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King Con
Brian Brushwood practices a trade that could perhaps best be described as “benevolent deception.”
As the writer and host of Revision3's Scam School show, Brushwood...
Secrets of Barroom Photography
The Bird
The most popular of bar poses, this gesture simply states: “I am at odds with the world, and nor do I care for...
The Ballad of Broadway Joe
“We were supposed to drink. We were following the heritage of the pro athlete going back to Babe Ruth. You punished your body. It...
The Lush Lexicon: Buzz Words for Booze Heads
“Hey, slop jaw, quit boozgarting the felony juice so we can finish frontloading and get our fade on.”
Confused? You should be. Bar slang is...
Soused Africa
I squinted into the white-hot sunlight of southern Africa at high noon.
Before me was a black, mud-brick shack with a roof made of bound...
Adventures with Alcohol: A Tribute to Harpo
I was drunk, naked, and teeing off on the 16th hole of a public golf course. Or maybe it was the 15th. Fuck if...
How to Perpetuate the Weekend Getaway
There comes a time in every man’s life when he suddenly realizes that he has entered a new phase.
He finds himself in his thirties,...
Rules Of The Road Trip
When you combine a huge sprawling country, an instinctive love of automobiles and an even greater love of booze, it was only natural the...
Hooching with Hemingway, Part 1
Hemingway.
The name’s very mention brings to mind not only bullfights, deep-sea fishing, and big-game hunting, but also barroom brawls, absinthe parties and wild booze...
The Subtle Art of Beer Snobbery
While wine snobs have blighted the earth for thousands of years (you can bet there was at least one guy curling his lip at...
Ode To Dionysus
Ode to Dionysus
O Dionysus, greatest and best
Your mercy shall forever last
Your justice will never fail
On your endowments, civilizations rest 4
An inferior faith, baptism once...
Rum and Marriage
Walking up the dirt road, Mark realized that he would never walk up this road in the same way.
He would never drink a...
