IT CAN BE WAY MORE FUN THAN YOU THINK Life is full of awkward moments. Especially when it comes to interacting with new people…and super-especially for people we might be attracted to. (Uh…high-school anyone?) Our brain freezes, we turn away, or we distract and dull ourselves with things like small talk, gadgets, drugs, and alcohol.… Continue reading That Awkward Moment Jan 29, 2020 at The Battery
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What Are You Drinking? Aug 14, 2019 at The Battery
The familiar social-hour question of “what are you drinking?” has always included an implicit assumption. Somehow many of us came to believe that the social connection wasn’t the main point, and that it’s alcohol that makes us happy. In recent years, tastes, habits and fashions around alcohol have been changing rapidly, and contemporary research has… Continue reading What Are You Drinking? Aug 14, 2019 at The Battery