Oh no. What a huge talent he was. RIP, D’Angelo.

Its worth having a VPN just to fool travel websites, which will jack up their prices (even if you exit the browser, clear cookies and restart your computer) if they notice you repeating a search.

CAPTCHAs on SAS Airlines’ site are next-level.

Pulitzer committee, take note: this article contains the finest sentence written this century: “I learned all about it from Fuji, as he called himself, a twenty-three-year-old Egyptian gooner I met while conducting supplementary fieldwork in a wankbattling server on Discord.”

Now accepting entries in the caption contest based on this pic* from my seminar at last month’s fabulous Martini Expo. (*by the talented Shannon Sturgis)

Ok, it has WiFi now, but $610 for a fucking PowerShot? I have a drawer full of these…

This could have been written about a similarly highly-ranked World’s 50 Best Bar - or three - y’know. thetimes.com/life-style/foo…

How to keep yourself safe from vampires this Halloween

$18 Mocktail Satisfies Craving To Waste Money theonion.com/18-mocktail-sa…

Nonna’s Kitchen, near gate 128 in Terminal C of Newark airport, is soooooo bad it is almost endearing.

Bar next to my hotel has a classic cocktail menu. Ordered a dry martini, lemon. Got a warm cocktail glass of bianco vermouth with lemon juice. Had a chat. Shared the correct spec. Still got a warm-ish glass of gin and dry vermouth AND lemon juice…garnished with an olive.

Great Times of London article on the career benefits of binge drinking, as also postulated by Edward Slingerland in his book “Drunk”. paywallbuster.com/articles/?arti… (Hit button 3 on Paywallbusters for the article)

I’m moderating this rather rockstar panel Dec 1 (as well as scarfing down the delicious food & rare whisky that’ll be on offer - Widow Jane Distillery do a superior spread), and if you’re in the biz, you can join us (and submit questions for the panel) : tinyurl.com/37cyfk89

There’s usually a little mustard on the cheese, but yeah, checks out.

A superior crisp with clear American ambitions - note their cunning use of “potato chip” - but did it occur to the fine people of Keogh’s that Americans have no idea how to pronounce their name, and thus won’t be able to ask for them? (It’s KEE-OH’s, spoken rapidly, btw).

Delighted that "Schott's Significa" has been chosen as a Book of The Year by the The Listener — thanks to Mark Broatch youtube.com/watch?v=W9OKWA…

This remarkable tidbit of Saudi history is buried in the article: “Booze has not always been pro­hibited in the kingdom. King Ibn Saud banned alcohol in 1952 after his own son Prince Mishari shot dead the British vice-consul Cyril Ousman in a drunken rage.”

Today’s the day! DM me if you’d like to get on the waitlist…

Now this looks promising…

This is what they took from us.