Anyone up for some RL fun next Tuesday night? I'll officially be turning "middle-aged", and I think I could do with some moral support and a few beers. City Beverage @ 8pm or something? Someone who knows the area better than me should suggest somewhere, please.

Even the recovering Catholics should appreciate that December 2nd is the Feast of Saint Viviana (or Bibiana), the patron saint of hangovers. Please plan accordingly. As an aside, she is also the patron saint of headaches, insanity, mental illness, single women and torture victims. Conflate at your leisure. At least 3 of those go together rather well. :)

I'm not generally one for just pasting a link and saying, "here, read this," but... here, read this:

http://casperstartribune.net/articles/2008/09/15/news/obituaries/a8e87b4...

Today is the 75th anniversary of the day that beer started flowing again in the US as prohibition repeals began. Oblig. NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89441573

Hoist a glass!

Slate.com has a nice opinion piece about hangovers. It's worth a read, and it refers to Kingsly Amis as "the godhead of hangovers," so how can it be wrong. http://www.slate.com/id/2187387/