Drinking Alone - Kindred Spirit

Alcohol related advice so good, that if you take heed, you won't need anyone else around to enjoy the experience... You can even be alone in your parents house, where you are "temporarily" living, while you "save money".

Perhaps we've had Kobe Bryant pegged all wrong. All these years we figured him to be a smug assface who used his incredible talent as a basketball player to make lesser talented players and people feel, well lesser. And even if he was a nice guy behind his appearance, to be that good at one thing generally means you have a ridiculously obsessive personality, and we usually can't tolerate that. We tend to like people like ourselves who are mediocre (at best) at lots of things.

However, Kobe dropped a humdinger of a quote last week that caught the eye of Drinking Alone's editor. Following the Laker self-destruction, that was game four. (The game where they gave up the 20-something point lead.) After being asked, "How do you guys bounce back from this type of loss?" He responded:

Whine about it tonight, a lot of wine, a lot of beer, a couple shots, maybe like 20 of them, digest it, get back to work tomorrow. Nothing you can do.

Apparently Kobe is a lot like Us...who knew. In the face of disappointment and failure -- jumping back on the horse and making lemonade are overrated -- have drink... like 20 of them.

Cheers Kobe! With your personality We're sure you're drinking alone.