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Don’t know a pilsner from a lager? Some upscale restaurants may now have someone to help. From Slate.com: Engert knows wine, but he specializes in beer. He’s a leading light of a new generation of beer professionals that are working to raise the art and science of selecting and serving beer to the [...] Share on Facebook All Jimmy wants after a hard days work is a little drink… a cheap drink. Who knew Washington State was stuck in liquor hell? An initiative backed by Costco to allow supermarkets and warehouse stores to sell liquor in the state of Washington has shattered an election spending record, and a recent poll showed [...] “What, me worry?” The entire article is here, read it! http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2011/04/british_monarchy Excerpts follow (with apologies to Mike’s mom!) …The mood of the British public is harder to gauge. The press is full of dresses and hats, but also of opinion polls saying that barely a half of the British are interested in [...] Clean and sober… New Arthur adheres to PC playbook Foster Brooks may spin in his grave when he learns Arthur has gone clean and sober. “Arthur,” the 1981 comedy starring Dudley Moore as a lush who finds love with Liza Minnelli, is being remade with Russell Brand in the leading role. If [...] Tonight in Glenview, Illinois — if you’d like to have drinks with Iowahawk tonight. Details here. Share on Facebook Why did Al Gore and all the scientists only get upset when it was the white bears that were dying? Grizzlies and other brown and black bears have had their numbers reduced in North America for centuries with nary a peep from Mr. Gore. Hmmmmmmm….. Share on [...] It looks like Amish and Gangster Paradises are colliding… From The Buffalo News: An Amish teen who tried to flee police faces charges of alcohol possession and “overdriving an animal” after he crashed his getaway vehicle— a horse and buggy. Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies reported over the weekend that Levi E. Detweiler, 17, ran [...] In JohnFN’s post about Christopher Hitchens’ memoir David Marcoe commented on his frustration with Christopher Hitchens, mainly regarding his vocal and often vicious attacks on religion. A lot of us here like to philosophize a bit, many of us are also practicing members of a religious faith and many of us also admire guys [...] Too bad so many winos don’t have shoes… of course shoes aren’t necessary for Mad Dog and Boone’s Farm. Share on Facebook I’m not sure, but thank God they did. Here’s an interesting article from The Atlantic on just that — the cocktail: Last fall, I visited a new restaurant and lounge in London called Hix. It specializes in revivals and adaptations of early-19th-century British libations, including a rum shrub of the sort one might have sipped [...] Turns out the more educated a woman is the more heavily she drinks. Science tells me so. From the London Daily Telegraph: Women’s alcohol consumption can even be predicted from their scores in school tests taken when they are as as young as five. Women who achieved “medium” or “high” test marks as schoolgirls are [...]
The mighty Kurt Schlichter has a wonderful, new piece up at Big Hollywood. Read the whole thing. The below excerpt is where he sums it all up. This is exactly what we need to do. What we must do. Call them on it. Most people are too afraid to speak up, even when [...] Ten toasts to use today: 1. May your giving hand never fail you. 2. May we all be alive at this same time next year. 3. May the Lord keep you in the palm of His hand, and never close his fist too tight! 4. May you live as long as you want and [...] Take your pick for a fave, folks, from Billboard’s list of musician mugshots. I’m still stunned Ol’ Blue Eyes was brought in on a charge of adultery and going with Ozzy in a St. Louis Blues jersey, George Clinton running a close second. It’s been a busy week for our less law-abiding celebrities. Not [...] I don’t want to belong to any Congress that would have me as a member. As I wrote in an earlier post, I think the Republicans failed to hit a home run today. They made some good, key points, but I think they failed to communicate what is most essential. Here [...] [I received the below e-mail and the above picture from an avid threedonia reader in China. I know we've also got some readers in Russia. If we could just get a few in Cuba we'd have the Communist world covered. (Brian, I deleted your last name. If you want folks to know more [...] Screenplay by Roger Ebert, He’s an artiste! A few weeks ago Outlaw posted a very nice article by Roger Ebert. I took the occasion to speak my mind about Roger in the comments. I also received a lot of heat at John Nolte’s old place for stating a negative opinion of Mr. Ebert. Why? [...] The College Widow got me thinking… I really do like that video of James Brown performing “Gravity,” and it’s Friday… Back in the Old Dirty Harry’s Place days Floyd, John Nolte and I had a tradition of sharing moments from classic films that we loved on Fridays (John carried the tradition on to Big Hollywood and [...] |
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