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May 10, 2007

Dave: In His Cups

He tried to move as quietly, carefully as he could through the house, though -- things -- kept getting in his way.  He was still sober enough to realize that he'd broken promises again, to Helen and to himself. 

"You drink the first glass," he muttered, repeating an old Spanish saying he'd once read.  "The first glass drinks the second glass.  The third glass drinks you."  Nothing in there about fourth or fifth glasses, though.

He wondered why what seemed a good idea at the time inevitably turned out to be a rotten idea so soon after.

That's when Helen turned on the hall light.

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