Midway Through My Vasectomy, the Surgeon Said One Sentence That Told Me Something Was Very Wrong. – The Archivist

and picked up a bottle I recognized immediately – a vintage from my private collection that I’d been saving for something special. I couldn’t even remember what occasion I’d had in mind anymore.

“Leave the wine,” I added, setting the bottle back down with deliberate care. “You didn’t pay for that either.”

For a moment, nobody moved. Then, like birds continue reading …