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)
Topic
Drinking
A collection of 41 issues
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)
For Those Who Like Their Beer to Behave Like Cognac
The only thing higher than these beers' alcohol content is their price tags, revealing a fundamental truth about human nature: we will pay someone to kick us in the genitals.
The Finest Literary Publication Since the Edinburgh Review is on Life Support
I pray for Modern Drunkard Magazine's recovery but I fear the worst.