tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post2665460957209865743..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: What's the HoseMaster Drinking?Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-85736667110217406842010-10-06T00:32:43.052-07:002010-10-06T00:32:43.052-07:00(sighing) Missing You....missing this. Thank you f...(sighing) Missing You....missing this. Thank you for leaving these up for those of us that feel a need to revisit and marinate in your particular brand of brilliance...Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31421432655925532102010-02-22T09:00:29.380-08:002010-02-22T09:00:29.380-08:00Nice interview with Derrick.
I met him at the Win...Nice interview with Derrick.<br /><br />I met him at the Wine Writers Symposium, and as you now realize, he is an easy-going, down-to-earth guy. My guess is that he will be around writing about food and wine long after many other bloggers go quietly, or not so quietly, into that good night.<br /><br />As for the one-million puffs scale, you are welcome to it. We are all going to need abacuses to follow you wine reviews.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-76086045307798369972010-02-22T05:59:15.895-08:002010-02-22T05:59:15.895-08:00So Ron, you are stealing lines from famous dead wr...So Ron, you are stealing lines from famous dead writers...<br /><br />Anyway, now that you've been interviewed in a major outlet, I'm going to monitor your every satire. As soon as I detect a sell out, I'll send you a gift. It will mean that you have joined the club of regular guys and can finally stake your claim as a bona fide wine blogger.<br /><br />In fact, I haven't made a blog entry in weeks. Can't seem to muster the energy to come up with a subject that needs going over, as I think every damned thing that can be said about wine and the wine world has been said ad-nauseum et inperpetuity!<br /><br />Thinking maybe to change my blog to fidofictions and just write about my dog, Oliver, who yesterday helped me paint the dining room with his head.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1399320690170652242010-02-21T19:16:16.800-08:002010-02-21T19:16:16.800-08:00Well don't I feel like the teachers pet. Now l...Well don't I feel like the teachers pet. Now let me see, how many innuendos can I toss in here:<br /><br />1) Want me to fetch your bone?<br />2) Want to chace my tail?<br />3) Care to hear me purr as you stroke my underside?<br />4) I sometimes piddle when excited...wait that doesn't fit.<br />5)I sometimes bathe myself...with my tongue, wanna watch?<br /><br />Okay I give everything else was a tad too "saucy" even for me.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-47228319262092357652010-02-21T18:06:28.175-08:002010-02-21T18:06:28.175-08:00My Gorgeous Samantha,
You had your chance at the ...My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />You had your chance at the interview. But, well, for you I am always available. I'm just a pushover for you, Love. And the SF Chronicle may have written about me, but you are far more interesting and talented.<br /><br />I adore you!<br /><br />Marcia Love,<br /><br />You are one tough literary critic. The MS Conspiracy is my exercise in improvisation with myself. I allow my febrile subconscious to take it whatever direction it feels like that day and I do not try to control it. So it comes out very scattershot and incoherent at times, certainly unfocused. I like it that way. Try to keep your expectations down, as well as your lunch, when reading it.<br /><br />I have no idea what Avril wants to tell the HoseMaster. What makes you think he's going to see her?<br /><br />Thomas,<br /><br />I almost said No to Derrick Schneider when he asked to interview me for the Chronicle. Unlike the "monetizing" maniacs at Wine Blogger Conferences, I just do this for fun and realize there is only community to be had here, not much, if any, money, and even less fame. Not for what I do. And when it stops being fun the HoseMaster will go gently into that good night. Now there's something for everyone to look forward to.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46705168505116864532010-02-21T13:39:44.959-08:002010-02-21T13:39:44.959-08:00SFC wrote about Ron? Where can I read it?
Did the...SFC wrote about Ron? Where can I read it?<br /><br />Did they say anything worthwhile about the master? Or about his hose?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-798654615473020992010-02-20T14:29:30.903-08:002010-02-20T14:29:30.903-08:00Never abandonment! I know, Ron… I didn’t comment o...Never abandonment! I know, Ron… I didn’t comment on the last MS Conspiracy chapter ‘cuz …well… it seemed more like a chapterette. ...Didn't know what to say. It was mostly HMW, PI’s stream of consciousness (or maybe <i>unconsciousness</i> considering the central action in the scene was the phone ringing at the end).<br /><br />What <i>does</i> Avril really have back at the morgue, and do we really wanna know? The zemblanity of it all makes me wish for new direction…. Whassup with Veronica???<br /><br />You're on a roll though with the Judd's Hill episode and SFGate story! :-)Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-48843644636386802852010-02-20T10:42:56.267-08:002010-02-20T10:42:56.267-08:00Eric,
I know right? Here I was refusing to inte...Eric,<br /><br /> I know right? Here I was refusing to interview and some fancy pants paper nabs him.....wonder if he will remember me when?Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-91509309408959005272010-02-20T09:24:15.233-08:002010-02-20T09:24:15.233-08:00You know I'm just harsh'n ya Sans, cause y...You know I'm just harsh'n ya Sans, cause you haven't interviewed Ron.<br /><br />Now you've been scooped by the Chronicle and he is somebody.<br /><br /><br />EVOEric V. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421713709476706024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-89952950935523302522010-02-20T09:13:50.275-08:002010-02-20T09:13:50.275-08:00Marcia,
Hey, you never commented on the last MS C...Marcia,<br /><br />Hey, you never commented on the last MS Conspiracy! I was crushed. Really heartbroken. You know I love you, don't abandon me like that!<br /><br />But welcome home.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-28425065398493316732010-02-19T19:40:47.327-08:002010-02-19T19:40:47.327-08:00If you're gonna taste L'Ecole wines, don&#...If you're gonna taste L'Ecole wines, don't you have to be addressed now as the <i> Headmaster </i>?<br /><br />After all, many wine bloggers are <i> head cases</i>.<br /><br />Thanks for cluing us in about periapsis and other cosmological stuff...I guess that's why these wines have such astronomical scores. <br />Shouldn't a wine labeled "Apogee" have a higher score, though, than one labeled Perigee?<br /><br /><i>Whatever!</i><br /><br />The Hosemaster eclipses loads of wine blogs and this explains why so many eno-bloggers are perturbed by these postings. Theirs are often black holes of wine knowledge, while the Hosemeteor is a star of far greater magnitude (and light years ahead of Vornographers).<br /><br />ANONYMOUS IANONYMOUS Inoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-59875837598831561892010-02-19T17:09:58.848-08:002010-02-19T17:09:58.848-08:00The Cheeseball! I knew I had forgotten somebody, t...The Cheeseball! I knew I had forgotten somebody, thanks Eric.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-70883117695766171292010-02-19T16:55:45.448-08:002010-02-19T16:55:45.448-08:00Ron,
You are one in a million--that's the poi...Ron,<br /><br />You are one in a million--that's the point...<br /><br />To be serious for a minute--God, how mundane--I did like the way you handled the notes. But if you insist on not extending your metaphors you might find the supply of free wine dry up, and you'll never get a gig writing for back labels.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-28272064331096085932010-02-19T16:52:36.775-08:002010-02-19T16:52:36.775-08:00Oh dandy! Now you're doing WINE REVIEWS??
What...Oh dandy! Now you're doing WINE REVIEWS??<br />What's next, cheeseball interviews??<br /><br />Waiter... check please...<br /><br />EVOEric V. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421713709476706024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-49362001370236162102010-02-19T16:40:19.614-08:002010-02-19T16:40:19.614-08:00Thomas,
Of course I got the wine for free, I'...Thomas,<br /><br />Of course I got the wine for free, I'm a Blogger, damn it! And I'm sure all of the other Washington wineries will soon be giving my UPS guy a nasty hernia.<br /><br />Oh, MY point system sucks. The other ones are fine? Fine, I'm going to the Million Puff scale next.<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />Ah, was but a lukewarm impression of the Mistress of Wine Writing. And, for the record, that's crabgrass growing on me.<br /><br />I adore you!Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-67569428678768519992010-02-19T16:39:52.470-08:002010-02-19T16:39:52.470-08:00Wow! For “L’Ecole” we got math lessons (who knew t...Wow! For “L’Ecole” we got math lessons <i>(who knew those blends would always total 100%?)</i>, and science lessons <i>(do they name a blend after the mid-point of a moon orbit distance?)</i>, and safety lessons <i>(Pierce’s Disease)</i>. It’s so refreshing to read wine reviews in a blog that double as such great educational tools as well! ;-) <br /><br />(All this and then Google Blogger pops up with a lisping word verification for comments: “thaster.” Kinda deflates the reading excitement, ya know?...)Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87835219546961245662010-02-19T13:41:25.473-08:002010-02-19T13:41:25.473-08:00I was reading along thinking, "damn that Syra...I was reading along thinking, "damn that Syrah sounds sexy" then you go blaming me? Come now Baby, you know that was all you...okay, the picture might be a little me. Careful kid, I might be growing on ya...Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-76645468706998263182010-02-19T12:54:43.499-08:002010-02-19T12:54:43.499-08:00But did you get the wine for free or did you have ...But did you get the wine for free or did you have to bribe L'Ecole just for the run of the extended joke?<br /><br />Your points system sucks. Everyone knows that wine can't be scored under a cool million--oh, wait; that's the new price point. <br /><br />I get confused at mid day because I don't start drinking wine until 5 pm; then, everything becomes so clear to me.<br /><br />Nice notes.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.com