i saw this article via fark this morning and just couldn’t let it go unmentioned.

• mommy wants a drinkypoo

websites where people talk about getting drunk? where have i seen something like that before

these are obviously more sophisticated mommy types, though

That winery tour guide must have lied to me.

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had learned during a winery tour that wineries often buy their barrels from whiskey makers, because according to regulations, whiskey makers are not allowed to reuse the barrels.

This article seems to contradict that, because it tells of whiskey makers buying barrels from wineries, in order to mingle the wine flavor in the whiskey as it ages.

That sounds really good, by the way. I enjoy a nice glass of wine, and I certainly enjoy a nice glass of whiskey.

But now I’m curious. I couldn’t find any sources to confirm the “distilleries aren’t allowed to reuse their barrels” story, so now I’m wondering what the hell that winery tour guide was talking about.

If anyone has any answers, please enlighten me.

Don’t worry, it’s not an online quiz for posting on your Myspace profile.

It’s an article from CBS News: a study finds that there are five distinct types of alcoholics.

Looking at their list, I must have evolved at least once. I’m sure I started out as the “Young Adult Subtype”, but I must have worked my way up to the “Functional Subtype” somewhere along the way. And while I don’t match their age timeline, the “Young Antisocial Subtype” sure sounds familiar.

Frankly though, this whole subtype thing seems a little simplistic. The first two are “young people who drink too much” but the reasons are different for each. Those are followed by “people who drink too much but somehow manage to go about their business anyway”, which is followed by “people who drink too much because their parents did” and finally “winos in the gutter”.

I’m sure there has got to be more nuance than that.

One thing I’ve always wanted but never really had the initiative or extra cash to get is a well-stocked bar. I’ve never been in a position to buy a wide variety of liquor at once, and when I buy bottles one at a time, they never last long.

So here’s an interesting article from the Washington Post, in case you’ve got $300 bucks to invest in stocking your bar.

Frankly, I think I could get a lot more for $300, but I’m really not picky. If I had to stock my bar with Albertson’s Supermarket brand liquor, I could live with that, and probably get twice as much. But the article above is pretty good if you’d like to get some quality booze.