{"id":1166,"date":"2006-10-23T17:10:41","date_gmt":"2006-10-23T22:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/whattaya-havin\/"},"modified":"2006-10-23T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2006-10-23T22:10:41","slug":"whattaya-havin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/whattaya-havin","title":{"rendered":"Whattaya havin’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just had a strange realization, while pouring myself some water just now: since I quit drinking soda two months ago, and stopped drinking juices a few years back (Atkins holdover; sue me), it occurs to me now that the only 3 things I drink are water, gin and black coffee.<\/p>\n

I have milk in the morning with my cereal (can we get a ruling on that?), and a glass of wine with Amy once a week or so, but I think I’ve sheared down to some sorta essence of what liquids I actually consume. <\/p>\n

So my question to you, dear readers, is: Is this weird? That is, do you have more variety in the things you drink, or do you also only consume a couple of types of fluids? (no sexytime responses, please)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just had a strange realization, while pouring myself some water just now: since I quit drinking soda two months ago, and stopped drinking juices a few years back (Atkins holdover; sue me), it occurs to me now that the only 3 things I drink are water, gin and black coffee. I have milk in the … <\/p>\n

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