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Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 2005
For a Jewish Gen X'er, I have a strangely regressive Protestant work ethic. For instance, I tend to feel guilty when I have fun while I'm on the job. And after last Thursday at Thomas Liquors -- let me tell you -- my conscience is simply awash.
Drinking on Borrowed Time
For his fifth birthday, in February of 1993, my older son received a watch from his grandparents. It was a black Timex with a rectangular face, digital read-out, and several complicated buttons for setting the date, time, and alarm. Waterproof, shatterproof. He wore it everywhere, including the bathtub and bed.
