AM: Now a top destination for Sea Pig Enthusiasts!
The staff of American Madness would like to thank the humble sea pig, oh ye creature of cold waters, for inadvertently and randomly bringing us 30,000 sea pig-associated visits in the past 2 days. Thank you, Mr. Pig (or Ms. Pig) wherever you are. -- The Editors
(Note: The image above is not of a sea pig but of a pig at sea.)
Up front I’ll admit my bias. I am a big fan of the wines of Bordeaux. This year I traveled with Mrs. Wines of FreshDirect to the region, spending a week sampling all manner of vintages. This wine will surpise you given half a chance.
Vineyard: Chateau Le Peuy Saincrit Grape: Bordeaux blend (merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc) Country: France Year: 2005
Nose: First notes are smoke, which give way to leather and then plum and cherry. Later, one notes the presence of yeast.
Taste: I tasted this wine twice—the first time was right as it was opened, the second was approximately 45 minutes later. First, the taste after 45 mintues: Read more »
Where I am and for most people, the office dies down a bit around the holidays. Things get a little slow. This year in particular you are even hearing about a slump in shopping. You would expect that on December 25th, Christmas Day things would be really quiet…
Well, apparently the holidays are when a lot of people decide it is a good time to check up on blog posts they have missed. On Christmas Day we had almost 700 visitors while on Christmas Eve and the Da after Christmas we didn’t even break 300. I guess people were just curious what we ahd to say on Christmas (and for Josh, that was quite a bit).
If I survive another 1303 days, I’ll outlive John Belushi, according to deadoraliveinfo.com.
I suppose I could take some perverse pleasure in how I’ve outlived these folks, but I think the saner response to to feel really really pathetic about what I’ve accomplished in 29 years on this earth.
Or, as Tom Lehrer famously quipped: “It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years.”
If you really want to feel like a failure, check out the museum of conceptual art where you can input your age and see what some of history’s greatest people had accomplished while you’ve been dicking around in your cubicle: http://www.museumofconceptualart.com/accomplished/
Famous folks I’ve outlived or almost outlived:
Age at Death
Days Alive
Days (difference)
40 14670 3879 John Lennon
39 14523 3732 Malcolm X
39 14361 3570 Che Guevara
39 14324 3533 Martin Luther King, Jr.
36 13243 2452 Bob Marley
36 13214 2423 Marilyn Monroe
36 13210 2419 Princess Diana
33 12093 1302 John Belushi
0 You are here
27 10157 -634 Jimi Hendrix
22 8184 -2607 Buddy Holly
The staff of American Madness would like to thank the 
Where I am and for most people, the office dies down a bit around the holidays. Things get a little slow. This year in particular you are even hearing about a slump in shopping. You would expect that on December 25th, Christmas Day things would be really quiet…