John Ore: Oh, Jolie! I just had the strangest dream! And you were there and everyone here and...Kurt Loder?...And I remember that some of it wasn't very nice... but most of it was beautiful. But just the same, all I kept saying to everybody was, I want to go home. And they sent me home. READ MORE

John Ore: Hey, Jolie! We're in the home stretch now, only a couple of days to go and we can close the books on another successful January of not drinking. A little solidarity and we can get through this final weekend. READ MORE

Jolie Kerr: Merry Everythingisterriblenuary, John! Three weeks in. Are you as despondent as I am? READ MORE

John Ore: Hey Jolie, welcome to our second installment of Ask A Temporarily Sober Person! Wasn’t the moon beautiful this weekend? READ MORE

CUPPOW! I dunno, I just found this video amusing, in the "puts-a-smile-on-your-face" kind of way. I think it would have been even better if you had attractive women lusting after this jar-drinking guy, but what do I know about advertising? Anyway, the product: "The canning jar already makes an awesome platform for a travel mug: it's easy to clean, made of heat-resistant glass, cheap, durable, and when sealed it doesn't leak. The only problem is that with their large openings, canning jars are not great for spill-free sipping while on the move. So we adapted it—made a new lid that lets us drink like a boss from virtually any wide mouth canning jar. It's a simple eco-friendly alternative to poor-performing and messy disposable hot cups, and over-built and expensive travel mugs."

Jolie Kerr: Bon L’(h)iver, John! I’ve actually been looking forward to this Drynuary! I know, I’m as surprised as you are! But it’s because, unlike last year, I don’t see this month as a desperate attempt to dry out... despite the fact that December basically looked like the picture above, taken by you, at a certain holiday party. READ MORE

It's tonight. The Holiday Awl Bawl. At Flaming Saddles. Which is 793 9th Avenue, 6 to 9 p.m. NEW YORK CITY. There will be nametags with tiny Awls on them. You will definitely meet great people with whom to have sexual intercourse. Be there or be dead inside. Oh and: This extremely gay bar is cash-only. As one does.

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If you've never considered drunkenness a sign of loyalty, or sobriety as treason, it's unlikely you will ever understand the English. In England, toasts, the time-honored tradition of watching hapless well-wishers fail at stand-up comedy, were once serious affairs. So intense were the feelings inspired by what one drank and why that during a brief but sober period, toasts were legally banned. READ MORE

What is up with science? Why is it so fickle? First we learn that wine helps you not get cancer: now, wine and its friends conspire to give you cancer, at a rate of two or more drinks a day. (So: any amount of drinking after your two lunch-time drinks.) I'm sure that the Daily Mail is explaining this research study accurately, given just how good they are at not being wildly dramatic about science. READ MORE