Category Archives: Drinking

GOP Buzzkills

April 16, 2012 – 4:11 pm

Mitt Romney does not drink alcohol or watch TV. His GOP opponent at least drank beer to show that he was human, instead of an Alien from another planet. Most Republicans inspired by the Holy Bible favor tee-totalers, even though their Messiah transformed water into wine at the Wedding Feast of Cana. Many Bible Belt [...]

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THE FIRST FORTY MILES by Peter Nolan Smith

April 12, 2012 – 12:06 pm

In late May 1974 my friend AK, a blonde co-ed from BU, and I picked up a Ford Torino Squire to transport cross-country. The station wagon was parked off Centre Street not far from the Forest Hills T station. The owner was standing on the sidewalk. He looked at his watch. “You’re ten minutes late.” [...]

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The Cost Of War

April 4, 2012 – 10:35 am

Last week Steven Harper’s Conservative government in Canada announced the rise of the national retirement age from 65 to 67. Several days later the Canadian Defense Ministry confirmed the purchase of thirty-five F-35 Strike Fighters at $50 million per plane. SHARE THE WORLD RESOURCES calculated the cost of each plane as the following; 128,205,128 Meals [...]

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Beer Bottle Fortune

March 20, 2012 – 12:33 pm

‎ The morning of St. Padraig’s Day my landlord and I noticed these stacked beer cases across the street. The sweet old lady had collected them from the trash. “I figure it’s about $150. I’m going to cash in the bottles and go play slots.” The old lady looked to be Hindu, but her son [...]

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Dime Toll – Portsmouth Bridge

March 16, 2012 – 11:05 am

My Uncle Russ grew in Portland, Maine. That Maine city’s only excitement in 1940 was watching sailors fight East Yard workers in the harbor dives and this show grew old fast after a Portugee fisherman picked a brawl with Russ’ friends. The old salt wanted blood. The teenagers ran for their lives and caught the [...]

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