Today is National Bloody Mary Day, according to the wonderful Food Holiday website that Sue recommended in the comments on her post about themes. So, here is a bit of the hair of the dog that bit you last night. I've been trolling my Facebook and Twitter pages to see if one of my friends is a deserving recipient for this card, but so far I haven't seen any moaning. It could be that it is too early ... it is only 11 a.m. here.

The Bloody Mary background piece is from a promotional drink coaster for the book Bloody Mary. The author, JA Konrath, had stopped by the bookstore where I worked years ago and signed a bunch of these coasters for the staff while promoting his book, Dirty Martini. I thought it was clever to use drink coasters as a promotional tool for books with a drink theme. I don't like mysteries, so I haven't read Konrath's books, but he seems to be well liked by readers, if not by critics.