I look at it this way: With the amount of drinks I have due me by some people, and the amount of drinks I owe Mark Maccasland because his Dallas Stars keep whuppin' my Florida Panthers, I have no choice but to be three sheets to the wind most of the time, and in the company of those similarly incapacitated.

Add the oft-mentioned French Quarter forays and the spicy food outtings, and....whew!