> Ellison said it is a fluke of nature that the
> lust section of the brain -- the oldest part --
> still functions after consumption of alcohol

Just had birthday, roaring into the middle years in stunning good health... But if I live to be 10,000 years old, I will never believe that's true.

It's not a "fluke" that eroticism is so unsinkable. Sex means so much to us because it has to. If we were as repulsed by each other's bodies as a Martian might think we deserve to be, this station would be off the air in about 30 years.

The natural world has defeated far stronger enemies than Cabernet to bring us to the moment.

Just want to say I had a chance to fuck a Lenny Kravitz lookalike and didn't.

Biggest regret of my life.

I need a drink.

Drink 'em pretty.

"Study author psychologist Dr. Amanda Ellison said that alcohol doesn't make people look more attractive, it just increases their level of lust."

Either way, result's the same.

Drink 'em pretty.

'Zackle. What's that poster, my brother had one on his bedroom wall, say - "Beer. Helping ugly people get laid since 1645" or something similar.

Happy Birthday, Cridmeister, and many many more!
(And one in the future with me, but not TOO far...say, 2014? or 15. I ain't picky)

That's close, Flynn. The actual date is 1561. That is the date of the German beer purity law, Reinheitsgebot.

The alcoholics theme song:

"I never went to bed with an ugly woman, but I sure woke up with a few."

So just to be clear, according to the study alcohol doesnt lower peoples inhibitions, it just lowers their rational and decision-making areas of the brain?

Isnt that just a fancy way of saying alcohol lowers your inhibitions?

> say, 2014?

Listen, if don't mind an occasional white lie, I have another birthday coming up this weekend....

> Drink 'em pretty.

That is a great line… Short 'n stoic.

Mickey Gillie summed it up pretty well quite a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj9d8rlZQws

...Gilley (arrrgghhh)

They actually studied this? This needed studying?

So I figured out why Canadians have to come down here to comment on stuff!... Why they have to visit USA blogs in order to feel human & grownup & free!

It's because they're not allowed to up there in their native Canada, which is to our north! There are commissions that stop them if they try! And they like to talk about the First Amendment, which is from the United States… But because it's from the United States, the First Amendment it doesn't actually "apply" to them!

And they know that!

So they come down here.

Mythbusters had a go at this. It was fairly nauseating, but I think they concluded there was some truthiness in there.

What I remember most is Kari Byron fondling Jamie's silly face-fungus and him saying "Ordinarily, I would not allow that." I think Kari was already pregnant by then -- not that that would have necessarily forestalled a liaison.

It was 2008 ep 16, first aired 22nd Oct.

wtf: "They actually studied this? This needed studying?"

Yes, of course, they had to find something to study to use up those government grant dollars (well, okay, in this case, it wasn't dollars; but UK pounds. Not much difference; tax payers still foot the bill)

Hi Crid! Missed ya! Got your mojo back after the pounding you took?

Seriously tho, feel bad for you. You're so bitter you don't realize how many more people would talk to you if you were actually nice! A wasted intelligence is always a pitiable thing.

So, you ever gonna give me the Canadian gal's name that broke your heart and shriveled your dick?

Fantastic job of not caring. Bravo!

I've more than enough people to "talk to," and was not brought to this world to be gratuitously "nice." There's more to life than whatever grade-school loneliness forged your presumption about the experiences of others. Your taunting has the flavor of sour grapes: In some shallow level of your (shallow) consciousness, you must understand that we don't actually know each other here, and that the esteem of "nice" strangers is worthless when the coin of the realm is sharpened clarity. The other commenters were never counting on me to stop by with groceries (and a nice smile) when they get the flu.

The specifics of your opinions are of no interest; That you, snugly sheltered in America's complimentary might, feel compelled offer them as instruction to us is galling indeed, and always notable.

There have been at least five wackjob Canadians stopping by over the years, pornographically aroused by the vigor of our culture, each commenting in intrusive, presumptive detail about our management of forces ignored or bludgeoned in your own nation. It's got nothing to do with improving your own lives, yet you pull down your pants to do this... and I don't completely understand.

Patterns at work on Amy's blog are sometimes instructive and sometimes inexplicable. Much of what we'll call The Canadian Effect can be readily explained by mundane envy; America rocks, other places don't. (We had an Australian Canadian last week.) Human nature is plodding and listless, so it looks to our shiny energy just to feel a synapse fire.

But I've never understood why people with such stern ideas about the order of American society don't use their keen insight to improve their own (lesser) cultures.

And I've certainly never understood why you almost always speak in the voices of those who live here and have a stake in the outcome... You want to pass as American to Americans, even though we'll never meet. And that's much more than just weird; That's intensely pathetic. Like, secretly-watching-your-big-teenage-brother-neck-with-his-girlfriend pathetic.

So the Canadian Effect bears further study (and merciless ridicule). See also Succor for a Coward and Paydays Without Merit: Baseless self-righteousness is a fascination.

Oh Good for you Crid I knew you wouldn't disappoint! I knew you wouldn't let me down! I do so enjoy our chats darling! What would I do without you? You are the Doc Oc to my Spider-Man, the Lex Luther to my Superman, the Wil Weaton to my Sheldon!

Just a little hint though, I don't really read your anti-Canadian rants, I just like to see them. Proves I was right, you do care!

So was watching your brother educational or was that when you discovered you were a real boy after all?