INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Like many forms of exercise, a warm-up is recommended prior to starting a tai chi routine. It helps prepare your body for the exercise ahead. Start your warm up by get the blood flowing to your muscles and joints. You can: go for a short walk, do a self massage by rubbing your hands together followed by your legs, feet, lower back and shoulders, or gently shaking your arms and legs to loosen up your joints. Progress to doing a few stretching exercises. It's important to do each stretching exercise about 3-5 times. Also only stretch to 70% of your range. Stretching exercises to use include: head and neck roll, shoulder roll, spine stretch, forward stretch and side stretch. Many tai chi workouts start with the infinity pose. This position focuses on posture awareness and correct form during this and all other tai chi moves. Stand with feet hip width apart and your arms hanging loosely at your sides. Keep your eyes closed and try to focus on the posture of your body. Tuck your chin in towards your chest slightly. Your neck should be relaxed. Keep your shoulders back and pulled down. Keep your knees soft and relaxed - do not lock your knees. Focus on your breathing and bring awareness to your posture. Maintain this position for a few minutes before moving forward with other tai chi exercises. This is a classic stress relieving pose in tai chi. It's very simple and can be done by most healthy adults without difficulty. Incorporate this pose to help relieve any stress from your day. Stand with feet hip width apart with your feet facing forward. Slightly lean your body to the right with your right foot supporting more of your body weight. Hold this position for a few seconds. Slowly begin to re-center your weight equally on both feet. Then, flow over to the left side and support most of your body weight on your left foot. Again, hold for a few seconds. Flow between the left and right sides of your body for 2-3 minutes. This particular exercise helps to promote increased flexibility and opening of the spine. This is a great exercise to start your tai chi workout. Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Keep your feet facing forward and parallel to each other. Let your hands and arms hang loosely at your sides. Start by spreading your fingers wide apart on each hand. Inhale, and sweep your arms out to the side and up towards the ceiling. Stop once your fingers and arms are pointing straight up. Exhale and bend over allowing your torso and head to roll down towards the floor. Allow your arms to hang loosely towards the ground. Inhale and gently roll your spine back up into the starting position. Repeat a few times until you're feeling warmed up. Similar to yoga, tai chi workouts end with a specific posture - called the closing posture. This helps end your workout and helps calm your body down. Start by standing with your feet hip width apart and your feet facing forward. Relax your shoulders, but bring your hands up to belly level and cup your hands together (as if you were cupping water). Close your eyes and inhale while bringing your cupped hands up to chest level. While exhaling, flip your hands so your palms are facing the ground and "push" your hands down to the level of your lower abdomen. Repeat the "pushing" up and down a few times until you feel completely relaxed and still.

SUMMARY: Do warm-up exercises. Start your tai chi workout with the Infinity pose. Try the stress-relieving move Pouring. Improve flexibility with the windmill exercise. End your tai chi workout with the closing posture.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Simple and sophisticated, this drink was famously described by Ernest Hemingway. Quoth the American master: "Pour 1 jigger of absinthe into a champagne glass. Add iced [brut] champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly." The sazerac, created by Antoine Amedee Peychaud in the early 1800s, is one of the oldest known cocktails. Add a little absinthe to this stellar recipe to make it really stand out. Add three dashes of absinthe to a bucket glass nearly filled with ice cubes. In a cocktail shaker with ice, mix vigorously: 2 ounces Osocalis brandy ounce simple syrup 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters. Pour contents of cocktail shaker into bucket glass. Stir lightly and wipe rim with lemon zest before adding it as a garnish. Finished. Place 1/2 lemon vodka in a shot glass. Fill 1/2 with absinthe. Float a slice of lemon on top. Place a sugar cube on top of the lemon. Drip on more absinthe. Light it on fire. Blow out the flame or use the backdraft method of putting your palm over the cup. Drink the shot.

SUMMARY:
Try a Death in the Afternoon. Try an absinthe sazerac. Have a Kalashnikov shot.