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Toasts & Quotes: Socrates on Marriage

“By all means marry. If you get a good wife [spouse], you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher” ~ Socrates (c469 BC–399 BC), Greek...

Toasts & Quotes: Socrates on Marriage

“By all means marry. If you get a good wife [spouse], you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher” ~ Socrates (c469 BC–399 BC), Greek...

Toasts & Quotes: Tallulah Bankhead on Purity

“I’m as pure as the driven slush” ~ Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968), American actress, early talk show host, bon vivant... Quote submitted by Daniel Barnes, California

Toasts & Quotes: Tallulah Bankhead on Purity

“I’m as pure as the driven slush” ~ Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968), American actress, early talk show host, bon vivant... Quote submitted by Daniel Barnes, California

Hamburger Wine - What to drink?

The common mantra for choosing a wine for burgers is "just use the cheap red stuff!" I have a couple dozen reasons you don't want that rock-gut wine for a...

Hamburger Wine - What to drink?

The common mantra for choosing a wine for burgers is "just use the cheap red stuff!" I have a couple dozen reasons you don't want that rock-gut wine for a...

Toasts & Quotes: Bill Gates on Success

"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." ~ Bill Gates (1955 - ?), American computer entrepreneur, billionaire and philanthropist.

Toasts & Quotes: Bill Gates on Success

"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." ~ Bill Gates (1955 - ?), American computer entrepreneur, billionaire and philanthropist.

Toasts & Quotes: Bad Economic Times

"The drinking will continue until the economy improves!" ~ From the back of an Unknown Jogger in the 2011 Big Sur Marathon (sorry about the blurred image - she and...

Toasts & Quotes: Bad Economic Times

"The drinking will continue until the economy improves!" ~ From the back of an Unknown Jogger in the 2011 Big Sur Marathon (sorry about the blurred image - she and...

Toasts & Quotes: Is that the wine talking?

  A woman on a cruise is sitting on her balcony with her husband and she says, "I love you."He asks, "Is that you or the wine talking?"She replies, "It's...

Toasts & Quotes: Is that the wine talking?

  A woman on a cruise is sitting on her balcony with her husband and she says, "I love you."He asks, "Is that you or the wine talking?"She replies, "It's...