Lollipop Magazine

Chris Sherman

November 10, 2019

Art by Chris Sherman

Liquor Lecture – A Public Service Announcement – Column

June 1, 1997

Drinking to excess is important at times (say, you just broke up with your sweetheart, lost your job, family reunions) but usually, it’s just not efficient.

Liquor Lecture – Absinthe – Column

May 1, 1997

Wormwood is a toxin, but the amount in Absinthe is negligible. You’d be blind drunk before getting close to the amount of Wormwood needed to do any damage.

Liquor Lecture – Bar-Hopping – Column

April 1, 1997

Bar-hoppers are annoying social locusts who descend on a bar, schmooze and wheedle their way into others’ social lives, and then swarm away to the next bar.

Liquor Lecture – Games for Young Adult Alcoholics – Column

February 1, 1997

10. You drink warm Keystone Light on purpose so you will never have to share (goddamn it, you’re not just an alcoholic, you’re a selfish alcoholic!). (6 pts.)

Liquor Lecture – Rye – Column

December 1, 1996

Not nearly as sweet as Bourbon, not even close to as smooth as Scotch, Rye Whiskey is a “drinker’s drink.”

Liquor Lecture – Five Stages of Drinking – Column

November 1, 1996

Let’s be honest, if you’re 16 and you stay up all night, it’s like a victory, you’ve beaten the night, but if you’re 30, then that sun is God’s flashlight.

Liquor Lecture – Gin – Column

October 1, 1996

A Gin buzz is a surprisingly pleasant thing, light, airy, and somehow easy enough to focus in. Even if you babble on for hours about nothing…

Liquor Lecture – Old Wives Tales: Part One – Column

September 1, 1996

Beer before Liquor, never sicker. Liquor before Beer, never fear. Now the question I had was, Is this true or does it just rhyme? Let the research begin.

Liquor Lecture – Rum – Column

August 1, 1996

I’ve never really gotten into the Bacardi 151, it’s always tasted to much like gasoline. It loses it’s mellow warmth, becomes too abrasive.