The leader of a Massachusetts school district accused of drunken driving and speeding down a local highway at 100 mph is off the job pending the outcome of an investigation. The Uxbridge School Committee announced during a meeting on Tuesday night that Uxbridge Public Schools Superintendent Michael Baldassarre has been placed on paid leave, effective […]
If you’re a Drunk Elephant stan like moi, the ingredients will look familiar: Marula butter, ceramides, and squalane, along with shea butter and oat flour for extra moisture and soothing power. The warm, soft scent comes from real vanilla extract — no fragrance or essential oils here, staying true to the brand’s “suspicious six” ethos. […]
Josh Brolin’s new memoir, “From Under the Truck,” isn’t a typical celebrity autobiography. For one thing, it’s told in non-linear fashion, skittering between reflections in recent years to his childhood to various points in his long and eventful career, from his breakthrough in “The Goonies” to adult milestones like “No Country for Old Men” and […]
Alcohol — and animals who love to consume it — is far more common in the natural world than scientists once believed, a new study has found. Because ethanol — the kind of alcohol that forms from fruit and grain sugars — is present in virtually every environment, most fruit-eating and nectar-sipping animals likely consume it, according…
Wildlife behaving like drunk humans after eating fermented fruits is generally considered anecdotal rare, and is not well documented in academic literature. However, one group of ecologists is challenging the assumption that animals don’t eat ethanol-laden fruits and nectars that often. They argue that since ethanol-laden fruits are present in nearly every ecosystem on the […]
Many animals, including humans, have developed a taste for alcohol in some form, but excessive consumption often leads to adverse health effects. One exception is the Oriental wasp. According to a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, these wasps can guzzle seemingly unlimited amounts of ethanol regularly and at […]
Actor Joel Kim Booster, who’s hosting an upcoming “Real Housewives” dating show, has apologized to “Housewives” star Shannon Beador after calling her a “pathetic drunk” on social media. In a series of since-deleted Instagram Stories late last month, Booster called the “Real Housewives of Orange County” star a “pathetic drunk” and alleged that she mistreated […]
