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# Welcome to Labor Day Weekend
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/welcome-to-labor-day-weekend/
- Published: 2026-09-04T14:45:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T14:50:36.000Z
- Description: BYCU, of sorts (Blog Post)
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Holidays, Drinking

### Ah, the melancholic long weekend. Life grabs you by the nape and forces you to look down the tunnel of death. Better grab a drink. 

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Brutal, hot, muggy weather is kinda throwing off the vibe, though. If I go outside for more than ten minutes, I can't tell where my scrotum ends and my thigh begins. AI tells me these past five weeks probably rank in the top ten all-time for Devil's Crotch.

So I'm about as sad about summer's close as Russia was when Napoleon left. "Ah gee, whatever will I do when I can't walk outside without getting assaulted by a fusilier who's ferociously annoyed that all the women were packed up and moved to the next town before he and his fellow Napoleonic rabble arrived?" 

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So today, I will stay inside (yet) again, with the AC cranked, giving thanks that I don't live in AC-thwarted Europe, which is green in its ideology and green in its underwear from all the humidity-loving moss. 

Fortunately, drinking is an indoor sport. Sure, if conditions are right, it can be even more enjoyable outside, but those conditions--no excessive heat or cold, no bugs, no strong wind, no precipitation--are more elusive than [Frank Abagnale Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%5FAbagnale%5FJr.?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) wearing one of those Elven cloaks that Galadriel gave to Frodo and Sam. 

We'll see how the day (and weather) sorts itself out. I wish all of you a glorious end of summer. As always, I appreciate you stopping by TDE.

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