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Sake... rice wine: The ultimate soporific; the alkie's herbal tea; the spring-loaded velvet hammer; the crepuscular sedative of choice for me. One steaming teacup full of the redolent brew brings a listless torpor leading to insensate slumber.

Five steaming teacups of sake leads to a technicolor yawn and a daybreak cranial torment that would burst the skull of an elephant.

This post is brought to you by the letter T (for Tylenol and thesaurus).

p.s. Word to the wise: If you are going to be revisiting your food, make sure it isn't ultra-spicy jalapeno-laden salsa sauce.

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