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Alcohol is almost ubiquitous and used for a variety of occasions. Although the customs and the rituals with which alcohol is consumed are as varied as the places they come from, the appeal of alcohol still remains universal. So, if you think Jim Beam is too soft for your palette or have grown sick of [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Food · Tagged alcohol, alcoholic content, ashanti, breweries, cachaca, caipirinha, culture, distillation, dongdongju, drink, drunk, food, Ireland, irish pub, izakaya, jim beam, Lao Khao, mezcal, ouzo, palinka, palm wine, poitin, pulque, sake, shochu, soju, tej, Thailand, tradition, tsikoudia, tsipouro, whiskey, wine, world
These writers, musicians, and painters created masterpieces in the realms of literature, music, and art. At different stages of their lives, every person on this list suffered from severe hardships, mental illness and feelings of loneliness and despair. All of them suffered for their art in order to create legacies of great imagination and epic [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 12:03 am
Filed under All, Literature, Music, People · Tagged Add new tag, alcohol, artists, authors, bohemian, Dostoyevsky, Ernest Hemingway, gambling, gambling addiction, George Orwell, haunting, Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec, heroin, homosexual, Kurt Cobain, Literature, Ludwig van Beethoven, musician, painters, passion, playwright, poets, suicide, Sylvia Plath, Tennessee Williams, Thomas De Quincey, tortured artists, Vincent van Gogh
Congratulations to our Kathy Wood, 3rd place winner in our Top 10 List Writing Contest.
No matter what clique you identify with, from the jocks to the Goths, everybody is a little geeky on the inside. To help us embrace our inner geek here is a list of the top 10 coolest movies for Geeks.
10: The [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 3:50 am
Filed under All, Humor, Movies · Tagged alcohol, cloak & dagger, computers, criminal, die hard, geek, geek movies, geeks, Hackers, Internet, Life, movie, Movies, nerd, revenge of the nerds, steal, Swordfish, teenagers, The computer wore tennis shoes, The Last Starfighter, The Net, video, war games, weird science
Many people throughout history have thought it noble to run for political office. Some have felt it their civic duty, while others have truly wanted to affect a change in their world. Unfortunately there are some people who just have no business running or being in a political office, no matter how noble their intentions [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 12:36 am
Filed under All, Politics · Tagged ads, alcohol, civic duty, constituents, Democrat, democrats, jerks, Life, liquor, marijuana, mate, open invitation, opposition, People, Politics, prayer, Republican, republicans, Sex, sex addiction
No visit to a new country would be complete without trying the native moonshine. Just as culinary tastes differ throughout the world, as do beverages. Most countries share the old favorites of beer and wine, but here’s a list of poisons solely unique to particular regions – for good reasons.
10. Argentinean Maté
Although not alcoholic, this [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Food · Tagged absinthe, alcohol, Argentina, banned, beer, brand, cachaca, calabash gourd, cocktail caipirinha, concoction, crimes, culinary tastes, France, guinness, liquor, list of poisons, mate, moonshine, ouzo, pisco, poison, rakia, Russia, russian vodka, sake, vodka, water, wine
Every new year brings about a thoughtful look at the past. And what better way to gain more insight or guilt than to have a few quotes to increase your wisdom for this coming year. So read on and find out what a few bright minds thought about beginning a new year. Here are the [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing Johnson on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 2:04 am
Filed under All, Humor, Misc, People · Tagged alcohol, America, celebration, criminals, diet, Disney, drunk, Fireworks, Gun, Health, Holidays, Independence, kiss, Mom, mystery, new years, night, quotes, resolutions, sky, stars, tradition, Universe
At their best, sports are a tribute to the human spirit and an honorable competition between two athletes or teams. At their worst, however, they can expose sports figures as unethical, filled with greed and willing to anything it takes to win. Here’s a look at the worst incidents in professional sports history. Keep in [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 7:33 am
Filed under All, Games, Sex, Sports · Tagged alcohol, atlanta falcons, baseball, betting, boxing, Bryant, Cedric Benson, Chicago, cincinnati bengals, cincinnati reds, Commissioner David Stern, commissioner roger goodell, Controversial, Conviction, Desiree Washington, evander holyfield, gambling, Games, hockey, janet jones, John Dowd, kobe bryant, Lakers, League, mike tyson, pacman jones, Pete Rose, Pete Rose Bets, plea bargain, professional sports history, rape conviction, Reds, referee, Rick Tocchet, Sex, Sox, sport, sporting, Sports, wayne gretzky, weapon charges, Yankee
Fad diets try to offer a quick fix for fast weight loss, and, even if they work, the result is short-term and the pounds come bouncing back. The biggest problem with unhealthy fad diets is that you shouldn’t stay on any of them for extended periods of time because they are generally unbalanced nutritionally. Many [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 12:04 am
Filed under All, Food, Health · Tagged alcohol, Cabbage, cabbage soup diet, chicken soup diet, coffee tea, dairy products, diet, diets, evening snack, fad diets, fish, food restrictions, fried foods, green vegetable, Health, junk food, malnutrition, Medicine, red meat, Sleeping Beauty, sugar alcohol, top 10 lists, top ten lists, unhealthy fad diets, water, worst fad diets
Can you have much too much, much too young? These ten junior celebrities are proof that yes, you can. From drug and drink addictions to car and relationship wrecks, fame can spoil even the youngest souls. Fortunately, some child stars have overcome their destructiveness, whereas others are fading away, and may more have burnt out [...]
Posted by Katherine Watt on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Filed under All, Movies, People, Television · Tagged Actor, Actors, alcohol, brad renfro, child actors, child stars, children actors, corey feldman, corey haim, corey haim and corey feldman, drew barrymore, edward furlong, film, films, haley joel osment, heroin, Home Alone, jodie sweetin, kid, kids, macaulay culkin, movie, Movies, olsen twins, Oscar, river phoenix, tatum oneal, Terminator 2, tv
Although humans are not alone as tool using animals, we are definitely the planet’s designated experts in the field. Our use of invention, or the innovation of altering an object or process in new ways, may be what truly defines us as a species. Every once in a long while, something is invented which changes, [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Filed under All, Bizarre, Engineering, History · Tagged alcohol, anesthetic, antibiotics, birth control, Civilization, Controversial, cooking, human inventions, Internet, inventions, mankind, plumbing, printing press, tools, top 10 lists, wine