Editor's Letter from the 2013 Edition of West Coast Midnight Run

Just a shot of Tequila!

I have never had a buzz in my entire life.

I spent all of my college days without ever attending a frat party or getting drunk, on school campus, and during my career track with corporations, off the corporate campus and at happy hours venues.

It's possible some of my friends and colleagues felt I was too stiff, too serious, a boring individual with too much self control to ease up, let his guard down, or mix it up in a social situation.

I don't care much for having a drink, always did at a special occasion or in a business setting - just never experienced a buzz or had a drunken day in my life.

And as the years wore on, I struggled like many others tied to a desk job, with adult onset of diabetes, Type II, which is mostly diagnosed for those that burn the little precious personal time working away for their employer, rather than performing critical and highly needed physical maintenance routines - exercise and fitness regimen.

My career, and the little I had secured, was so hard won, and took so much effort to get there, I was not about to let it go, and spent every ounce of my available energy and health in protecting my investment and fending off the competition vying for my desk.

I have often wondered what it could be like, you are still at work, toiling away at your desk, while indulging in a shot of tequila or brandy, so you can relax, and at the same time, continue working.

These are two competing and opposite in nature activities.

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