The Gervais Golden Globes commercials adorable.

I think the only time my grandmother had alcohol was by accident. It was supposed to be lingonberry juice at one of her ladies' lodge teas. It had fermented. So you had all these drunken swedish ladies who had no idea what hit them.

I love that story.

I think the guidelines are fairly ridic. If you followed them, you'd never get drunk ever. And getting drunk is far from the only reason to drink, but I don't think it's the scourge that those rules make out.

The Gervais Golden Globes commercials adorable.

Totes. "I thought it was a school."

Getting drunk sure isn't the only reason to drink, nor the most frequent reason to imbibe, but it's naive to think it's not a draw. And, dude, it can be FUN. So back off, Puritans. But obviously not the ones with the beer shortage problem.

To be fair, if you're drunk you haven't been drinking in moderation. The question of whether you should at all times limit yourself what is moderate is separate from defining the terms.

Fair point, -t.

And tonight's Intervention is about an alcoholic. Good times.

> We in fact all believed he was guilty, but it was so very Not Proven.

The one criminal trial I was on the jury for, there was a little room for reasonable doubt left when the prosecution rested. Then the defendant took the stand, and there was no doubt at all.

I am baffled by non-drinkers who have never been drinkers, I will admit. I have a hard time computing.

I never liked the taste of wine or beer, and what little effect I got from the alcohol was unpleasant also. Hard liquor -- it's all just lighter fluid to me.

I've always imagined that being buzzed or tipsy would be similar to how I feel when I have a fever over 100F (unfocused, light-headed, even dizzy), but I don't really know. I've seen thoroughly drunk, and it scares me.

I've never taken an upper stronger than caffeine (and even then, the only time I drank coffee more than once a week was when I was doped out on meds) and I'm really very sure that I don't want to take any uppers. But for some reason I have trouble parsing not wanting to be drunk without having already been drunk.

All told, as a child, it was probably simpler for me to get my hands on alcohol than on caffeine--we were served alcoholic drinks as children, but never coffee. But if it had occurred to me to ask, I wonder when I could have had some.

It's probably somewhat similar to that feverish sensation, but generally pleasant and relaxing rather than icky as long as you don't push it to the point of nausea.

I've found that avoiding Goldschläger helps immensely with that last.