Drinking Liberally this Wednesday

By cmooney on April 9, 2006.

Not that you shouldn't drink liberally on other days...but seriously, I'm speaking in DC this Wednesday night at a Drinking Liberally event. It should be a heck of a lot of fun. Vital details: Mark & Orlando's, Wednesday, April 12th, 7:30PM. There should be a book signing after. And then, er, drinking liberally....

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