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An Excuse to Drink Archive
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An Excuse To Drink – Kentucky Derby 2013 Drink Guide
Posted on May 4, 2013 | No CommentsAnd there off! To a cocktail filled celebration of the 139th running of the first jewel in American horse-racing’s triple crown, The Kentucky Derby. Run every consecutive year since 1875... -
An Excuse To Drink – A Toast To The New NFL “Mr. Irrelevant”
Posted on April 30, 2013 | No CommentsYet another NFL draft has officially come to a close and while some football fans are busy prematurely agonizing over their team’s first picks, here’s a celebratory toast to... -
An Excuse To Drink – Hairball Awareness Day
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsCheck your gag reflexes everyone, because today’s Hair Ball Awareness Day. This rather odd observance came about in 2006 when the Museum of Health and Medicine wanted to draw attention... -
An Excuse To Drink – National Mariachi Week
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No CommentsAlright Mexican Folk Music fans, it’s time to celebrate National Mariachi Week, which runs from April 24 through April 27. The term “mariachi” (from the French “mariage”) is believed to have... -
An Excuse To Drink – Superman Turns 75!
Posted on April 18, 2013 | No CommentsOn this date in 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s icon character made his debut in Action Comics #1. The “Man of Steel” would move onto his own comic in... -
An Excuse To Drink – International Day of Human Space Flight
Posted on April 12, 2013 | No CommentsFor once in our spurious existence, we’ve actually stumbled upon a 100% official day of recognition! Back in 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared April 12 to... -
An Excuse To Drink – April 11, 1913: Nevill Ground Destroyed by Suffragettes
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No CommentsOn this date in 1913, militant feminists torched the Nevill Ground cricket pavilion in Kent, England, leaving behind various feminist literature and a picture of Emily Pankhurst. Fire fighters, alerted by an early... -
An Excuse To Drink – April 10: William of Ockham
Posted on April 10, 2013 | No CommentsToday is the Church of England’s traditional day of commemoration for William of Ockham (c. 1287 – 1347), Franciscan friar, philosopher and theologian, most remembered for the problem-solving principle (Occam’s... -
An Excuse To Drink – Happy Birthday Gregory Pincus, Co-inventor of the Birth Control Pill
Posted on April 9, 2013 | No CommentsToday, we’re celebrating what would have been the 110th birthday of biologist Gregory Goodwin Pincus, whose research led to the first birth control pills. His work in in vitro fertilization and a... -
An Excuse To Drink – April 4, 1873: The 140th Anniversary of the Kennel Club
Posted on April 4, 2013 | No CommentsOn this date in 1873, The Kennel Club, the oldest recognized kennel club in the world, was founded by Sewallis E Shirley. Shirley came up with the idea after becoming frustrated with the...
