Return of Friday Odds & Sods

I read somewhere that as one ages one's perception of the passage of time speeds up so that by the time you've reached 30, about half of your life has already finished, subjectively speaking.  And when I compare, for instance, how long it used to take each hour of 7th Grade to pass to how quickly this week has gone by, this does in fact seem to be the case.  Of course every moment of ending is also a moment of beginning, or so a fortune cookie once told me, and in this case the drawing down of another week is the start of another Friday Odds & Sods.

• Despite the occasional recurrence of warmer weather, we seem to be slowly slipping into fall.  This is a sign that it is time to put away the things of summer and prepare for another winter.  Away with wearing white and clear liquors and up with black coats and a nice whiskey.  If you need a cold-weather tipple, might I recommend being Defiant?
• A good skewering of two idols of undeserved pretension, Apple & U2: U2's Forgettable Fire 
• I'm feeling like something classy for this weeks miracle cure, and you don't get much more classy than a Martini:  Take 5 parts gin, 1 part dry vermouth, dash of bitter, ice, stir and strain. Garnish with olive or lemon twist.  
• To close, a song to serve as a prayer for a pleasant fall season.  Until next time.