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Saturday, November 30, 2002
I've been slogging* away over my homework so my presense here lately has been a bit on the shorter end of things.
*Yes, that's a word.
I get I should mention the annual Thanksgiving trip out to my Uncle and Aunt's in West Virginia* we took the other day. As always, the food was wonderful and the family togetheness experience quite priceless. I even showed my aunt this here blog and exposed her to some of my TRW writings.**
*Semi-official slogan: "Almost heaven!"
**Yes, they do get the Internet up in them parts... ;-)
They even have runnin' water 'n' 'lectricity!
So if you're reading this, Aunt Denise, thanks a bunch, for your compliments and constructive criticism.
By the way, I found that P.J. O'Rourke / Christopher Buckley piece I was talking about. It's also in P.J.'s book The CEO of the Sofa, but here's the entire article, every last (hilarious) minute of it.
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Blind (Drunk) Wine Tasting
Christopher Buckley and P.J. O'Rourke, 10.30.99
In which two nonexpert--but definitely experienced-- wine drinkers sample 13 bottles, and swallow it all.
And a representative samplling, so to speak:
CODICE
Rioja, 1997
Spain, $7.49
V.: "Bordeaux method with Tempranillo grape. A bit lighter, tarter than California wines. Wood flavor, rusticity."
PEW: "Spain and Portugal joined the E.U. (and, as far as most of their wine is concerned, the 20th century) only 13 years ago..."
Sober tasting
C.B.: "Okay legs, chlorine nose."
P.J.: "YMCA pool."
C.B.: "Better than it tastes."
P.J.: "Huh?"
C.B.: "Daring to be really bad, but not quite managing."
Drunk tasting
P.J.: "Fruity smell."
C.B.: "If fruit were a medicine."
P.J.: "Drinkable."
C.B.: "Acceptable, complex. Ariel or Livingston Cellar."
P.J.: (who had just been to Spain where he swilled Rioja and was thus cheating) "Codice."
Conclusion: C.B.'s mistaking Codice for Ariel dealcoholized wine--a subconscious plea for the 12-Step Program?
Haha! A truly worthy read, if I say so myself.
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