Charlie as a Child: A Future Alcoholic Celebrates an Obscure Holiday

There’s a fellow I run into pretty predictably in a bar around here. His name’s Charlie. Charles, actually, but people call him Charlie because he hates it and, upon … Read More

The Universal Drinking Game

UPDATE: Check out the 2013 Universal Drinking Game!

When friends are gathered, the TV is on and alcohol is present, there’s a good bet a drinking game is just around … Read More

Roundtable Discussion: The Summer Olympics

Tristan: I love the Olympics, not as much as my friend Jessica from high school… she LOVES the Olympics, so much so that she and her roommate Hannah … Read More

PorchDrinking Tunes: Summer Edition

Everybody knows a good playlist is key when engaging in some PorchDrinking. Here’s a playlist I’ve been loving this summer—mostly old favorites with a sprinkle of new (to me) tracks. … Read More

PorchDrinking Sports Week in Review

Typically Monday mornings are reserved for our sports week in review. I’ll cover that briefly below, but check back in later this morning for another recap of what’s been happening … Read More

Emmy Nominations – For Drama categories, they sure are boring

Best drama

Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Downton Abbey Game of Thrones Homeland Mad Men

This is an extremely tough category. While I really think Justified and Sons of … Read More

News: Week in Review

Zimmerman Interviews with Sean Hannity

On Wednesday, douchebag hack newsman Sean Hannity scored the first interview with George Zimmerman. During the interview, Zimmerman, in a moment that exposed himself as … Read More

Pop Culture Bingo

As I’ve noted before on PorchDrinking, there are many simple statements that can spark pop culture conversation and debate on your porch. But for us introverts out there, you can … Read More

Emmy nominations – Comedy … kind of

Hey y’all. I know you have all been dying in anticipation for my Emmy nomination reactions. Since they are abundant and I’m going to be on vacation this week, I’m … Read More

The Future is Uncomfortable: A Very Short Play

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CAST: HANK, JOLENE, A WOMAN

(Music is what we get first: hits from the 90s playing softly one after the other. Maybe some kind of theme night? It’s … Read More

Our Thoughts and Prayers Go Out to Aurora

PorchDrinking extends our thoughts and prayers to those affected by the Aurora shooting. As many of you know many of our staff are based in Denver and we were … Read More

Roundtable Discussion: Children’s Television

Most of the PorchDrinking staff ranges in the 24-26 years age range.  As Fun.’s lead singer Nate Ruess so eloquently put it, we are young.   Our roundtable discussion this … Read More

An Actual PorchDrink with Chase and Tristan

Let it be known that the impetus for this post came after the realization that we had absolutely zero content ready to go up on the site tomorrow. Also … Read More

Sports Week in Review

Usually this is one of the worst weeks in sports. Baseball is on a break for the All-Star Game. There’s no basketball. There’s no football. But this week was monumental … Read More

Virginia is for Beer Lovers

Virginia may be the home of Monticello and the Pentagon, but it’s also home to some weird laws. Oddly, a man was allowed to beat his wife on the Stafford … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review

You guys. I hate to be such a downer so early in the week, but Chumbawamba is breaking up.  Let’s analyze their statement, shall we?

We felt we’d got to … Read More

Furniture, Fisticuffs and Literary Criticism

 Let’s start with some background…actually, is it considered background if I’m just going to describe for you what I’m doing as I type this? Or is it more … Read More

Round Table Discussion

Every now and then we here at PorchDrinking will sit down for a little round table discussion to share our thoughts through our virtual porch.  This week’s topic?  Well … Read More

Sports Week in Review: AMERICA DAY edition

It’s hot in America right now. All across the country, people are experiencing temperatures over 100 degrees. It’s so hot, people are staying in bathtubs filled with ice all day. … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review

As a general rule, I do not blog about the personal lives of celebrities- the weddings, the divorces, the babies, other general tabloid fodder.  But a lot of shit has … Read More