Magazine Toasts Unabashed Alcoholism

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Warp factor seven, Mr. Sulu.

DENVER — Every hour is happy hour at Modern Drunkard magazine.

It's barely 3 p.m., and Frank Kelly Rich, who edits the bimonthly homage to getting soused, is draining his gin and tonic and eyeing a whiskey bottle on the top shelf. Moments later, he's drinking that as well.

A huge bar dominates the office, the fridge is stocked with beer and the handful of employees is invited to drink. Smoking is OK too.

As the booze flows, Rich, 41, extols the virtues of alcohol, calling it a boon to mankind while claiming that drunks are an "oppressed minority."

LA Times

[elehhhhna]

1. Shoulda named it "George". Nobody's using that mag name right now...

and it's wry and appropriate.

[Goathead]

2. Sounds like one big Roman orgy over there

Yet another indication of the decline of our modern American Empire

[Be Brave]

3. Where can I buy AA stocks? n/t

[JVS]

4. I think I found their website

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/

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6. Cool. It has a FAQ:

Who are you? We are a group of functional alcoholics based primarily in Denver, CO. Included in our ranks are published novelists, filmmakers, English gentlemen, barflies, punk rock musicians, comedians, outright dastards and admitted boozeheads.

Do you mind the word alcoholic? No. We are taking it back from the fascists. Soon it will be considered a compliment.

Do you really believe that? Maybe.

Are you drunk right now? Most likely.

Aren’t you sending people to an early grave? No. We are extending their life spans. Even heavy drinkers outlive non-drinkers. Recent studies prove the health benefits of moderate drinking save roughly a half million lives a year.

Are you moderate drinkers? No.

Do you guys really drink that much? Yes. And much, much more.

Do you really have a bar in your office. Yes.

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/md_faq.htm

[Swamp Rat]

5. "oppressed minority..." HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

:D He must be drinking absinthe too.