#absinthism

Amongst the treasure trove of Golden Age mysteries, we find Sherlock Holmes enjoying his seven percent solution, Philip Marlowe’s prodigious drinking makes the characters in Mad Men look like teetotalers, Elizabeth Daly pitted Henry Gamadge against a heroin addict in Somewhere In The House, and Dorothy L. Sayers engineered a plot where Lord Peter Wimsey broke up a cocaine ring in Murder Must…

This photo is by Timon Studler. Now that we’ve established absinthe’s meteoric rise and even faster fall in the realm of public opinion, we can now focus on my original question: Why haven’t I read mysteries where, during the summing up, the malefactor yells, “Absinthe made me murder/rob/eat Uncle Singin McBuzzleworth!” One Unscientific Opinion/Answer: The “Absinthe made me do it!” defense…

‘A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. The medicine go down. The medicine go down…’ Originally, this ditty sung by MaryPoppins meant to teach her charges how changing their perspective could make any task fun — and as a kid, I lapped Ms. Poppins’ lesson right up. Not long after, my folks skewed the song’s meaning to a more literal interpretation, i.e., taking actual medicine. (Without…

Do you guys want to become a Tumblr clique (because none of us are in one)?

I WANT A CUTE CIRCLE OF TUMBLR FRIENDS AND YOU ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHOM I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.

Anyways, um, if you'd like to do the thing, then click on someone else's link and introduce yourself. You might already know each other, but yeah.

I am so sorry if this is awkward, oh gawd, please don't hurt me.

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