BYCU
I'm not sure why it's newsworthy, but it's definitely brewsworthy: Pat Sajak says he and Vanna White got drunk before Wheel of Fortune tapings back in the day. Gotta love Sajak's candor:
At the time, the show had a long break during tapings when he and White would go to a nearby Mexican restaurant for margaritas.
"Vanna and I would ... have two or three or six and then come and do the last shows and have trouble recognizing the alphabet," he said. "I had a great time. I have no idea if the shows were any good, but no one said anything, so I guess I did OK."
Short and Brutish and Joyless
But abstention makes life seem longer, so the effects kinda offset each other: Study: Abstaining from alcohol significantly shortens life.
The tightly controlled study, which looked at individuals between ages 55 and 65, spanned a 20-year period and accounted for variables ranging from socioeconomic status to level of physical activity. Led by psychologist Charles Holahan of the University of Texas at Austin, it found that mortality rates were highest for those who had never had a sip, lower for heavy drinkers, and lowest for moderate drinkers who enjoyed one to three drinks per day.
A bottle of red is calling my name. As the father of seven children, it's my fiduciary obligation to drink it. And drink it I will.
