Saturday, January 16, 2010

Know Thyself

It was St. Patrick's Day, 1990, and the Weaverville, Calif., bar was rockin' all around me. I'd just arrived from Oregon, in my trusty Mazda truck, checked into a hotel and beat feet for a bit of music and dancing.

So there I sat at The Sawmill's bar, conversing with a really unattractive guy. I was drinking beer, and I wasn't holding back, either.

I have to give myself a lot of credit, though. At a certain, crucial point in my imbibing, I actually said to myself: "If I don't get away from this guy now, he's going to start to look good."

I most definitely did not want him to start to look good. So I slipped off the stool, and with a tip o' the hat, sashayed into the crowd and started a conga line.

Sadly, this was the first time I'd ever consciously recognized that certain, crucial point in time to avoid certain embarrassing experiences. More on those never!

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