Boris Yeltsin, the Last Drunk World Leader

The only Russian leader since the fall of the emperial family in 1918 that gained great popularity abroad was Boris Yeltsin. Not in the last place because he had the reputation of a happy drunk. His public appearances while highly intoxicated were simply disarming. Even to the most hardcore Yankees that were still clinging on…

Ain’t that the truth?!

,,The harsh, useful things of the world, from pulling teeth to digging potatoes, are best done by men who are as starkly sober as so many convicts in the death house. But the lovely and useless things, the charming and exhilarating things, are best done by men with – as the phrase is – a…

Scots invent the ‘Brewburger’, when meat meets beer

The brewburger comes of course with a beer. Now that’s what we call a happy meal. Normally we don’t really like to make advertisement unless we get paid to do so, but this time we’ll make an exception. We received some awesome news from Scotland today, where the first beerburger has been created. That’s right,…