Comments on: Work Promotes Confidence! (And maybe drinking.)

By: Janice

Janice — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:21:03 +0000

Being a Boilermaker from Purdue, that’s a familiar drink! I’ve seen vodka used in the mix with some success. However, I don’t recommend the cherry brandy variant I saw someone try to promote once!

By: Western Dave

Western Dave — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:16:29 +0000

Doing oral histories of uranium miners, I learned about this protein-packed concoction created by miners when they were faced with the choice between dinner or drinking due to poor financial planning.

Cheese Beer.
1. Go to Pizza Hut
2. Order pitcher of cheapest beer
3. Pour beer into glass, top with Kraft Parmesan style psuedo-cheese from container on table. The psuedo-cheese should float on the top making a layer of protein.
4. Drink. Re-adding psuedo-cheese as necessary.
5. Order more pitchers and repeat.
6. Drive home and hopefully not wreck the truck or kill anybody.

I have drunk said cheese beer (although not at Pizza Hut) while doing an interview with a former miner. It’s not nearly as bad as it sounds. And it’s one of the better interviews I collected.

By: Kaestner

Kaestner — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:29:14 +0000

Love the WPA posters and the drink recipe! I have a suggestion and a question. Try mudder’s milk from the Joss Whedon’s Firefly (http://firefly.wikia.com/wiki/Mudder%27s_Milk): “all the protein, vitamins and carbs of your grandma’s best turkey dinner, plus 15 percent alcohol.” Perfect for us toiling in academia!

Also, I was wondering if anyone might have seen an image that I was reminded of by the WPA posters. It’s of a Rosie the Riveter type woman sitting on the beams of an under construction skyscraper and nursing/holding her child. A professor of mine many years ago had it on her office door, but I have never seen it again.

By: Comrade PhysioProf

Comrade PhysioProf — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:18:53 +0000

http://physioprof.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/comrade-physioprofs-perfect-rye-manhattan/

By: Perpetua

Perpetua — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:37:57 +0000

Mother needs a drink indeed! I think the WPA poster should show a woman with a baby on the breast and a martini in the other hand. (I know that there are women who give up alcohol while nursing, but not this one!)

By: Dr. Koshary

Dr. Koshary — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:47:16 +0000

*Sitting back and waiting for Comrade Physio Prof to take the booze-and-drinking-song ball and run with it*

By: Profane

Profane — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:03:38 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Car_Bomb

By: Tenured Radical

Tenured Radical — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:23:26 +0000

Just seeing the recipe of a boilermaker caused a quick flashback of a memorable evening from 30 years ago and my whole dinner practically came up.

Vodka, cranberry juice and a lemon wedge — otherwise known as a “Greyhound” or “Cape Codder.”

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:28:09 +0000

I covered 280 miles in just under six hours today, does that work as work? Also got a little grading done. I’m holding to some unadulturated Mango juice, though.

You know, we could get this corner of the non-peer reviewed internets peer-reviewed in no time if you’d appoint an editorial board; and thus maybe make it promotionable! But it would be strictly not-needed.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:26:02 +0000

I love WPA art, and have a beautiful book called “Posters for the People: Art of the WPA.” by Ennis Carter and Chris DeNoon. They really did cover it all!

I do not, however, love Boilermakers. Beer, yes. Whiskey, sure. Together? Worst. Hangover. Ever.