WILDE ABOUT ABSINTHE
A theme seems to be emerging this week. We celebrated Albert Hofmann’s 100th birthday, we discovered that America is back on the booze, and now I come across a delightful observation on absinthe by Oscar Wilde. Oh to be able to "see things as you wish they were."

"Absinthe has a wonderful color, green. A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset? After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world." – Oscar Wilde

The secret word is Aesthetic