<![CDATA[Gawker: absinthe]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: absinthe]]> http://gawker.com/tag/absinthe http://gawker.com/tag/absinthe <![CDATA[ Counterpoint: Some People Were Totally Impaired on Absinthe Last Night ]]> Apparently, there was an absinthe party at the Bowery Hotel last night, attended by some Gawker staffers. (Thanks for the freaking invite!) They report that they each drank a shitload of absinthe and were totally retarded, yet not drunk! Slurring words and strange thoughts were reported (our videographer Blakeley thought it perfectly logical to want to steal a car), yet: "I could still walk in a straight line," even after having "8 to 10 drinks in a 2 hour period." Their memory and ability to remember words was totally shot. Yet, no hangover occurred. They didn't feel high, exactly, yet were thinking and acting strangely. The following party pics of the event, from RandomNightOut (plus an informative History Channel vid) are not hallucinations.

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[Photos: Nick McGlynn for Random Night Out]






]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:19:44 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385413&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Absinthe Fairy Will Get You Drunk But Not High ]]> I have a bottle of absinthe from Germany waiting on my shelf—I was hoping to get wild after a day of, you know, bloggin'. But that's just not going to happen: boring scientists recently analyzed century-old bottles of absinthe and concluded that its alleged hallucinogenic effect isn't caused by wormwood but by plain old concentrated alcohol: "The absinthe contained about 70 percent alcohol, giving it a 140-proof kick. In comparison, most gins, vodkas and whiskeys are just 80- to 100-proof." No way, they're wrong. I just opened the bottle and I swear I totally felt something psychedelic happening. [Live Science]

]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:17:05 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385385&view=rss&microfeed=true