Shortly after he returned\u00a0from his volunteer stint at the Red Cross today, Number One Son\u00a0ambled into my office\u00a0and greeted me with a cheery, “Hey Mom, wanna see something disgusting?”<\/p>\n
Kids are so cute.<\/p>\n
But of course, I had to go see what he had up on his computer monitor. And I was immediately sorry.<\/p>\n
It was\u00a0a YouTube video\u00a0explaining how to make a\u00a0“McNuggetini.”<\/p>\n
[youtube:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iX8Hzxu7C1g]<\/p>\n
Bleurrrgh!<\/p>\n
At first I thought it was strictly\u00a0a gag (pun intended). But apparently the young women in\u00a0the vid\u00a0believe\u00a0that devising revolting\u00a0ways to get s**t-faced\u00a0is a\u00a0recipe for\u00a0fame and fortune.\u00a0At least that’s the sense I got from\u00a0this 2009 article<\/a> on the subject.<\/p>\n JUDGMENT came swiftly from the dozen or so bloggers, friends and cocktail enthusiasts gathered at an East Village bar this month to sample the McNuggetini, a sweet-and-savory libation made from McDonald\u2019s menu items and vanilla vodka (hint: rim the glass with barbecue sauce).<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting,\u201d said Aidan Flax-Clark, an editor from Brooklyn.<\/p>\n The honest appraisal didn\u2019t faze Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark, a pair of winsome drinking buddies from Los Angeles who have ridden the McNuggetini to cult status on the Internet and are now hoping for more.<\/p>\n …But it wasn\u2019t until pictures of their concoctions spread across the Web that the two saw a possible career path online (or an online path to a career). \u201cMcNuggetini is a game, and we are going to win,\u201d Ms. Ward declared.<\/p>\n …But Ms. Ward and Ms. Hardstark are hopeful. \u201cDenise Richards is probably a millionaire, and Lorenzo Lamas\u2019s children have their own TV deal,\u201d Ms. Ward wrote in an e-mail message, \u201cso my hosting a cooking or travel show really isn\u2019t as mythical a notion as, say, unicorns or the Kraken.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n