Drunk Mythology Gals

Rocks, rage, and Twitter. What else could it be but the myth of Sisyphus? It's time to rise and grind (your teeth) and go full girlboss on your existential despair about the absurd futility of life!

Sources for today's episode:

https://www.ebaumsworld.com/articles/people-are-being-asked-to-imagine-sisyphus-swole/87344939/

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0216%3Asection%3D43

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesFavour.html#Autolykos

https://www.startrek.com/article/one-trek-mind-deciphering-darmok

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2023/02/02/sisyphus-tiktok-panned-funny-comments/

https://www.worldhistory.org/sisyphus/

https://mythopedia.com/topics/sisyphus

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Sisyphus/sisyphus.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus_cooling

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#The_Myth_of_Sisyphus

https://www.theoi.com/Text/AeschylusFragments2.html

https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheAigina.html

https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheMerope.html

https://www.theoi.com/Heros/Salmoneus.html

https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Thanatos.html

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From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the divine tea! 

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Look, it has been a *year*. And since we specialize in ruining everything, join us in ruining New Year's Eve! Wishing you all a 2023 full of better things and the strength to endure the things that aren't. 

Well, like the end of any good cult recruitment process, we get some good old-fashioned love bombing. I hate this.

Also, need to get belated Xmas gifts or use some of those gift cards? Check out the Gals and their books!

Kim's Books! (High epic fantasy and urban paranormal...now with more fae!):

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kim-Alexander/author/B0178BCRLI

OG (aka Lyra Wolf with super angsty Norse gods):

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Lyra-Wolf/author/B07Z3YMLV6

Cait's book (Greek myths with a twist!):

https://www.amazon.com/Downcast-Olympus-Falling-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01GQX9KRI

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We meet a morose motherf*cker of a ghost and get more culty-brain-breaking tactics. Also, next time, call 1-900-psychic if you want a better future prediction.

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From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the divine tea! 

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Are we sure this isn't actually about cult indoctrination? Because this feels a lot like a group criticism session. *side-eye at Dickens*

Seething Punch: https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/a17293/charles-dickens-holiday-punch-1212/

Cratchitt "Hot Stuff" Punch: https://slate.com/culture/2014/12/christmas-carol-recipes-the-cratchits-hot-stuff-and-dickens-punch-obsession.html

Cook like the Cratchitts: https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/12/cooking-the-cratchits-goose/

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This is why you shouldn't look up old classmates on Facebook. Also, leave therapy to the professionals!

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Let's just be clear: Marley is dead. (DRINK!) Also, beware glowing lobsters. No, seriously. We mean it. 

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From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the divine tea! 

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Scrooge isn't a jerk. He's just an introvert pushed to his limit by happy people. Also, Marley really is dead. (DRINK!)

Here's the link to the Gutenberg source of A Christmas Carol: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46

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From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the divine tea! 

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We're back!!! Just in time to ruin the holidays for everyone! Get ready for the Drunk Mythology Gals version of..."A Christmas Carol!" It's not the annotated version you want, but it's probably the annotated version you deserve....

Sources for today's episode:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/6349297/Charles-Dickens.html

https://www.williamlanday.com/2010/01/04/dickens-and-the-blacking-factory/

https://www.thecircumlocutionoffice.com/trail/london/warrens-blacking-factory/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debtors%27_prison#England_and_Wales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/14/charles-dickens-gentlemen-poem-week

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason_(stenographer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gurney_(shorthand_writer)

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/blog/rare-book-mythbusters-1

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From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the divine tea! 

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Dracula is over, and it’s time to catch up on…Hot Drunk News! This week’s stories include: 

Sources for today’s stories:

https://arkeologerna.com/unikt-fynd-av-vikingatida-svard-i-vastmanland/

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article267881532.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/170-year-old-champagne-recovered-and-tasted-baltic-shipwreck-180955050/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veuve_Clicquot

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10347267/Metal-detectorist-finds-2-000-year-old-loaded-dice-Romans-used-cheat-gambling.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2012/06/13/10-Ways-People-Cheat-in-Casinos.html

https://www.brusselstimes.com/313203/even-romans-cheat-ancient-mercury-filled-dice-discovered-in-belgium

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/romans-gambled-with-loaded-dice-to-win-large-sums-6k5tl6xc8

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From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the divine tea! 

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