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How I Learned to Accept my Hangover

A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present by Mark Forsyth

January 16, 2019 by CosmoNewanda 2 Comments

I don’t know how I found this book, but somehow while freezing on the train platform in Tokyo on New Year’s morning, I located this little gem. I started to read it on my phone, as I stood huddled in a train car trying to not get elbowed by too many hungover locals on their way to see family. I’m told by a coworker that it’s a tradition in Japan. First you get hammered on New Year’s Eve and then travel to see your family […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, History Tagged With: #food, #history, cbr11, Drinking, drunk, humor, Mark Forsyth, New Years, party, wine

CosmoNewanda's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, History · Tags: #food, #history, cbr11, Drinking, drunk, humor, Mark Forsyth, New Years, party, wine ·
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“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” – Mark Twain

October 10, 2015 by Halbs 5 Comments

Like many attorneys musicians men humans, I like drinkin’ ‘cause it’s fun. I am adept with beer, malt liquor, gin, rum, absinthe, the occasional fermented millet drink, and moonshine. Sadly, however, the drink that I wanted to love more than any has eluded me. That, friends, is whiskey. Despite my many attempts to sip the amber nectar of my heroes of yore, I simply have not been able to stomach whiskey without quickly developing a sour stomach and a headache. It tasted like peanut oil. […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Drinking, Liquor, Spirits, Whiskey, Whisky

Halbs's CBR7 Review No:32 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Drinking, Liquor, Spirits, Whiskey, Whisky ·
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