Q's Quest to Nothing

  Sojourn [n. soh-jurn; v. soh-jurn, soh-jurn] |  noun | 1. a temporary stay:   during his sojourn in Paris. verb | 2. to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily:   to sojourn on the Riviera for two months. My dad regularly expresses, "Tạm kỵ cư," which roughly translates to "temporary home" or sojourn.   The essence and demeanor when he expresses this saying in Vietnamese alludes to the ephemeral nature of life and that we are all just taking a temporary stop in this world on our journey of being.   Life, itself, is a sojourn rather than the sojourns in life.   It is cliché to say, "Life is short," but that truth can quickly be forgotten.   Indeed, life can be short-lived... and that thought has been a notion that passed my mind much in recent years.  On passing (somewhere in 2014), out of the blue, my dad said, "Ba có cỡ mười năm nữa thôi.   Ba mong rằng ba có thể thấy được ngày con thành thân..." (I have a good ten years...

  Nose: A refined, sweetness-ingrained, slightly spicy nose with lingering numbness in the backdrop. Reminds me of desert sand rising on the horizon… or maybe the curtains of the stage slowly opening up. The second sniff brings out a mature old smell, like something very experienced and been-there, done-that mentality.   The spice picks up more towards the end of the nosing; I guess you can call that the finish of the nose?   Very inviting… almost immediately, it intrigues the mind and invites you to savor its depths.     Palate: When people approach GTS, they think of strength, but that is for those who have yet to enter the depths of bourbon. GTS, overall, is one of the most balanced of all bourbon expressions. GTS commands exceptional complexity beyond just the sweetness due to the rye characteristics; there is a strong depth of mid-palate while possessing a very good heat profile and long lingering finish. This year’s expression was rumored to have som...

  Vicarious | [vahy-kair-ee-uh s, vi-] | adjective 1.   performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another:   vicarious punishment. 2.   taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute. 3.   felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others:   a vicarious thrill.   Habit of Living (Part 3 of 3) "Wish not the past.   Hope not the future.   Live your present moment." Living in the present... your present.   On the surface, this seems an easy concept, but few have been able to fully accomplish it; some, simply, are unable to...   "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." ~ Unknown A person once told me, "Throw a year out there... what comes to mind?    Let's say 2017, do you recall anything?   If a memory comes, that means it was a year lived... a moment worth livin...