From the surprisingly fantastic “Crime Scene KC” blog:
Authorities have dropped charges against a Texas woman who allegedly gave her husband enemas using sherry. (Insufficient evidence, they say.) The man died of alcohol poisoning and had a .47 BAC at time of death. The wife has told the local newspaper that her husband had an addiction [...]

Inspired by a post on Imbibe and the imminent flu season, my mind wandered today to the hot toddy, a cocktail most commonly used as a folk remedy. The variations abound, but the base is simple: brandy, rum, or whisky; something hot, typically black tea, but perhaps coffee or cocoa; a sweetener, traditionally honey—all served [...]

The Times showcases “Lucid,” a new almost-nearly-but-not-quite absinthe clone made that omits thujone, the supposedly hallucinogenic ingredient that was the toehold used by prohibitionists to prevent the sale of the green tincture in 1912:
In May, Viridian Spirits of Manhasset, N.Y., introduced in New York a product called Lucid, which it says is the first legal [...]

Hey Ontario, sorry for your loss.
Two tractor-trailers carrying 70,000 cans and 44,000 bottles of Moosehead Lager were stolen early Wednesday morning at a transport company’s facility in Mississauga, Ont.
The beer company says the retail value of the load is $200,000.
Moosehead isn’t necessarily my favorite beer north of the border, but 100,000 beers being [...]

A Slave to my Passions since 1989, I, “Mad” Randy Flann, have enjoyed developing nearly two hundred “concepts of convenience” which I call RoFo Headgear. Many of these have been featured across the globe in the hippest magazines…
Stay class Mad Randy Flann. Oh and invest some money into a web designer. Your [...]

Part of the reason I have some pity for people who get busted for drunk driving is that I understand why it happens. (Although it’s still not an excuse.) Most towns in America are designed around driving; it is literally impossible in most places to go get a drink without traveling.
(Yes, get a cab. I [...]

From The Local, an English-language Swedish paper:
On Sunday evening, Murray hit the town with some golfers who had participated in the Scandinavian Masters tournament. When the evening’s festivities at Café Opera drew to a close, he hopped into a golf cart and made a beeline for his hotel.
Soon however police asked the American actor to [...]

A reasoned, if tentative look at lowering the drinking age to 18, in newspaper-insert Parade magazine of all places. [Parade.com]

Some say that the internet’s obsession with bacon is over, but I defy this on two counts: first, no one has yet been spotted cramming bacon into their anus, creating a Goatse-inspired BLT (Bacon Ligament Tearing); second, no one has yet made bacon-infused vodka.
Oh wait: Yes, they have. [BaconVodka.GooglePages.com] (Thanks, Brownlee!)
Previously: Bacon…burger? Baconburger! [Dethroner]

Forget the war, socialized medicine, and the lack of free national roving teenage handjob squadrons: this is the most important story of our time:
Neuroscientists say a recent report indicates moderate drinking may have a positive effect on the health of a person’s brain. … Queensland Brain Institute director Professor Perry Bartlett says the report shows [...]

I love Something Awful’s forums. The goons on the whole have a great attitude of acceptance of others (until they totally eviscerate an idiot) and a genuine curiosity about the new. I think I was perhaps a bit too old and jaded to really get everything out of Goonship I could have, but I still [...]