"who do you know who would throw themselves under the bus if the moment allowed for quiet contemplation and a new day’s dawning, or the worm COULD turn & a get out of jail free be applied to the situation? & in that light, who do YOU know who would take that second chance & make a difference by ascertaining one’s place in the cocktail universe wherein one can bust a move, stake a potent attitude …amongst a panel of status quo gameshow hosts who swank utmost office?"

You make a good point, my friend. Many, when offered the "get off free" card will whip it out faster than a teenager's Visa. How very nice for the person in question that he had the opportunity to do his rededicating from behind mahogany desks instead of steel bars. I know no one who would likely manage that at all . . .

Only a person given such a silver-spoon-in-the-mouth opportunity would need to worry about making such a choice at all, I suppose.

Perhaps it's fitting that booze was such a catalyst here, given the way pops made his money back in the day. Maybe there's a novel to be had from this.

Herring405