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I think there are places in the world where wine is just part of the culture - not in the way we have made drinking part of American culture. Anyway, the photos of Greece are wonderful, one day I will find the time and resources to travel further. Dad was stationed in the Mediterranean when he was a radioman in the navy…

Ugh been sick. The boy brought it over last week, yay. With me under the weather, everybody fends for themselves, so wife ordered several meals on UberEats over the weekend. I forced them down in lieu of better options and quickly realized, if I never eat another McMuffin, it won't make me sad. Abu Omar has gone downhill…

I've been quiet, but still here. Lost count of A and LA but not doing poorly. Probably still at half and half, and none of the A days have been drinking myself stupid, which I feel pretty good about. I like the quote about you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink. That is often the case, although I would never have…

@jthanmyfitnesspal that sounds so cool - I don't listen to a lot of opera, but some is good in small doses, depending upon my mood. And to have a trove pouring in can't be a bad thing! Look at it this way, you can pick through the hoard and pass along the unwanted. @MissMay check y'all out! You are having too much fun, I'm…

Chilling with another Guinness while I listen to Are You Experienced on vinyl and get some things organized for tomorrow - weather is finally nice so me and my buddy are gonna go hit the range. 8 AF, 6 A -m

Been doing okay, had a Guinness tonight, I believe that makes it 8 AF and 5 A. -m

AF yesterday for 6 AF, 4 A and none to excess. No alcohol in the house and no plans to buy any. -m

AF today. Made the rounds, scored a little used vinyl. Nothing too special, a beat up copy of Physical Graffiti, a slightly noisy copy of Gerry Mulligan's Freeway that looked better than it sounds, Gershwin and Telemann both in decent shape. There's a few other shops around town that I want to check out, but I was trying…

ROFL @forestdweller1 I will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he was being funny. Well played. To be fair, I had a suit at 19 but didn't know how to really rock it. Today, I traded in the last remaining bits of retired gear from the old guitar rig at Guitar Center and walked out with a new (to me)…

Pretty decent day today. Ate a little more at lunch than I probably should have, but made up for it at dinner. Chilling with the lights low, a glass of pinot noir, some fun kaleidoscopic bit on the big TV and Jam & Spoon on Spotify now. I've been looking at turntables, but decent ones are not cheap - hell, even cheap ones…

Keeping it AF, 2 A and 4 AF so far. The extra pounds I packed on last weekend are slipping back off, so that's good. It ain't easy but that's okay. Wife is getting sick of Indian, now that I have a freezer full of pre-made portions. Go fig...it's okay, I can mix it up, I just have to put some thought into what I prepare on…

Thanks, @forestdweller1. I know of St. John's Wort, but have never used it. Situations we find ourselves in, huh? Threats and stalking are absolutely not okay - need I say, this is why we carry and train? My wife had a stalker before we met, she captured him at gunpoint creeping around her yard one night after he had…

Welcome to new friends, welcome back to returning prodigals, happy birthday to the birthday crew and hello again to the regulars. My goal is simply less, nothing more specific. September ended at 14 AF an 16 A. Thursday, I got eliminated in the first round - I lost a lot of time on reloads and I think crappy ammo cost me a…

Finished up at 14 AF & 16 A. Definite improvement over previous months. See y'all in the October thread. -m

AF today, 14 AF, 13 A. Tomorrow is the dueling tree competition, wish me luck or at least fun... -m

New Mexico is nice - we went to Carlsbad a while back. Been doing good this week - 13 AF and 13 A. -m

There are certain things here that are becoming easier to obtain as states and cities loosen restrictions. For now, though, the only way in most places is to order spores and cultivate. About to crack that Oktoberfest to make it 11 AF and 13 A, 8 of which I'll call LA. -m

I can dig vampire hours, and totally relate to life not allowing rest. AF yesterday made it 11:11. Today, at the grocery, I'd put two beers in the basket for tomorrow and was on my way to the register when I spied my once a year small batch hard to come by Paulaner Oktoberfest brew with the 1l maß! Of course I added it to…

AF yesterday, no plans to drink today. 10 AF, 7 LA, 4 A If I count drinking less as still drinking, it'd be 10:11 with eight days left in the month so not bad. -m

AF yesterday. No plans to drink today. 9 AF, 7 LA, 4 A -m

Okay, so I went and got a Stella last night. I'll call it LA. Bella is doing okay. I think she understands in some cat way that she has an injury and if she gets too carried away, she will hurt herself worse. Today, I got some errands handled - found a more or less local place that has really good pricing on ammo, so I…

Yeah, dealing with stuff after procedures is crazy stress. So we picked up her food at 10 last night. This morning we got up crazy early and packed her into the carrier before she could complain about breakfast, and dropped her off. We picked her up at 3:30 after she woke up, no complications. No surprises: she HATES the…

Planned A day - getting my wine on with Dark Wave. Bellycat gets her surgery in the morning, a little stressed but confident that all will be well. God knows how I will keep her calm enough to not blow out stitches... 7 AF, 6 LA, 4 A -m

AF last night. 7 AF 6 LA 3 A -m

Having a beer tonight while I clean up this mess. Went to the range earlier, shot my little NAA revolver, my VP9 and my 1911. Came home and cleaned them, but now I have bits and stuff scattered across two desks. The guys told me about a competitive event later this month that I will be signing up for, some sort of dueling…

Thanks, @Womona. I stopped by the vet today to get Bella's records for the folks that will do the spay next week. It was nice to see them but in a way it was a trigger. I guess I associate being there with being there with the boys. They really are great people, they were happy to see me and we hung out a bit, caught up,…

LA Saturday and planned A Sunday, the boy came over to hang out and listen to Dark Wave with a couple of Shiners and a couple of Wellers. Nothing too crazy, I delayed the start since I was taking apart my new 1911 and putting it back together again. (Traded in a Glock that I took to the range once and hated, and my old LC9…

AF last night, LA tonight. 4 AF, 2 A, 1 LA. -m

Well, I had an unplanned A day last night. I guess it just felt like my day had sort of piled up on me and I caved, ran down the street and grabbed a beer and a small bottle of Johnnie black label. I didn't drink a LOT, but there it is anyway. 3 AF, 2 A. Still got Johnnie but not planning to drink tonight. -m

Wow, reminds me of my younger days...22 and living in New Orleans, I once fell off the bar at The Abbey on Decatur. Walter was tending bar at the time, and made me help clean up all the resulting mess. My girlfriend thought the whole situation was hilarious! (Of course she did, she was the one who put me up to it in the…