's a great place to go. The only weird thing is that it still kind of looks like a Denny's inside. But for the value, tastiness and people...totally worth it!

We had some good topics of conversation including how Sluggy's dog bit Nairb. Of course, we all knew he was probably harrassing her, so it's not all her fault.

Journal Tidbit:
"If I pet her butt a little too long she gets mad. If I don't pet it enough she keeps coming back." - Nairb

"Magic Maggot Racing!" - NakedBob

Thai Travel - Casa de la SlugCrab

Undisclosed Cameron Park Location

Loosely based on the rousing success that was Thai Fu! night a few years back we decided to hold a Thai Travel night at Casa de la SlugCrab. Instead of poorly-dubbed vintage Kung Fu movies, we would be entertained by travel pictures from Jarla (recently back from Croatia) and KiwiBobs (recently back from New Zealand).

Memory cards in hand we (KiwiBobs and Shooter) made the drive to the Casa. Upon arriving we found the place inhabited by a lone Captain Crabby. Sluggy and baby Wednesday had been coerced into going to their weekend destination of Sea Ranch a day early (who can blame them?). Jarla was the next to arrive with mixers for the popular Croatian favorite Red Wine and Coke (pretty nice, like a wine-based Shandy). Nairby followed quickly after and we discovered we were down two more in the form of Nurse Scribby and her ailing Robot GoBen.

Thai food was ordered. With so many core constituents absent, the general consensus was to forgo the travel footage and just post pics on the web for all to see. Instead the recent election results were discussed (including origins of the elephant and donkey), football was watched, followed by Daily Show, American Dad and some other Tivo-ed goodness.

Thai was picked up by Crab and NakedBob and deliciously delivered back to the Casa. Tasty Pad thai, curry, pineapple fried rice, spring rolls, and tom yum soup were devoured heartily. Freaking yum. Much of it contained enough Scribby-death to really be dangerous. Here's hoping next Thursday will find all of us together again and in good health.

NakedBob and the girl at the Thai restaurant.

Classic Monster Halloween - Roseville

Our annual Halloween party, hosted by the Roseville Bobs, pretty much kicks ass. This year was no different. With the theme of classic monsters, everyone went all out.

We had Carrie, Exorcist Girl, 2 Jasons from Friday the 13th part 3, Shaun from Shaun of the Dead, two ladies from The Birds, Ash & Sheila from Army of Darkness, Chuckie, Jack the Ripper & his victim, Priest and Nun with devil baby, Where the Wild Things Are family, Frankenstein & his bride, and two flies.

The night was filled with lots of drinks, rum soaked fruit, the infamous cheesy bread, ridiculous fun and hours on hours of self-made entertainment.

Late into the night, we wondered down to the Basic Bar to visit our favorite waitress from this past Thursday. Jenny entered the costume contest as a fluke and won $500! No shit!

Then off to the Owl Club, a favorite amongst drunks, to watch NakedBob dance with strangers. A good time was had by all.

This is confection sushi made of Donettes, fruit rolls, Twinkies, and Swedish Fish.