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An Excuse To Drink Mega-Post – January 8, 2013
Posted on January 8, 2013 | No CommentsThere just seemed to be too many good excuse to drink today, so feeling a bit lazy, we’re just going to pile them all up here and let everyone decide... -
An Excuse To Drink – January 7, 1943: 70th Anniversary Of The Death of Nikola Tesla
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsSeventy years ago today, Nikola Tesla, engineer, physicist, futurist, geek/nerd icon and master of all things electrical, died penniless and alone, (apparently of coronary thrombosis) in Room 3327 of the... -
An Excuse To Drink – January 4, 1965: The Death of T.S. Eliot
Posted on January 4, 2013 | No Comments“Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs.” -— T.S. Eliot, when asked about inspiration Today we remember the Nobel Prize-winning American-Anglo writer Thomas Stearns “T.S” Eliot, who died of... -
An Excuse To Drink – September 12, 1972: The Death Of William “Hopalong Cassidy” Boyd
Posted on September 12, 2012 | No CommentsForty years ago today, screen actor William Boyd, best known for his portrayal of cowboy screen idol Hopalong Cassidy, passed away due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and heart failure in... -
An Excuse To Drink – 440th Anniversary of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Posted on August 23, 2012 | No CommentsToday we mark the 440th anniversary of one of the most infamous incidents of religious sectarian violence in the history of Western Europe. Through a series of strategic assassinations and... -
An Excuse To Drink – In Memoriam: Gore Vidal
Posted on August 1, 2012 | No CommentsLast night around 6:45 pm, noted author, playwright, commentator and occasional politician, Gore Vidal, passed away at his Los Angeles home after a long illness. The following recipe is featured in Chapter 3... -
An A-Political Excuse To Drink – The Supreme Court Upholds “Obamacare”
Posted on June 28, 2012 | No CommentsAlright, we rarely engage in politics here on the blog (mostly because the writers can never agree) but I think people on both sides of this issue need a... -
Breaking News – August 22, 1920 – June 6, 2012: R.I.P. Ray Bradbury
Posted on June 6, 2012 | No CommentsIt was announced this morning that legendary science fiction author, Ray Bradbury, died today at age 91. You can read an obituary over at IO9.com. Among his many works, Bradbury... -
Breaking News – Remembering Robin Gibb
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsIt seems like we are writing these posts far too often. And we are not going to add much more than what is already out there in the media. But... -
Breaking News – Donna Summer Passes Away At 63
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsI didn’t think we’d have to say this again so soon… but let’s say it again right now. Cancer sucks! And it took another legend today. Donna Summer, the...
