Ooooh, a new shipment of Arcadian pinot! Hey, I never knew they made syrahs in Chile! Wow, look, a sale on grüner! I’m just not strong enough for the task of buying ONLY what I came in for. Even worse, I can’t NOT buy a bottle…or six. There is just no way I can walk past racks of glorious fermented grape juice and NOT stroll the aisles. ![]() ![]() It’s a shortcoming I have, and I’m ready to admit it. ![]() I can not, for instance, just “run in” to a liquor store to grab some beer, or vodka, or ice on the way to whatever or whomever’s. ![]() But certain forces in this life are simply too powerful for me to not to heed them. I am a big fan of Oscar Wilde, and not simply for his body of literary work, but for saying the following words: “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” There are several temptations I can resist in life, like eating brussel sprouts for instance.
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