I hadn't been to Wang Li's Sports Bar in a long time, not since my wife and I had married. She wasn't much for bars, sports, or Chinese food, so taking her to Wang's was pretty much out of the question.

But it had been 6 months since we split up and, after stumbling home from work in the middle of the night and eating whatever I could find in the freezer on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, I decided I deserved a break. The project was finished and the boss told us all to take tomorrow off so this was my big night to go out and enjoy myself.

I...