Marijuana is Number One
America's newest teetotalling movement is like a guy who claims he practices abstinence because he only masturbates. (Blog post)
Topic
Drinking
A collection of 43 issues
California Sober
California sober is neither. It's not just for Californians and the practitioners aren't sober.
The weed legalization wave is proving to be such a problem, even the diehard libertarian Tyler Cowen is saying it was a mistake, noting that pot is simply too potent and causing
I'm Tellin' Ya, this Newest Teetotalling Movement is Bogus, Man
More and more people are scared alcohol is bad for them. It's not, I'm pretty sure, though it'll probably take 20 years to prove it. (BYCU Blog Post)
This Will Bring Out the Teetotaller in Me
Tomato gin. I'd rather drink dog urine gin. (BYCU Blog Post)
A Heavy Drinker Goes Sober
But he rails against teetotallers, reminding me of an Irish man who "took the pledge" and, when congratulated on becoming a teetotaller, looked shocked and said, "That's a filthy Protestant notion. I took the pledge." (BYCU Blog Post)
Soho in the Eighties
I'm 5% of the way through this book and I'm not sure what I'm reading, but I'm pretty sure it's an abject waste of time and delightful. (Mini-essay)
An Anti-Abortion Drunk
Jeffrey Bernard (long-stumbling literary drunk, long-standing author of The Spectator's "Low Life" column, subject of the long-running play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell) dedicated a column to "the heroes of 1985." One of them, the "late lamented Michael Dempsey."
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The Roaring Twenties
They roared with alcohol (Mini-Essay)
Fortified Wines: Racism One Swig at a Time
For this morning's BYCU, a throwback to 2024 (Essay)
Welcome to Drynuary
An abbreviated BYCU to kick-off the new year (Blog Post)