This my friends is what makes me happy to pass this along to you!

Speaking of gems I can’t wait to head to my local The Gem for a pint tonight!

After a little digging I found out that it is in fact an anti-prohibition protest by the Labor union members in Newark, New Jersey taken on Halloween, 1931.

I’m glad they eventually got their beers!

dapperstache.com has thrown together a “Periodic Table of Awesoments” basically listing of all the elements that make up the world of awesomeness.

Beer is on there at #6 and Liquor at #51. So are Boobs at #13 and Snipers and Assassins at #’s 10 and 18. I particularly like #19’s elemental symbol of BA for Mr.T. Bacon of course get’s the top spot where Hydrogen would normally sit at #1.

Here’s a little of what they have to say about it:

The Periodic table of Awesoments can be a very useful tool. It’s designed to show the relationships between awesoments, and often one can even predict how awesoments interact simply by their positions on the table.

And here it is! (Click for a larger view)

Wait a minute!

How is the star so out of touch? Pre-drinking has been around since the dawn of bars hasn’t it? Here’s a few choice excerpts from Susan Pigg’s article:

Young people are engaging in a “new culture of intoxication” that even has its own buzzwords – “pre-drinking” or “pre-gaming.”

If you’re a confused parent looking for a simple definition, just click on YouTube, or on urbandictionary.com, where it’s described as the “act of drinking alcohol before you go out to the club to maximize your fun at the club while spending the least amount on extremely overpriced alcoholic beverages.”

What is YouTube going to get you from this? Videos of kids drinking?

It’s an “intense, ritualized and unsupervised” drinkfest, in many cases perfectly timed so that the booze hits the bloodstream within minutes of stepping inside the bar,

This is a quote from Samantha Wells some researcher with the University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario who apparently never ACTUALLY went to college OR university because if she had she’d already know all about pre-drinking and have no need for a study.

Also what kind of kids are doing the predrinking? Is it only Bio-Chem. students? How do you “perfectly time” the “booze hitting the bloodstream”? That’s some complicated stuff. “Okay Johnny it’s been 32 minutes since you drank your beers you have to leave for the bar in 3… 2… 1… NOW! Okay Bill you’re up next. But you have to wait 2 minutes and 13 seconds before you can leave.”

But worst of all. WHERE ARE THE PARENTS?!?!?…… Of this of age club bound drinking crowd? Why would anyone imply that people pre-drinking need supervision?

Later on in the article Mrs.Pigg dashes it all on the rocks however with a quote from a bar manager. This quote sends the entire article AND Samantha’s study down to the depths or stupidity by making it all obsolete.

“I don’t think there’s a bar in the city where, on a Friday and Saturday night, people aren’t drinking at home before they go out,” said Jim McCardle, manager of The Madison Avenue Pub. “If it’s excessive drinking, it’s always caught at the door because you can smell it on people when they’re coming in. There’s the occasional one that might slip by, but I wouldn’t consider it a serious problem.”

There you have it. Someone who manages a bar said that pre drinking isn’t a problem.

Some members of the video game community have shown distaste towards bringing out a “drinking game” on the Wii which is (so far) a more child oriented console.

The only problem I see here is the fact that the game has been given a “T” rating meaning that is can be sold to anyone 13+. Lisa Lombardozzi of the Greater Herndon Community Coalition is worried that selling such a game to minors will promote underage drinking and even binge drinking in minors. Since the legal drinking age in most states is 21 some are worried that the game will promote drinking unhealthy ideals in the youth population.

JV Games’ spokesman Vince Valenti said, “We are not advocating drinking any more than watching cartoons or watching the TV show Cheers, or even going bowling or to a baseball game … If anything, you’re going to be drinking less, because you are too busy playing the game, trying to beat your opponent, to be constantly picking up a beer and drinking it.” Vince sounds a little less than interested in Lisa’s view of the situation.

The video in the preveous post has since been removed from youTube.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

The cutting of the head removes the larger bubbles which stand in the way of you and your tasty brew. Check out the video bellow and you can impress your friends with just how snooty you can be about your next glass of the brew from Belgium!

This all came about thanks to the local Boston Pizza where I won a t-shirt, basketball bag and a couple of snazzy Stella bottle openers which can be used to cut the head off all the Stella’s I may consume in the future!

Interesting note: Stella Artois came in to production in 1926 as a Christmas brew and is named Stella after the Latin for “star.”

The Official Website for the game is pretty lame. Flash based with images that are horribly pixelated and animations to match it was looking even more bleak at this point.

Then I watched the video below and it actually looks kinda fun.

Being the only ThirstyMate with a Wii console right now I’ll be letting you know how this game pans out when it drops in June. I’m looking for a 1000 points (10 dollars) OR LESS (preferably) price on it because I don’t think it’ll sell too well if it’s more than that. But this game looks like it could be a riot to play with some friends.

This recipe comes from the mind of my girlfriend. She’s brilliant in the kitchen and 1/3rd the reason that I have the shape I do.

Our Sol Cerveza Fajitas are a great addition to the end of your hard day at work or for having some friends over for a barbeque. These fajitas taste lightly of Sol and are simply delicious. Great to fill up on and wash down with the remaining beers!

This recipe makes enough for two large Fajitas each leaving enough for lunch the next day.

Ingredients:

1 large grilling steak whole if grilling on the BBQ cut in to ½ cm strips if roasting in the oven.
1/2 sweet onion sliced
2 Cloves of minced garlic
1/2-1 tsp Red Chili Flakes
1/2 tsp of Salt
1/2 tsp of Pepper
Juice of 2 limes
3/4 of a bottle of Sol Cerveza
1 Jalapeño Pepper
1/2 Green Pepper
1/2 Red Pepper
1/2 Yellow Pepper

• Put the steak, onion, garlic chili flakes, salt, pepper and lime juice in to a Ziploc bag and fill with beer. Remove all the air from the bag and mush it all around to cover and place in a bowl in the fridge (incase of leakage) for 1/2 hour to 3 hours. Add a small amount of lime or lime juice to the remaining beer and pass to the closest Thirsty Mate.
• Pre heat your grill or if using an oven a cast iron skillet to 500 degrees and let the skillet heat up for at least 20 minutes.
• If your skillet is large enough or you’re using the barbeque you can combine the next two steps. Add a pinch of salt to the skillet and one tsp of olive or vegetable oil for lubrication add the peppers and return to the oven for 5min or until cooked but not soft. If using the barbeque grill to the same perfection then set aside.
• Add the steak to the skillet once it’s had a chance to heat back up in the oven and roast till med rare (or well done if you’re crazy)
• Add peppers to skillet and toss. Return to oven till all is nice and hot and ready to serve.

Serve on large tortillas with cheese, sour cream, salsa and the remainders of the six pack of Sol Cerveza. Don’t forget to add any remaining lime to the beers!

Hint: Cut your slices of lime thin enough to slip back out of the bottle when you’re done your beer so that it’s less messy at the beer store and they won’t attract any fruit flies in a few days time.

Sol beer is clear and pours with little to no head. Although is best enjoyed outside from the bottle with a slice of lime. Coming form a brewery near Mexico City called “El Salto Del Agua” (the water fall). During it’s conception the German brew master noticed that a ray of sunshine fell in to the brewing pot and the name was born. In the beginning it was marketed to the working class because it was much more refreshing than the traditionally heavy European style beers available at the time.