Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent. More of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. And a lot of the time, I just used the person's first name and a letter for their last name.

From this book, a person might get the idea that I used to drink a lot and hang around with a lot of alcoholics. The main reason for this is that I used to drink a lot and hang around with a lot of alcoholics. But if it wasn't for all of these idiots, this book would not be possible. After all, how much fun could a person write about a group of guys sitting around playing chess? Huh? Huh? Now you get that same group of guys sitting around guzzling down beers and betting one another on how many chess pieces they can eat in one sitting. Well, that's just funny and something to write about.