Days That End in Y

General drunkenness, attempting to clear my apartment of old crap on eBay, and getting a Wii all contributed to a week of little blogging. In the meantime, though, I did compile a large collection of interesting links.

• Largest Champagne Fountain: Seriously, whoa! I don’t think I’d ever climb that ladder. The likely outcome would be my ending up in a hospital with thousands of glass shards stuck in me.
• Liquor Bottles Made of Squid Skins: Um, ew? These Ika Tokkuri are cuttlefish dried and shaped into sake bottles. I’m sure they impart a delicate flavor of the sea.
• Booze Bra Gives Woman a Wine Rack: Forget the Wonderbra! This second base will squirt a tasty non-baby-friendly liquid.
• Beer Gets Seatbelt. Child Doesn’t.: You may be an alcoholic if…
• More SMS Help from Martini Groove: Rick has a very neat SMS service that gets you drink recipes. While I’m too cheap to text, I’m sure some of you have unlimited plans.
• The Martini Workout: It’s like danging a carrot in front of a donkey, except the carrot’s a martini glass and you’re the ass.
• BeerAdvocate to Host the East Coast’s Largest American Craft Beer Fest: Yes! Yes! Yes! Even better, it’s on my birthday! It’s a dream come true.
• Tomato Beer: The Echigo Beer Company in Japan has released Tomato Bibere. I’m intrigued, but I fear it likely just tastes nasty. If I really want tomato beer, I’ll just squirt some ketchup into a Bud Light.
• The 2008 Topps Drinking Game: I never really got into collecting baseball cards as a kid, though this may have helped.
• Diageo in $900m Dutch Deal: A behemoth grows bigger with the purchase of a 50% stake in Ketel One.
• Beer Used to Thwart Robbery: The next time someone tries to rob you, just swing a six-pack of beer at his head.
• Bukowski Tavern’s Annual ‘Pint and Pen’ Contest: Win $2500! I recall last year’s entries were rather sexual in nature, so insert some raunchy stuff if you want to win.

Anyway, that’s it for this week. In the meantime, if you’re in Boston, consider heading to the Wine Expo this weekend. Tickets should still be available. Yours truly will be there tomorrow.

Days That End in Y now has a forum! It’s currently completely empty, so please head on over and post something!

I’ll be sure to keep it free of spam so that the forum stays topical and useful. If you’re willing to moderate, then let me know by leaving a comment. I can’t promise you much in the way of satisfaction, but I may buy you an occasional drink if I’m in the area!

In case you missed the previous site announcement about the link directory, Days That End in Y now has a link directory, too! I’ve been busy populating it with links. There are currently 153 links, and I’m adding more, too. If your favorite site isn’t listed, then please suggest it! Just navigate to the subdirectory in which the link belongs and click “suggest it” at the bottom of the page!

In between drinks, I’m trying hard to make Days That End in Y the best alcohol-related site there is. More features and improvements are coming soon!

Days That End in Y now has a link directory. Any site can be linked here provided it is related to alcohol and not spammy. I’ve pre-populated it with links from the blogroll and anything that I’ve linked in the last ten posts, but the directory is of course woefully incomplete. Please help me out by adding a link!

Just navigate to the category in which the link belongs. Then, click “suggest it” at the bottom and fill out the form. If you think there should be a new category or subcategory, then please leave a comment or contact me.

Don’t forget that I’m also more than happy to exchange links with you if you run a booze blog! Just let me know that you’d like to be linked and stick a link in your own blogroll back to Days That End in Y.