No Smoking Zone

I”ve second-guessed plenty of decisions that I’ve made over the years. However, I’ve never questioned the one I made three years go today to stop committing a slow, stinky suicide. It was simultaneously one of the hardest and one of the easiest things I’ve ever done. And tonight, I will be giving myself my annual pat on the back. And if I sound full of myself, well, that’s just too damned bad…

And just for reference, I still don’t believe that a “punishment tax” on cigarettes is a fair revenue stream nor that legislation to ban smoking in bars is a good idea. So there.