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# Friday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/27076/
- Published: 2013-02-08T06:58:46.000Z
- Updated: 2013-02-08T06:58:46.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Wine-Glass-194x300.jpg "Wine Glass")

BYCU

The beer world has grown complicated. [Eric Asimov counts the ways](http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/beer/index.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Excerpt: "Nowadays, the beer shelves are so crammed with brews labeled Maximus, Monstrous and Imperial that you feel as if you've stumbled into a file of e-mail spam. In this world, bigger is always better, and why not? After all, 16 percent alcohol pinot noirs rule the wine ratings. Why not a beer like Stone Ruination I.P.A., so-called, the brewery proudly asserts, because of the ruinous effect of 'this massive hop monster' on your palate."

For the Techno Drunk

iDrunk: [Nifty little device protects your Mom's coffee table, keeps your beer cold, and charges your iPhone](http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938%5F105-57568233-1/charge-your-phone-with-a-cold-beer/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

Columnist Tackles Major Problem

[A columnist at the Huffington Post tackles one of the big problems in the world today](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-orlin/cute-wine-labels%5Fb%5F2612913.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com): Wine labels, many of which supposedly insult women: "First we had 'critter' labels for wine -- you know, Yellow Tail, Little Penguin, Dancing Bull, Smoking Loon. Then came what I call 'dessert' labels -- Cupcake, Layer Cake. Let's not forget the 'mommy' labels -- MommyJuice, Mommy's Little Helper. Now we have what I'm calling 'identity' labels -- Middle Sister, Bridesmaid and Skinnygirl. Do we really need a wine label to tell us who we are or how we should be? I cringe when I see these labels. . . . My hope is that if enough people stop buying these silly labels, the wine companies will have to start treating women as serious wine consumers, or in other words, as equals."

I repeat my earlier plea: Help me bring the phrase "petty souled" back into the public discourse. I think it's the only adjective that really fits these kind of people.

It kind of reminds me of [the First World Problems Twitter account](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23firstworldproblems&ref=thedailyeudemon.com), where people in developed countries self-deprecatingly tweet about their problems:

> Have to spend a good ten minutes every night moving my phone around just to get the charger to work.

> I want to eat lunch but I just ate breakfast.

> The person in front of me isn't turning right.

> I want to check a text I just got in my car, but I keep getting all the green lights.

> I want to use http://blackpeoplemeet.com but I'm white.

> I love Burger King's burgers but I prefer McDonald's fries.