The next person who tells me about how much keener your sense of smell is when you quit smoking gets a chop to the throat. Haven't these well-intentioned but totally wrong people noticed how awful most of the world smells?
I've always had a pretty good sniffer--too good, in fact--so it's the exact opposite of a benefit to be even more sensitive to car exhaust, b.o., other smokers, asphalt tar, stale beer, wet cats, rotting possums, and the stench of my own self-pitying blog posts.
This is a hard time of year for just about everyone, isn't it? I resolve to be nicer to everyone this month, or at least stay drunk enough the whole time that no one takes it personally when I act like a hooch.