Booze
Beer ordering gestures studied
A couple of researchers out of the U of A, Elena Nicoladis and Paula Marentette, along with Simone Pika out of Manchester did a study of gestures that various cultures use for ordering beer. They hypothesize:
…it should be possible to guess an individuals’ cultural origin by observing her way of counting up to ten on [...]
Pay the fine before you light up inside
In Holland where the laws are much nicer to pot than to cigarettes, some bars that illegally still allow smoking have resorted to asking for a cover charge to defray eventual fines. It’s not only an interesting way to make a statement about laws that affect property rights it’s a solid economic move as well, [...]
UK: No more cheap booze
The national government in the UK is determined to slap new regulations on drinking to attempt to curb a rise in anti-social behaviour. The suggestions range from a ban on happy hours and ladies nights, along with stringent labeling on cans and bottles.
From the Daily Mail:
Critics of liberalised licensing laws claim the move three years [...]
Invisible Hand analysed
Three friends of mine, who I will for the sake anonymity name PJ, Mike1 and Mike2, were chatting over brews recently and got into a discussion about the meaning behind the term Invisible Hand. They knew that it was coined by Adam Smith and that Milton Friedman had commented on it as well.
PJ had suggested [...]
1st Annual Christmas gift guide…
What kind of low, boring product would a modern blog be if it didn’t promote some solid seasonal consumerism with a Holiday Gift Guide? Lame, seriously lame. So in the interest of being fabulous and not lame here are the Sauce Captain picks for the season.
Booze
These 3 picks have been real surprises for me over [...]
Gaming addicts don’t exist
In a bold, yet startlingly obivious, move the world’s only gaming addiction treatment centre has admitted that chronic gamers are not gaming addicts. After two years of operation the clinic in Amsterdam says that it has become clear that 90% of excessive gamers are merely poorly socialized. The other 10% are compulsive in general and [...]
Boozing and baby
A new study in the International Journal of Epidemiology suggests that having a couple of drinks a week during pregnancy isn’t the danger that some politicized folks would have you believe. What’s quite interesting is that in the past it’s been quite difficult to find studies that looked at (the likely majority of) women that [...]
