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Drink Recipe: Lemon Southside

Lemon Southside

2 ounces gin

2 ounces lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

1 ounce honey syrup (2 parts honey dissolved in 1 part hot water)

10-ish small mint leaves

Club Soda

Add ice to tall glass, set aside. Add gin, lemon juice, honey syrup, and mint leaves to iced shaker. Shake well. Strain into tall glass. Top with club soda, mix gently. Garnish with lemon slice (for fanciness).

One story about this drink’s origin is that during Prohibition a south-side Chicago gang leader used sugar and lemon to mask the taste of bootleg gin.

From: Market-Fresh Mixology: Cocktails for Every Season
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Microsoft: Don't press F1 key in Windows XP
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Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE).

Are you still using IE? Well, you deserver to get completely wacked!
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