Reader Contest: The Cure For Hangover

Breakfast as Sam's Billiards!

Plenty of hot, fresh coffee. Chicken fried steak with country gravy, scrambled eggs, whole wheat toast and fruit instead of hash browns. (I have to think of my girlish figure don'tcha know?)

...and here's what the Flaming Chef looks like when he's feeling a bit wobbly:

Mmm.

Meat!

Do any of you have sure-fire hangover cures? Leave your favorites in the comment thread and the best one will win a superglamorous mystery prize!

(Thanks to all my readers who would surely perish if I stopped being a self-absorbed chatterbox. Tell a friend about the Flaming Chef!)

Lunch and Possible Medical Breakthroughs

First a brief description of lunch:

Larry and I had a meat attack today at Slabtown Ribs and BBQ here in Portland. The lunch special rib sampler was just the right amount: Way too much. I will definitely go back. The coleslaw was super too.

Now a note from Mr. Science:

Gene Therapy.

Larry shared with me some promising new research in gene therapy that has particularly dramatic possibilities in terms of treating AIDS.

"Zinc fingers" are a portion of the body's genetic machinery that recognizes certain sequences of genes in order to turn the sequences on and off. The tiny "finger" seems to act as a switch that determines which genes are expressed or not.

Last December the New York Times reported on this, describing a man who was essentially cured of AIDS. I'm not a scientist, but it looks as though the man was given an immune system transplant via bone marrow from a man who had natural immunity to AIDS.

Clinical trials are either under way, or will be soon and I will post more as I learn more.

Any science types out there who would like to clarify or correct any of my analysis are encouraged to do so.

(Image by Richard Wheeler Zephyris.)