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Nectar Of The Gods
Smarties Explain Sweet, Sweet Alcohol
Just why is everything so lovely and happy and just plain yay! when we get snoggled on super-magical fun juice? Science knows! "Jodi Gilman and her colleagues at the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, Maryland, used MRI to observe the brain activity of 12 healthy "social drinkers" both when sober and after they had been given alcohol intravenously and their blood alcohol levels had reached nearly 0.8 grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood - the legal limit for driving in the UK and the US. In both conditions they were shown pictures of either frightened or neutral faces." More »
The Northeast
Vacationing in the Hamptons is all about listening to James Taylor while you fight back bitter tears and drinking a swimming pool's worth of gin. But you can't drink all the time, right? Surely not during that private time when you shuffle into your clam-diggers and knit cardigan and firmly affix your wig? Oh, wait. You can drink then, too. It's called having a "dresser".
Vacationing in the Hamptons is all about listening to James Taylor while you fight back bitter tears and drinking a swimming pool's worth of gin. But you can't drink all the time, right? Surely not during that private time when you shuffle into your clam-diggers and knit cardigan and firmly affix your wig? Oh, wait. You can drink then, too. It's called having a "dresser".
slice of life
Celebrate Spring With Dancing Hipsters!
While you were wondering when Eliot Spitzer would resign last Tuesday night, Gawker videographer Alex Goldberg attended two parties, where he captured intoxicated flocks of hipsters in their natural elements: dancing, in Batman sweatshirts and fanny-packs, at Beauty Bar and Happy Endings. Star tattoos! Old-timey hats! Old-timey facial hair! The goddamn robot! All the reasons the terrorists hate us and some they haven't yet thought of are in the attached clip.
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I'll Have What He's Having
COMPARED with an array of beverages, sports drinks are "wildly skewed to non-bloggers," said David Lockwood, a director of research at Mintel International, a market research group. Part of the reason, he said, is that bloggers tend to avoid the lack of mind- or personality-altering affects. More »
charts & graphs
Which Ivy Is Booziest?
We all know those distinguished students of Ivy League colleges aren't having any sex, just writing about it constantly, but are they partying? Yes. Yes they are, according to this chart created by Dartblog. At least they are at Dartmouth, which is miles ahead of the other schools in terms of alcohol infractions per thousand students. Which actually probably means that the Dartmouth administration is just way, way more dickish about it than the rest of the graphed colleges. [Dartblog via IvyGate]
he's very very rich
In Preparation For Higher Office Run, Bloomberg Calls Us All Drunks
We've laughed it off for months now but maybe Mayor Bloomberg is idiotic enough to run for president. How else to explain the formerly bland technorat's suddenly strained attempt to transform himself into similarly rich and short crank Ross Perot? Asked about Bush's economic stimulus plan (he is going to send us all checks!!!), Bloomberg said it was "like giving a drink to an alcoholic." He meant because Congress is addicted to spending, but the analogy seems to actually say that Americans are addicted to having money. Or maybe he is actually just saying that Americans will actually spend their entire stimulus checks on booze? Some of them will, sure. But some of them will spend it on drugs! Besides, Americans aren't addicted to cash. We're addicted to running up debt! [NYSun]
Former Gawker Ed Victim Of Media Circus
Why won't THE MSM leave Choire Sicha's liquor store ALONE! [Radar]
Why won't THE MSM leave Choire Sicha's liquor store ALONE! [Radar]
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Boobs and Nuts
People are highly interested in alcohol themed undergarments today, probably because of this story which ran yesterday. Though people seem confused about the name of the product (or what they want to put in it), searching for both booze bra (Hotness = "Spicy") and wine bra (only "Medium" hotness). Delta Burke was another hot search, as it was announced today that she's checked herself into a mental health facility. Partly because she'd been "hoarding." Hoarding booze bras, one can hope. On the more serious side, people wanted simply to know who won Super Tuesday, and were curious about the scientific bombshell that nuts are toxic to dogs (Also "Spicy"!) Click thumb for larger image.
HACKS NEED HOOCH
"It's easy to reduce all of what is wrong with American journalism to the near industrywide ban on booze in the newsroom. So I will." [Slate; Illustration via HuffPo]
"It's easy to reduce all of what is wrong with American journalism to the near industrywide ban on booze in the newsroom. So I will." [Slate; Illustration via HuffPo]
etiquette
Six Ways To Avoid Holiday Sobriety
Newsweek invited third-generation etiquette expert Lizzie Post to help Holiday get-togetherers and get-togetherees avoid awkward moments with teetotalers at their Christmas parties. Post offered six tips that we loved so much, we repurposed them in a humorous fashion! More »
tragedies
Whisky Shortage Threatens Xmas Cheer
George Dickel, the other distillery that makes "Tennessee Whisky", stopped brewing their precious nectar from 1999 through 2003 to reduce inventory after they ramped up production in the 90s to compete with Jack Daniel's. Despite the fact that Dickel is way better, it didn't work. And now, because sippin' whiskey must age, they have nearly none available for this holiday season. Thankfully the shortage mostly affects their No. 8 so you can still sip yourself to pleasant oblivion on the superior, higher-proof No. 12 while dealing with your family next week. Or, you know, just drink bourbon.Whiskey Maker Short After Shutting Down Production [AP via WSMV]
We're thankful for once again living in a city where a guy can order all the top-shelf booze he wants on the internet. Thank Our Heavenly Father for entire winters spent drowning in Old Overholt without ever leaving the house.
Here's a handy spreadsheet featuring detailed information about 36 different happy hours around the city. [American Madness, via]
