The new book Hemingway and Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers details the drinking habits of famous authors - with recipes.  NPR has an interview with the book’s authors, Edward Hemingway and Mark Bailey, along with excerpts.  The book quotes Raymond Chandler as saying, “I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle.” If you haven’t met your quota for the year, the holidays have arrived just in time.

The makers of the movie The Pursuit of Happyness are not, apparently, complete morons.  The misspelling in the title, which was bugging me to no end, is intentional.  In the movie and book, there is reportedly a scene at a day care center where a sign is shown that misspells happiness.  Says Will Smith:

The education of your children is everything, and for your children to be educated in a place where the people can’t spell happiness – that represents the ultimate parental failure.