Inspiration

Wherever you find the pen-and-ink set, drink is an emblem of vivacity and wit, at times regarded with semireligious reverence. Why do scribblers make drinking their second art? For one thing, it primes them for their task.

The best posts from Craigslists, ranging from the funny to the truly bizarre. It makes for some hilarious reading and I bet there's lots of material and ideas here for writers.

A look inside a night in a basement. Drug use in this piece.

Some of these experiments are just bizarre, other extremely enlightening (such as Milgram's obedience experiment or the Stanford prison experiment). Either way, it's a great source of inspiration for any writer looking for real examples of mad scientists with devious scientific schemes!

Can alcohol and other intoxicants help you write? Well, it worked for Hemingway and Coleridge. This blogger is seriously down on the idea, but then he seems to be religiously stuck on the concept of getting kiss-the-carpet drunk. Maybe he should have a shot and loosen up. What’re your feelings on it?