I guess I’m a quitter. I gave up bicycling cold turkey to start running, and I gave up running when I started back to work and decided that going to the gym would be better time-wise. And today, coincidentally, I’ve read two articles that tell me that I should seriously think about knocking off the booze. Shirt Off John at the gym took some notes about drinking after going down to Gym Jones in Salt Lake City that kind of point out that drinking might be why my energy is down this week. The biochemistry is what I’m interested in (as an organic chemist). The other article I saw was from the BBC and was mainly talking about women drinking alcohol and cancer, and how one drink a day raised all types of cancer rates in women by 6%, but really who needs that whether they’re male or female?

Great. Now I have to find another hobby.

I was also thinking I’m 0 for 2 on this monthly date thing, and the real reason I now have to want to go on a date is to go to some of the restaurants I keep hearing about. I can’t keep going with Il all the time. Then again, if I don’t go I won’t drink or overeat and I’ll save some money. All my spare money is going to Jay the Contractor anyway.