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September 25, 2014 Backdoor Pharmacist

Absinthe is a pale green (sometimes clear) highly alcoholic anise-flavored liquor distilled from wormwood and herbs, famous for its purported mind-altering effects for artists such as Oscar Wilde and Van Gogh. It was banned, but lately has experienced a revival, and a century’s worth of lies and distortion has returned. Absinthe, even of the “ordinare” […]

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May 15, 2013 Julia Dawidowicz

The National Transportation Safety Board is determined to change the legal drunk driving limit from .08 to .05 percent. After decades of research, they’ve finally realized that if I drink 2 shots of tequila and a Tecate in an hour (supposedly amounting to .077 percent), it’s possible that I might not be safest, most capable […]

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April 15, 2013 Julia Dawidowicz

Ask anyone who has groggily awoken in the sweaty arms of someone who looks like this — beer goggles are no joke. Even science says so. That booze inflates our own egos isn’t breaking news either — hence those painfully incoherent rants about your boring-ass job that, in the moment, make you feel like the most fascinating person […]

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