And we pay these people! Researchers at the Common Sense Institute of Idiotville have discovered that binge-drinking New Yorkers have higher rates of HIV. You'll never believe the remarkable findings:
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Watching the news last night, as president-elect Barack Obama told us that the economy faces a deficit of a trillions of dollars in the near future, we were reminded just how totally doomed we are. There's no money, no jobs and, soon enough, we'll all be raiding the local BDSM shop so we can cook down the leather into something digestible. (Sorry, we've been watching lots of "Apocalypse Week" on the History Channel.)
But just because you're poor, doesn't mean you can't be stylish. Gays are nothing if not resourceful, and to help get the ball rolling, here are five belt-tightening ideas that aren't horribly depressing.
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Hey, hey everybody! We're at the end of the holidays and you're probably wondering how your editor managed to travel to five states in two weeks, entertain his family, buy presents and still entertain his favoritest people on the whole wide Earth, you Dear Readers. The answer? Booze. Lots and lots of booze.
Alas, with the new year beginning and life returning to some semblance of normalcy, it's time to return to some semblance of sobriety. Come Monday, you'll go back to reading us on your bosses dime and we'll go back to our regular old snarky/fun/perky self. To get all of us back into functioning shape, here's our favorite hangover cures, presented here in convenient (for me!) phoning-it-in, short list form, in descending order of effectiveness:
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If there are two things gays like to be at the forefront of it's trends and liquor. Combine the two and you have the gay obsession with what cocktail is in and which isn't. Don't believe us? We dare you to go into a gay bar in any major metropolitan area on a busy night and loudly order a Cosmo. (We apologize in advance if you really like Cosmo's and in fact, the best kind of drink is the one that's best for you.) Still, one of the best ways to take the temperature of the gay community is to see what they're drinking, as our look into the recent past reveals.
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Chicago's Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club is either the most forgiving gay bar — or has the most keen sense of generating publicity. Rather than joining the criticism of "fag"-calling White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, the Kit Kat has instead named a drink after him: The Effen Ozzie GuillenTini. The martini "is made with assorted fresh fruits, vodka and served with a complimentary Sun-Times sports section for $8.50." You can enjoy one during the bars next drag show &mdsah; and all the way through baseball season.
Straight up: Gay bar makes Ozzie GuillenTini [Chicago Sun-Times]
Related: All Ozzie Guillen Coverage
