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“There is a Laffer curve for drinking and writing.” – E.D. Kain, via e-mail.
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It is only the conservatives who say we are to the right of the peak.Report
Haha. I’ll drink to that, Mark!Report
I’m drinking to this right now.
I seem, as is all too often the case, not to be writing.
Perhaps I’m too far too the right?Report
On the other hand, there is an eternally positive correlation between drinking and reading stuff by writers who drink.
(Glug.) Hemingway managed! (Glug glug.) I love Hunter S. Thompson! (Glug glug glug.) Man, this Pete Hamill is amazing. (Glug glug glug glug.) But if I don’t drink, am I not betraying my appreciation for Bukowski?
This is usually around the time you realize someone your age, invariably someone sober, is already a staff writer for the New Yorker.
How do you react to that? I recommend sticking to brown liquor. The clear stuff lacks panache.Report