if a tree falls...

I come from a long line of jerks, and if anyone needs to drink when they get together, it's the members of my family. I also come from a long line of closet alcoholics who "quit drinking."

For us, that means no booze allowed. No beer before dinner, no cocktails for dessert. The closet alcoholics? Well, they're getting drunk in the bathroom.

They're the ones who need to quit drinking, but somehow they've managed to create and maintain a situation whereby they're the only ones drinking. I have to wonder why I haven't connected these dots any time during the past 16 years.

I was going to call this ironic, but actually I think we've surpassed irony and moved right on to stupidity. I should have said I come from a long line of stupid jerks.

Anyway, do you suppose it'd be rude to bring wine to dinner just this once?