In 1994, I had the pleasure of visiting Utah for the first time in my life for the NCAA tournament 1st and 2nd Round at Weber State University to watch my own Wisconsin Badger basketball team. As a college student from Wisconsin, any type of road trip was going to be epic. UW Madison typically rates as one of the top party schools in the nation, but back then they just put an * next to the number one school saying that Wisconsin wasn't in the list because they don't rate the amateurs with the professionals. Coming from a state where you can drink at any age as long as you're with your parents made it difficult to explain what a "Dry" county was. Something about percentage of alcohol in beer, no booze, religion, and something, something... Seemed like a whole lot of crazy to me.

Fast forward to Secret Santa, 2013. It's Christmas eve, and still haven't received anything from my Secret Santa. No gift, no messages, nada. I check the porch one last time, and BEHOLD! A package with the Reddit standard shipping label. (Angels sign in background...) I remind myself to take pictures as I go, but I am excited. A card is first. I'm not proud, but I did laugh outloud when I read it, which is unusual to me. There was a picture of Richard Nixon inside of the "Dick in a card" card. I'll have to try it out later after sizing.

Packaged neatly inside was a Salt Lake, Utah T-shirt in just the right size. SL,UT just in time to wear while lounging around on X-mas day. It reminded me of Weber State, Park City, and ridiculous alcoholic beverage laws from the 1990's roadtrip. But wait a minute; inside the bags HappyNazgul used as package filler, were receipts from a couple of beverage marts. Faith in humanity restored, as it looks like you CAN actually buy booze in Utah. Receipts from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, store 25 & 29 respectively. My man bought some Old Crow, High West Double Rye Whiskey, Epic Pfeifferhorn Lager, and a couple of different Amaretto's. Classy. I immediately put on my new T-Shirt, and poured myself a drink.

Thank you HappyNazgul for the card and the shirt! Happy Holidays!