Today is my birthday and I have received from myself the greatest gift...
This will mark my first birthday since 1982 that I have not had a dip in my lip. My freshman year of high school, 19 freakin' 82!!!! We are now 13 years into a new Millennium and much has changed. Back in my day you could freely market tobacco products to whoever you like. Billboards, magazines, and Earl Campbell 'Skoal Brother' commercials(Star NFL Running back) . It was so cool to have that dip cool 'archer' Manley even, no pussies need apply here. As I continue to rehabilitate from this addition spanning three decades, I see the end and new beginning. Today I can simply say...Fuck You Earl! and the horse the Marlboro man rode in on for that matter (have some smoker quit brothers/sisters also). I still crave nicotine sometimes but I crave LIFE all the time.