When you think about it, rules for drinking are not so different from rules for writing. Many of these are so familiar they’ve become truisms: Write what you know. Write every day. Never use a strange, fancy word when a simple one will do. Always finish the day’s writing when you could still do more. With a little adaptation these rules apply just as well for drinking. Drink what you know, drink regularly rather than in binges, avoid needlessly exotic booze, and leave the table while you can still stand.

(taken from NY TIMES SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW)

Im switching this off for a week or so and leaving you with the essay linked above. Go explore it and its links, its good.
Walking into the Wilderness in the next few days and then taking off sometime after that on a 4 day sailing trip, Ive hit the Wall and its time to regroup. I think about snow every day to the point that Im looking at flights to Argentina for a session. Will I actually do it? Doubtful, but its good to shop and dream I suppose.
Im in the middle of a forced self imposed slowdown but after almost 17 years of moving at the absolute speed of light its a tough challenge; its alot like jamming gears down a mountain in a rig with no brakes: sketchy.

See you all on the other side.