two raw owl eggs

Owlie, isn't that cannibalistic?

I have a surefire hangover cure. Don't drink.

Not allowing yourself to become sober works, too, but only for a limited time.

I missed midnight. No gunfire. Very strange. Not complaining, but it is strange.

Here are a few that I've come across:

One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

On mornings after heavy drinking, some med students give themselves an IV of one unit of saline solution to ward off the hangovers.

My friend Joan says her husband swore by half a can of Hershey's syrup in the morning. Says it's loaded with B vitamins.

My friend Barb says - if I take 1 Actifed (allergy medicine) with 2 Tylenol I wake up hangover free. {Disclaimer - the combination of Tylenol & alcohol has recently been deemed to be disastrous for your liver.}

My friend Cat prefers a mega-greasy patty melt with a side of fries and mustard in which to dip them in.

Another friend prefers cola with a late diner breakfast of eggs, bacon, hash browns, etc.

Another friend swears by cola (Coke or Pepsi) and starch - either a sweet roll or a warm soft pretzel.

My first husband swore by a big bowl of either ice cream or cereal (he preferred Rice Krispies) right before going to bed.

A bowl of pho and a Vietnamese coffee (hot or iced) works for me.

McDonald's vanilla shake. Sure, quick cure. It eliminates pain and invigorates. Thirty minutes after consumption, you're right as rain. The stuff is magic.
I'm told.

Those of us who went to college in North Carolina might recall sweet tea and a big ol' egg and cheese biscuit as a soothing remedy (similar to the cola and starch combination recommended by Rosebud's friend, but with a little protein added). By the way, Tom Wolfe provides the best hangover imagery ever, when he describes the poisonous egg rolling around in the skull and the necessity of moving about gingerly in order to avoid breaking the egg and releasing its toxins.

Thankfully, I didn't imbibe enough to produce a morning head-banger. I stayed in last night, and watched the Times Square thing on TV.

This morning, I got up early to play golf, 8:28am tee time. Good Lord, was it cold!!! 38 degrees but with a biting wind. Thankfully, I brought my thermal wear down here!

My first fairway shot, I fatted it (hit the ground first) and it felt like I hit concrete with a sledgehammer. Ouch.

But I got up and down for par, bounced back and had a great round anyway.

Happy New Year All!!!

Golf? It is hockey season!

Wings are up after 2 periods...I'm happy. Only Wings game I'll get to watch this year.

I'll be happier if they win.

I stayed up just long enough to see the ball drop, but was up in time to hit the gym for two hours this morning, she said smugly.

Where am I? What happened? Why is all the furniture broken? Who's the dead girl in the tub?

Rob - Mrs. Bucky is out playing 9 right now. January 1st and it's 52 degrees. Not bad.

BEFORE going to sleep (or passing out):

1. DRINK at least one, if not two, tall glasses of regular pepsi/coke, sweet tea, or lemonade.

2. TAKE two aspirin/Excedrin/Advil

3. EAT one medium sized meal (two slices pizza/fast food hamburger w fries/large sandwhich/some leftover spaghetti/mac-n-cheese....my fav combo is pizza and mac-n-cheese)

THEN go to sleep (or pass out)

You will wake up feeling like a million bucks. I promise.

(Or you can just drink decent wine/liquor to start with. I've finished entire bottles of good wine in an evening and not had a hangover. Same with Jack. I can drink all I want and be totally fine the next morning. I've yet to find a beer that I can drink all I want and not have after-effects.)

Owlie, isn't that cannibalistic?

I am a C.H.U.D.

My hangover didn't start till this evening but then again I did sleep most of the day. I might try the shake remedy.

Since my partner's band played out last night, I was completely sober so I could drive home. I cruised right by all the Carroll County check points without a worry and woke up today tired as hell but not hungover which was nice.

Owl, I hope BG faired ok last night???

I had a grandson stay over. We watched Shrek and read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

IMHO Owl Meat was on the right track with the first item he listed. There is heavenly help available for the truly penitent.

Please note that St. Augustine is the patron saint of beer. If that's what caused your distress, perhaps a prayer or two in his direction will help.

St. Vincent of Saragaso is the patron saint of wine. Ditto that.

So far as I know, there is no patron saint of hard spirits ... not surprising since the process of distillation was invented by Moslem scholars. (That sounds like just another reason for ecumenical dialog to me!)

Saint Jim is the patron saint of bourbon.

EL, what in the name of Saint Barnabas is up with the name of the URL for this post?

EL, what in the name of Saint Barnabas is up with the name of the URL for this post?

I noticed that too. I think we now know the whole truth. Owl Meat claims Bucky is John Lindner. Bucky claims Owl Meat is John McIntyre. EL slips and reveals all.

My friend swears by dill pickles as the best hangover cure. For me, the smell is too much to take, though.

I don't have anything too exotic, just Excedrin Migrane and returning to bed as soon as possible.

Allow me to preface this by saying that I am now a responsible parent of a 4 month-old, and I do not condone drinking and pill-popping. But the only thing that ever worked for me is taking a Xanax. I found this out on a trip to Ireland, when the morning after too much Guinness I felt awful and had to get on a ferry to the Aran Islands. I had some Xanax from the plane ride, popped one with tons of water and felt great all day.