I’ve always been fond of “significant” numbers, of milestones and notable figures. I suspect I like them less for any actual achievement that they represent (after all, technically speaking reaching 101 of something is more of an achievement than 100, and yet the latter is disproportionately lauded!) and more for their large round numberiness, but the effect is the same either way. I like a milestone. For more than a few blog pages, 50 posts wouldn’t necessarily feel like a milestone – that’s just a post a week for a year, with Christmas and Easter off into the bargain. But…
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I love alcohol. I’ve loved it for years and years, too. I love a good wine, a tasty beer. Whisky and rum, too, I love. And I love the ritual of it, the unwinding after a stressful day, the ritual of opening a bottle and looking forward to relaxing with it, the chance to allow the mind a moment of oblivion. I love the enjoyment of it, the sensation of it, the feel of it, the moment when it hits your body and you relax just a little bit, because you’re allowing yourself to relax and giving your body the triggers to do…
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