Each year for the last ten or so I attempt to do some form of holiday excess cleanse. This isn't unique. I have read a lot about different experiences people have had with not drinking for 31 days to start the year and they are all the same and very different than mine. So here goes - This is my experience with not drinking for the month of January. Ok, so maybe not the entire month... 1. I woke up the morning of January 1st 2021 and....made myself a mimosa. So right off the bat, dry January fail. Whatever, we had leftover champagne and not so fresh OJ in the fridge. This was me dedicating myself to being less wasteful in the new year. 2. As soon as I had that first drink, what the hell, football was on, may as well head to the corner store for a six pack and a pack of smokes and really get after it. Please note, I do not smoke, it is just an expression. 3. I head to the corner store to buy some Powerball tickets and another six pack. I walk back in 20 minutes later wi
Between my Twitter feed and NBC's Nightly News (I don't care what anyone says, I miss Brian "I was there" Williams) the world really appears to have gone off the rails. A few notes about the world and some personal observations. 1. A guy threw battery acid at another man in Wisconsin. I don't even know where to start with this. So not only are you a racist scumbag, but you also carry battery acid around with you? What in the hell would you use to store battery acid? (Yeah, I could Google it, but I will never have any use to carry around battery acid because, well, I'd rather drink a glass of wine at home and read the New Yorker than stand on the sidewalk arguing with some guy over how he parked and then throw battery acid in his face). I guess the silver lining is that the victim didn't lose an eye (that was my first thought) and that the battery acid wielding maniac didn't have a gun. Because, ya know, EVERYONE should have the right to carry a