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How to drink without getting drunk: does the yeast method work? (Food & Drink Week)
Esquire blog discusses a famous brewer’s secret for staying (relatively) sober. We test it out. You may have seen Aaron Goldfarb’s recent Esquire blog entitled “How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk.” Great headline, and how cool would that be, right? I was skeptical, for obvious reasons, but it turns out that what is proposed is an idea developed
Read moreEvangelical climate scientist seeks to convince Christians that global warming is real
Climate change isn’t inconsistent with the Bible, says Katharine Hayhoe In other words, we have reached a point in human history where educating the ignorant has failed and our survival depends now on pandering to them. Well. In that case, I guess I wish her luck.
Read moreZombie Apocalypse: Food & Drink Week shambles on with another Doc Sammy rum punch
Looking for something appropriate for your next Walking Dead watch party? Here’s a cocktail that will turn you into a zombie, too. Hopefully you’re already planning on a pitcher of my South Shore Kauai Tais for the weekend. If you like tropical drinks, here’s another one for your recipe book: Doc Sammy’s Zombie Apocalypse. Ingredients: 1 oz lime juice 1
Read moreAllen West defends Donald Sterling; sadly, he doesn’t even understand his own conservative ideology
FOX News contributor and former GOP Congressman rides to racist Clipper’s owner’s defense, ignorance in hand. If you’ve been paying attention for the past few years, the idea that Allen West is wrong about something is hardly news. His latest public opinion, though, is more than a little baffling because in this case he seems not to understand how conservativism
Read moreDr. Sammy’s Slammin’ South Shore Kauai Tai: Food & Drink Week
Those who know me will attest to my taste for fine single malt and American microbrews. But my little secret is now out. I’m also a rum-whore. Always have been. And I’m a stone cold sucker for a good rum punch, little umbrella and all. Especially in the summer. Or Hawaii. So with summer nearly upon us, I thought a
Read moreCan we get Donald Sterling and Rochelle Sterling and V Stiviano on The Jerry Springer Show?
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this: Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in
Read moreDonald Sterling’s appalling racist rant: the NBA must force him out of the game NOW
Clippers owner tells girlfriend not to bring black people to his games, officially replaces Cliven Bundy as America’s racist icon of the moment. Holy fuck. Are you kidding me? Donald Sterling, the owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, told his girlfriend not to post pictures on Instagram of herself with black people and not to bring black people to
Read moreWired article gets basic probability wrong
It may seem like a small thing, but if you write for one of America’s premier tech magazines, you have a responsibility to understand how probability works. Earlier today Wired published an article on how a new Quantum theory could explain the flow of time. Great stuff, and really interesting. Definitely give it a read. But in the course of
Read moreNCAA no longer accepting coursework from several virtual high schools
Academic performance by K12 Inc. somehow fails to measure up to rigorous big-money sports cartel standards. The NCAA has announced it will no longer accept coursework from two dozen online charter high schools around the country. These schools employ a curriculum from a for-profit company called K12 Inc. The move is understandable, I suppose. K12 has been heavily criticized for
Read moreThe American Basketball Association: remembering the six best things about a true original
The ABA was an innovator that changed the face of modern basketball. Some of the league’s new ideas survived and made their way into the game we see played today. Here are our six favorite ABA things, in no particular order. 1: The three-point shot. The ABA didn’t invent it – the idea had been around for some time, and
Read moreColumbine High School, April 20, 1999, 11:19am MDT: “Go! Go!”
It’s been 15 years since Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire. I don’t have anything new to say, but I thought that we ought to pause and reflect on that day and all that has transpired in its wake. Through the years I’ve written about Columbine several times, attempting to make sense of it, perhaps create a bit of
Read moreArt is like life: you never know which direction it will hit you from next
You have to have a plan, but happiness depends on how well you roll with the punches. The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley – Robert Burns No plan, however well conceived, survives contact with the enemy. – Military Adage Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. – Mike Tyson
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Online dating tips: tell OK Cupid you’re looking for the opposite of what you really want
Childless in Seattle? Not for long. Jim, let’s meet those bachelorettes. If you were to review my OK Cupid profile, you’d find this: And, just to be clear, this: So today, OK Cupid e-mailed me this:
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