I think we can mostly all agree that Inception was a great film. Great special effects, mind-blowing plot, solid cast – the whole shebang. Enjoy this well-done and funny spoof video detailing the leading experts on ‘insobriety.’

As the creators described it:

“‘Inebriation’ is a mock trailer created by Atomic Productions parodying the concept of Inception, in a dangerous and unstable world of shared drinking and drunk within drunk.”

When Don Pettit lived aboard the International Space Station in 2002, he became known for his “Saturday Morning Science” sessions, during which he would demonstrate really cool, simple microgravity experiments.

In this 2008 video from his second time aboard the Space Station, he demonstrates his own cup design that allows space travelers to drink coffee (or cocktails) in zero gravity.

I’m very happy to know that someone is advancing the art of space drinking. Cheers, Don Pettite!

For more, visit here.

28 Drinks Later from Futuristic Films on Vimeo.

By Nick Goossen

In case you didn’t know, back in Dec ‘08 MillerCoors removed caffeine and all other energy-inducing ingredients from the tongue-staining malt liquor/energy drink hybrid, Sparks.

Well the kind people at SFoodie have done some brilliant reverse engineering and came up with a way to create their own Sparks at home, dubbed “Bathtub Sparks” or “Moonshine Sparks.” To make your own, you’ll need to gather the following:

2 pieces Pez candy, one yellow, one pink
1 can King Cobra
1 can Red Bull

Instructions:
Crush the Pez until reduced to a fine powder. Transfer the powder to the bottom of an empty glass. Pour in equal parts King Cobra and Red Bull. Don’t be alarmed when the foaming begins; it will subside. Adjust for flavor.

Now sit back with your nasty orange drank and get your caffeinated krunk on.

BoozeCats.com, a funny new site making the rounds,  mixes two of web surfers’ favorite things:

1) Stupid photos of cats

2) Posting pictures of themselves drinking, as if to say: “Hey look Internet friends, see how I have a drink in my hand? That’s cuz I like to party!”

While the LOLcat and the posted drinking pic might be weak/overplayed on their own, combining the two seems to transcend any possible lameness and reach a state of ridiculous meme nirvana. Check out some of the photos we cherrypicked from their site:

In the spirit of things, I created one featuring some 40cozy cat’s in action:

According to the site:

Boozecats was inspired in part by Lisa’s frantic search for a photo of herself that did not contain beer.  I realized every one of our pictures has beer in it somewhere, so I decided to edit them all out using cats.

So go ahead and make your own and submit it to their site for eternal boozecat fame and notoriety.

Apparently the McNuggetini drink recipe has been all over the internets, creating quite a stir. I mean who doesn’t want a martini with the following ingredients:

• McDonald’s milk shake
• Vodka
• Chicken McNuggets
• BBQ Sauce

According to the sexy redhead in the video, “It’s like a white Russian on angel dust.” So if you’re hankering for some classy cocktails for your Friday night, just head to your nearest Mickey D’s!

Getting shit-canned and making an ass of yourself at dinner parties is a long-standing practice of the fine gentlemen of 40cozy. We’ve all been there – hitting on someone’s mom, eating off others’ plates, slurring your words through horribly off-color dead baby jokes… feel free to share your awesomely horrible/horribly awesome stories in the comments.

Well apparently this was quite the common practice in 9th centure China, as LettersofNote explains:
As far back as the 9th Century, the beautifully named ‘Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette’ insisted that local officials use the following letter template (dated 856) when sending apologies to offended dinner hosts. The guilty party would copy the template text, enter the dinner host’s name, sign the letter and then deliver with head bowed.

Here’s the document, which was found in a sealed cave in China:

Translated, this letter reads:

Yesterday, having drunk too much, I was intoxicated as to pass all bounds; but none of the rude and coarse language I used was uttered in a conscious state. The next morning, after hearing others speak on the subject, I realised what had happened, whereupon I was overwhelmed with confusion and ready to sink into the earth with shame.

The modern version of this is something like a template apology email or something you’d find at textsfromlastnight.com. I love that it was so customary for local officials to get wasted at dinner gatherings, someone decided to create a stock “I’m sorry I threw up on your cat” letter and distributed copies.

To read more about the project that revealed this letter and thousands more 9th century Chinese documents visit http://idp.bl.uk/

I think by comparing the images of drunks to yoga poses they want to emphasize the comparable health benefits of passing out in public to the ancient discipline of yoga. At least that’s what I get from these images. Quite hilarious how people could get so drunk as to pass out in such positions.

I mean I’ve tried my damnedest to get this drunk, but the craziest situation I’ve ever woke up in is on a stranger’s couch, sitting upright, in nothing but my underwear, body sticky and smelling of whiskey, my hand covered in blood, and the fire alarm going off right out front of the apartment at 150 decibels, with a newly acquired mullet. Hmm, in retrospect that is pretty bizarre. Well, check out these drunken Russians performing some advanced yoga poses. Impressive!

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Whether you’re a reformed offender or still at the height of your drunk dialing, all drinkers have at least once abused the privilege and power of our mobile connectedness.

Late night bootie calls to your bio lab partner, drunken 2am voice mails for your brother on the East Coast, recruiting sober drivers when you wake up in a Korean BBQ joint 12 miles from your last un-blacked-out location – all these acts are made easy and entertaining with DrunkDialer, our latest free iPhone app.

It shuffles through your phone book and picks a victim contact at random. You can press the button to call, or spin the wheel again if your Aunt’s number comes up. This is how we like to get day parties started- sit on the couch, start rifling through our phones, find random phone numbers and invite them over for some beer and bbq. Before you know it, you have a random assortment of friends to help you finish that leftover keg.

Go get the DrunkDialer, build and strengthen friendships over a few beers, and burn the bridges that weren’t strong enough to withstand repeated drunk calls- they weren’t your type anyways.

Download it now! Link to iTunes Store

Well 40cozy has officially found its new hard Liquor of choice: Bacon flavored vodka.  I also can’t help but think this would be the perfect cure for a case of swine flu. And yes, this is real, as far as i can tell anyway…  you never really know with the internets.

The vodka is made in Seattle, Washington and they seem to take their choice in flavor very seriously:

At Black Rock Spirits, we wanted to take this classic icon and bring it to the beverage world. To match an infusion, we tested recipies for over two years, finally landing at the one true “Bakon Vodka”. And now, you too can enjoy this seductive indulgence.

They also have a few different drink recopies on their site.  The “bakon mary”

looks pretty promising, but i would only drink that if it had a real stick of bacon sticking out of the glass replacing the normal celery stalk.  Bloody Marys always did seem kinda like a vegetarians drink to me.  Not any more.

Unfortunately “bakon” only distributed in four states in the northwestern U.S.  Damn those bacon embargoes! You can sign up on the website to have them tell you when its coming to a place near you.  I for one cant wait!