Ernest Hemingway, on drunkenness

Will that be all, sir?

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.” – Ernest Hemingway

A fine quote of the day, particularly after a period of abstemiousness such as we have recently endured around these parts; ah, I have been in this position (barring the gender) far too many times. Let it just be said that I bear it with ill grace, and am given to asking, with the earnest expression of a dedicated seeker after mysteries, “why is it that are you are all so incredibly stupid?

quote and image from Saturday Night Souse on Constitution Club

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Shebeen Club Radio!

cross-posted to The Shebeen Club

Cry of the Phoenix, yo

Whoa, check it out: yet another medium (oh, look it up if you’re so pedantic!) falls to the raincoaster Operation Global Media Domination behemoth. We be all up in yo airwaves now! Preeeee-senting the inaugural broadcast of Shebeen Club Radio, recorded live (and subsequently edited to death) November 20th, 2007. This is a recording of our book launch for Shebeen Club regular Colleen O’Connor‘s book Cry of the Phoenix. Pour yourself something companionable and heckle along! It’ll be almost like being there, just without the trays of appetizers or the screams from Blood Alley!

Podcast recorded and edited by Dale McGladdery

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