Lebowski fans: nice review of The Abide Guide

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http://dudeism.com/images/abide-guide-review-by-cody-badaracca.pdf

Life, like a good White Russian, is a delicate balance;
cold ice, fiery vodka, a Yin and Yang of half and half
creamer and Kahlua liqueur. It needs to all be mixed
just right to make the enjoyable beverage. But balance
is not an easy thing to achieve as any good gymnast
or stumbling drunk will tell you. If the cocktail has too
much vodka or Kahlua, it (like life) can be overwhelming.
Too much ice or creamer and it tastes watered
down or bland. This balance takes practice and needs
guidance with the aid of two books: the first, a good
mixology or bartending 101 manual.

The second and more important is a copy of The Abide Guide: Living
Like Lebowski by Oliver Benjamin and Dwayne Eutsey,
the founders of the “Church of the Latter-Day Dude.”
Dudeism. A religion based around the character Jeffrey
“The Dude” Lebowksi as played by Jeff Bridges in the
movie The Big Lebowksi (TBL) by the Coen Brothers.
You may be asking: “what in God’s holy name are you
blathering about?”

Never heard of TBL? You live a deprived life. For those
into the whole “brevity thing”: Jeff Lebowksi is an aging
ex-hippy living in Los Angeles in the early nineties
– right around the time of our conflict with Saddam
and the Eye-rackies. He’s a loser. A dead beat. Someone
the square community doesn’t give a shit about and
preoccupies most of his time with driving around,
bowling and the occasional acid flashback. Also, no one
calls him “Lebowski.” He’s The Dude, so that’s what you
call him…that or “Duder”, or “His Dudeness”, or “El
Duderino” if you’re not into the whole “brevity thing.”

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