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Drinking Liberally, 12/10/06

Hey everyone,
Drinking Liberally is this Tuesday December 12 at the Tangier in Philadelphia, corner of 18th and Lombard Streets. We start around 6:00 PM, and go until things wind down. Bring a friend, and win a chance to give Noz a lift home (really, he needs one).
Anyway, I tried to write a light, snarky DL [...]

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Drinking Liberally, November 28 2006

Posted by Brendan on November 27th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, alcohol, politics, snark

Hi everybody,
We have a Special Guest this week! It’s Shelley Lewis, author of Naked Republicans. She’ll have books for sale and will be reading a selection too.
As usual, we start at 6:00 PM, at the Tangier Bar 18th and Lombard Streets in Philadelphia, although Shelley expects to arrive at 6:30, so save her some of [...]

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Slow Day Blogging, Big Day Working

Posted by Brendan on October 17th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, alcohol, blogs, meta

Not much blogging on this rainy Tuesday unfortunately.
But boy howdy did I get a lot of stuff done at work. One of my proposals is in the review/edit stage. Another goes into the review/edit stage tomorrow. I wrote the Holiday Appeal in about 15 minutes, then wrote a second version for comparison. The second [...]

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Drinking Liberally 10/3/06: Despondency and Delight

Posted by Brendan on October 2nd, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, alcohol, blogs, politics

I write today’s Drinking Liberally bulletin under a cloud of conflicted emotions. But first: we’ll be getting together as usual at the Tangier (18th and Lombard Streets) on Tuesday, October 3, at 6:00 PM.
One the one hand we have the disgusting, immoral, anti-American Congress gutting the bill of rights, suspending habeas corpus, and, [...]

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Foley Checks Into Alcohol Rehab

Posted by Brendan on October 2nd, 2006 filed in Republican perverts, alcohol, hypocrisy, politics

Foley Checks Into Alcohol Rehab.
It’s a heckuva lot easier to claim you’re a drunk than to admit you’re a pederast I guess.
“It was the booze, I tellsya, it was the booze that made me do it!”

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Failure

Posted by Brendan on September 28th, 2006 filed in alcohol, anger, fascism, politics

New York Times Obituaries page A-22
America, United States of
(b.July 4, 1776, d. September 28th, 2006)
An historic moment came yesterday when the world’s oldest democracy, it’s greatest and youngest nation quietly passed away in her sleep.
* mikey666’s diary :: ::
*
“The world is a darker place.” lamented several saddened and tearful citizens. [...]

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Farewell to Aldo

Posted by Brendan on September 25th, 2006 filed in alcohol, comics, youtube

Via The Comics Curmudgeon, the news that Aldo Kelrast, everyone’s favorite Captain-Kangaroo-resembling-stalker, has died of a tragic, and self-inflicted, drunk driving accident.

A moment of silence please…

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Lodi Pirates

Posted by Brendan on August 30th, 2006 filed in alcohol, bluegrass festival, comedy

I’ll leave the Pickin in the Pasture review to MaryE Yeomans, which I’m sure you’ll enjoy and take this opportunity to post some pictures.
Back at the Grillbillies’ camp, the theme for the festival was “Let’s All be Pirates”. Dobro player Adam Schmidt had decorated the campsite with plastic “jolly roger” flags, and had dressed up [...]

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Drinking Liberally, 8/22: Armageddon Awaits!

Posted by Brendan on August 22nd, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, alcohol, culture, politics

Just a quick reminder that Armageddon or no, we’re still going to be Drinking Liberally at 18th Street and Lombard in Center City Philadelphia from 6-whenever PM! I hope you’ll join us, and if indeed God’s Fire does rain from the sky, or the 12th Imam appears, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster pelts us [...]

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The Priest

Posted by Brendan on August 11th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, alcohol, anger, biography, culture, friends, punk rock, violence

I was sitting outside at a table at the Dahlak on Sunday with my friend Rich and this punk rock girl I had never met before. She had short blonde hair, and wore thick streaks of pink eyeshadow, almost a Blondie meets Benatar kind of look. She was pissing me off by making the same [...]

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