Other stuff that fuels binge drinking in the West besides boredom:

• Soul-crushing employers.
• Fantasy football drafts.
• Buying in a seller’s market and selling in a buyer’s market.
• A donated garage refrigerator reserved exclusively for meat, alcohol and assorted citrus fruits that can be chopped up and put in alcohol.
• Five weeks of vacation time that needs be used up by January 1, 2007.
• Mark Husson’s sparse blog posting schedule.
• Your mom.