There are dungeons beneath the palace of wisdom and one would certainly not want to be fat, weak, diseased and addicted upon arrival. Prudence demands that we adhere to helpful teaching and reject the destructive but how does one balance this with pursuing a road of excess? The answer is as much in a house of worship as it is at the bottom of a bottle. It is as much in a history book as it is in a cookbook. It resonates in grandpa’s war stories just as much as it does in your own carnal instincts. I suppose the trick is, as I have done, to jump ship just before you sink with the rest of the boat. When I walk through that threshold and the doorman greets me, I’ll think to myself that I wish I’d learned just one more lesson from my father’s mistakes. Then, I’ll ask where the vodka is. 3 out of 4 ain’t bad. In the end, the human brain is much like a goldfish. It will grow in proportion to it’s environment. Does this make any sense? Hell no and it’s not supposed to. Get it?
