They say the best way to prevent a hangover is to not drink at all. I prefer the method of drinking so much you wake up drunk. Hey, you’re not hungover, right?
While I am no organic chemist, I do remember a few things from high school chemistry. Particularly, I remember that Carbon rings (a.k.a. the blackness on burnt toast) work great to absorb other chemicals, especially those toxins that make Saturday and Sunday mornings yucky.
I initially inadvertently tried the Burnt Toast Method (BTM) last week while at dinner. I intentionally executed BTM yesterday morning. It worked like magic, although it didn’t taste the best. I now swear by the BTM.
Here are the steps:
- Drink in excess, preferably in the company of friends or debutantes.
- Wake up the next morning with a splitting headache, groggy, and exhausted.
- Stumble to cupboard or cafeteria.
- Burn toast with vigor (some black but not completely cardboard).
- Apply a dressing of some sort. I prefer a burnt bagel with cream cheese.
- Observe as your hangover disappears at a significantly quicker pace.
Photo from flickr.com user indigotimbre.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kelly Sutton is a software engineer at
blip.tv
in New York City. During his days at
Loyola Marymount University
, he founded HackCollege. He earned degrees in film production and computer science (and took a fifth year).
Kelly started
HackCollege
in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on
Laser Squad Bravo
, the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet,
Fuck Yeah LMU
; and taught LMU's first
Web video class
and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure.
Kelly started
HackCollege
in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on
Laser Squad Bravo
, the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet,
Fuck Yeah LMU
; and taught LMU's first
Web video class
and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure.
Kelly held some pretty awesome internships throughout college at
Automatic Duck
,
Revision3
and
blip.tv.
He is quite the weird guy. He sold all of his possessions through his site,
Cult of Less
. The world apparently cared, along with the BBC, NBC Nightly News, CBC and Der Spiegel.
Kelly is also a founder of
LayerVault
, a simple version control service for designers.
Kelly has spoken at a few conferences including
South by Southwest
,
140conf
and
Trandmediale
. Although he finds the word dirty, Kelly has
consulted
for many projects including
TakePart
, a subsidiary of
Participant Media
(
An Inconvenient Truth
,
The Cove
,
Syriana
) and
Capture Your Flag
. He has also published his very own
guide to Berlin.
Kelly is @
KellySutton
on Twitter.
Kelly can be reached at
[email protected]