"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Da Fun Issue

"The Year in Ideas"
The New York Times Magazine

Some good, some not-so-good, some just plain fun
Such as DUI (Dialing Under the Influence) blocker:

The truest words are spoken not in jest but rather after one too many bourbon sours. Liquid courage can turn a normally taciturn individual into a confrontational blabbermouth, eager to tell co-workers or former lovers exactly how he feels about them. The results aren't usually pretty, as has now been immortalized in the popular culture: Paul Giamatti's wine-addled character succumbs to a bout of "drinking and dialing" in the movie "Sideways."

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