— Baroquen —

My colleague, A, ever the curious economist that she is, struck upon an idea for which to perform an experiment in household economics.  No, I don’t mean instructing teenagers how to clean a kitchen or bake a cake, but economics in the form of what goes into my liver.

Thus was born the Alco-Log. At first, I thought this a cruel way to point out I have a problem, which I don’t.  I’m a drunk, not an alcoholic.  Alcoholics go to meetings.

At first, this Alco-Log was to be a simple inventory of my liver abuse, but this is much too simple, A thought.  This has been upgraded to listing the source of the ale of which I consume, its price, and date of which I consume said tasty brews.  In addition, my dad has been recruited as well to suffer with me.  But, suffer is such a strong word.  My interest has been piqued by my colleague’s excitment over this experiment.  A delicious, hoppy, full-bodied, and creamy-headed experiment.

-S

Compatriots!

Let me tell you, if I could get a sample size of 1,000 or more people with a years worth of Alco-log-ism, I could write a paper of NOBEL proportions!

So… if anyone out in internet land would want to aid me in my THIRST (haha) FOR KNOWLEDGE, try keeping an Alco-log! be sure to list you age, gender, employment status, marital status, number of children and any other information so that all variables can be properly regressed.  Then in the log itself, simply list the type of drink, how much consumed, and the date and time of consumption.

As of right now I have no initial hypotheses, but I am very interested to see if any correlations occur. 

If I can get no other volunteers for my mini-study, I’ll simply have to write a paper on the habits of my brother, which would be much less scientifically significant and Nobel Prize worthy, but still interesting.

Forever yours in science,

A.

XOXOXO

I will be first to admit that I have seriously dropped the ball.  Although, perhaps what I have done is violently shot it out of a cannon into the Grand Canyon.  In any case, myself, and my esteemed colleague, A, who did the vast majority of planning for this trip, will be present at this upcoming weekend’s festival of Internet-based cartoon jollilty.

As we are not quite famous or wealthy enough yet, the staff of Baroquen will not have a booth of any kind.  Considering that all twenty of the reading Gentry of this comic are unlikely to attend, makes the idea of getting a booth rather more absurd.  However, perhaps in a year, that may change.

THAT POWER IS YOURS.

If you really have your heart set on meeting myself or my esteemed colleague, I will likely be wearing a camel-coloured fedora.  There is also an associated Public-House Crawl which myself and A will attend on Friday, the 20th of March.  I may not be wearing the fedora that evening, but may instead be spotted wearing a British Second World War helmet.

If I meet one member of the Gentry I will be thrilled!

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Until next time, I am,

Your most faithful and obedient humourist,

-S

Artist and noted Idler