Wines of FreshDirect: Big Bordeaux, Small Price
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, [...]
Holiday Slump
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 [...]
Just 1303 days
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 [...]
Stopping to blog
on a snowless morning
There are no woods. I see no snow.
And though it’s ten degrees below,
There’s precious little white romance
To counteract this dark and woe.
My little horse is in a trance.
He hasn’t room enough to prance
Within my small apartment home,
Which hasn’t really much expanse.
He laughs as I compose this poem,
And says he’s sure it’s quite the tome,
But he [...]
I found the root of the problem
Song: “Human Nature”
Album: Thriller (1982)
Artist: Michael Jackson
3rd Verse:
Reaching out
To touch a stranger
Electric eyes are everywhere
See that girl
She knows I’m watching
She likes the way I stare
No, Michael. No she doesn’t.
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As with Anna Karina, we prefer to remember the U.S.A as she was in the 1960s.
Seek and ye shall find
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