With all the fuss of scent and bouquet of wines, with the chance of bruising your vodka, and the damning offense of not warming your cognac properly, you would of thought that someone would have thought of vaporizing alcohol sooner. Now a British company has done just that. The machine that converts alcohol into breathable mist, the one that supposedly creates a low-calorie, hangover-free buzz, is apparently perfectly legal, according to state officials. AWOL, or Alcohol WithOut Liquid, has hit our shores. Well chock another one up for the British invasion, and just when I was getting used to Snorts.

Get one. If you live in King County, get yours here.

news about the latest wrinkle in the “special relationship.”

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair is refusing to fly to the US to receive a medal bestowed on him by the nation for his support over last year’s Iraq war, a London newspaper reported today.

US President George W. Bush has put huge pressure on his closest ally to pick up the Congressional Medal of Honour in person, the Sunday Mirror said, quoting a senior British government source.

Mr Blair is immensely popular with large sections of the American public for his staunch support of the Iraq war and the White House believes a visit by the prime minister now would provide a much-needed boost to Mr Bush’s re-election campaign, the weekly said.

“There has been a lot of telephone traffic between the White House and Downing Street over the medal in recent week,” the Sunday Mirror quoted a senior government source as saying.

“George Bush wants the prime minister to come to Washington and pick up the medal, which is the highest honour America can bestow on a foreigner.

“But he has refused for more than a year now and for good reason. He cannot possibly accept an award for the Iraq war when British and American troops continue to risk their lives there.”

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A Super Dingo may eat more babies!!!!

Not sure what’s wrong with those no-fly lists? Get a load of this.

CNN has a funny story about an alcoholic bear. But he doesn’t drink just anything:

It turns out the bear was a bit of a beer sophisticate. He tried a mass-market Busch beer, but switched to Rainier Beer, a local ale, and stuck with it for his drinking binge.

Don’t eat iridium. And don’t swallow liquid nitrogen. Remember these lifesaving tips, kids.

This short imagines W & Co as another variety of thugs. Just be glad they didn’t include the hos. Safe for my work, but probably not yours. (Thanks for the link, Jason!)

Go far, far from liberated Iraq! Just like al-Jazeera.

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