tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post5286957655429253374..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Yet More Cure For Dull Wine DescriptionsRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82360895651515558542012-12-11T17:45:01.116-08:002012-12-11T17:45:01.116-08:00Why am I just now seeing this post? Genius. Especi...Why am I just now seeing this post? Genius. Especially Rand and Salinger. Very very well done. I actually kind of liked Atlas Shrugged but there is a point in the book where she (Galt) just goes on and on for pages and pages (sigh) but it sounded oddly enough similar to your writing. But I guess you were going for that. Lara Chapmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-88447699590493880212012-09-27T08:39:34.360-07:002012-09-27T08:39:34.360-07:00Hey Jake,
I kicked around Carlin, and I'm sur...Hey Jake,<br /><br />I kicked around Carlin, and I'm sure I'll tackle him at some point. Though I'm not sure I have the talent to do him any kind of justice.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-4050460426199350092012-09-27T07:02:04.774-07:002012-09-27T07:02:04.774-07:00Great call on Carlin, I'd love to see you give...Great call on Carlin, I'd love to see you give that one a go Ron...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17562404868983950957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-25776659915446280322012-09-26T13:42:39.073-07:002012-09-26T13:42:39.073-07:00Thanks, Patrick,
Now I don't have to do Ernie....Thanks, Patrick,<br />Now I don't have to do Ernie. He's the patron saint of literary parody, and I've been studiously avoiding him.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33120219773998504612012-09-26T13:25:05.415-07:002012-09-26T13:25:05.415-07:00I squinted at the red liquid in my glass as I said...I squinted at the red liquid in my glass as I said to Pablo, "Wine is the blood of the earth." He mumbled something unintelligible, inaudible through the din and the stale cigarette smoke of the Tasca just off the Plaza Mayor where we sat that long Thursday afternoon. Before the war broke out, it was a clean, well-lighted place. Suddenly it grew quiet because the great retired matador El Gitanillo hobbled in, his body wracked by repeated gorings. He sat down two tables away. I pretended not to notice. Pablo took advantage of the silence: "What do you want from a wine?" he asked. "The same thing I want from a woman," I said. "She must be sleek, graceful, and intense all at once. Willing to give pleasure, but not easily." "I once loved such a woman," said Pablo, "but she was shot through the head by a sniper." I said, "And this wine is like that woman; brave and deep and full-blooded. This is what a man wants."Patrick Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144823620170293402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-3557844901410137172012-09-25T21:24:28.361-07:002012-09-25T21:24:28.361-07:00The Lewis Carroll was precious.
Cannot read Ayn R...The Lewis Carroll was precious.<br /><br />Cannot read Ayn Rand at the moment w/o thinking of the idiot veep candidate...oh, wait...cannot read Rand, period. She was a hack blogger, right?<br /><br />Pryor? Brings back so many memories. I thought about what it would take to do it a la Robin Williams, but I think it'd be so much more fun to hear George Carlin's wine review. (What wine pairs with blue food?)<br /><br />Yes, Zeniths...they did tend to turn green....Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46606807056522973642012-09-25T14:04:47.404-07:002012-09-25T14:04:47.404-07:00Ah, Ron, your are just green with organic pinot en...Ah, Ron, your are just green with organic pinot envy...Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-68762371660775767222012-09-25T10:04:47.153-07:002012-09-25T10:04:47.153-07:00Hey... Give Alice a break.... her plumbing needs a...Hey... Give Alice a break.... her plumbing needs a service call...Mockingbirdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-88121583854433940072012-09-25T07:51:20.555-07:002012-09-25T07:51:20.555-07:00Thomas,
Pretty sure Ms. Feiring only works in gree...Thomas,<br />Pretty sure Ms. Feiring only works in green. First it was wine, now it's money.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31733646710071937482012-09-25T06:29:15.124-07:002012-09-25T06:29:15.124-07:00Rand a blogger? Not a chance. There's no money...Rand a blogger? Not a chance. There's no money in it.<br /><br />Ron, <br /><br />You are in Alice's blog roll; the color of the type is white.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18198599729744375942012-09-24T20:17:35.534-07:002012-09-24T20:17:35.534-07:00WFTP,
Great point! I should amend it to "famo...WFTP,<br />Great point! I should amend it to "famous" writers. Rand was, indeed, without talent. She could have been a wine blogger. I shall make a note of it for the next installment, if there is one.<br /><br />And, yes, you may return it for exactly what you paid for it.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-79075374308151945912012-09-24T19:36:58.446-07:002012-09-24T19:36:58.446-07:00You promised us great writers and gave us Ayn Rand...You promised us great writers and gave us Ayn Rand. Can I return a blog piece as corked?Wines for the Peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095439358615901235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82633154222103145792012-09-24T18:18:06.084-07:002012-09-24T18:18:06.084-07:00Thomas,
Every time I review wines here I get crap ...Thomas,<br />Every time I review wines here I get crap from everybody. Of course, I get crap from everybody no matter what I write, so there's that. And I can't review wines because I don't know how to draw.<br /><br />Napadavid,<br />Did you suggest DFW before? I'm sort of mulling him over. The problem is that it would take several thousand words to write a review of a cheap rose in his style. I'm too tired.<br /><br />Andrea,<br />OK, I officially love you now. Thank you.<br /><br />The fun of writing parody is in studying how someone writes, and then taking it to an interesting extreme. You learn a lot about writing, and about how to write, and about rhythm and wordplay, and, most interestingly, about the person writing. When I read bloggers before making fun of them, I get very strong notions of who they must be from their work. Then I use that as well. It's a wonderful creative exercise.<br /><br />But who cares?<br /><br />Tom,<br />Not sure my server can handle all the Sermontation referrals, but thank you. Now if only I can make it on Alice's blog roll! <br /><br />Charlie,<br />Nice. Zenith to green to Ribolla Gialla to Bonne! Sounds like a botched Red Sox rundown play. But nicely turned on your part.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17477000088102870402012-09-24T15:38:45.136-07:002012-09-24T15:38:45.136-07:00Mr. P. says have it your Zenith. I had a Zenith on...Mr. P. says have it your Zenith. I had a Zenith once. It was fine until one day all the white colors turned green, sort of like Ribolla Gialla in the Napa Valley and most of Jon Bonne's favorite Chardonnays.<br /><br />Loved the Carroll piece, perhaps because I could understand it. Ayn Rand was not readable for more than a couple of minutes unless you believed that you were the only one who was going to get rich and all the rest of the schmucks reading her were too stupid to get it. <br /><br />Alfonso ran into Frank Lloyd Wright today. Is that what happens to people who read too much Ayn Rand or too much Hosemaster?No Fountain Daddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-64185943250819828472012-09-24T14:01:07.308-07:002012-09-24T14:01:07.308-07:00OK...That did it. Now you've made my new list ...OK...That did it. Now you've made my new list of wine bloggers at FERMENTATION!!!Tom Warkhttp://www.fermentationwineblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-60627271063308727282012-09-24T11:39:40.645-07:002012-09-24T11:39:40.645-07:00In case you forgot, you are fuckin' brilliant!...In case you forgot, you are fuckin' brilliant! LOVE IT. Every word. Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388407217932849765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-50108139793919401412012-09-24T10:03:27.936-07:002012-09-24T10:03:27.936-07:00How about that pretentious turd David Foster Walla...How about that pretentious turd David Foster Wallace?? Unbelievably, long, dull paragraphs that go on and on, non-stop footnotes to show off his endless research, pages and pages of obscure wine terms to show how brilliant and funny he is! And a bunch of idiotic sycophants who think it's the most insightful wine writing ever!!!napadavidhttp://www.thenapasonomainsider.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-62224725536698988332012-09-24T10:00:12.958-07:002012-09-24T10:00:12.958-07:00I believe that with this post you have hit your ze...I believe that with this post you have hit your zenith. <br /><br />The time to move on is now--become a wine critic (ok, so it's not exactly a move up, but think what you can do to upgrade their literary stature).Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87388095597837872282012-09-24T08:41:55.747-07:002012-09-24T08:41:55.747-07:00Andy,
Stephenie Meyers? Life is way too short to r...Andy,<br />Stephenie Meyers? Life is way too short to read her, unless you're a 13-year-old girl. So, no, that's not likely. I haven't been a 13-year-old girl since last Halloween.<br /><br />Alfonso,<br />I think that was Wilbur Wright.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-67387103195717373362012-09-24T08:32:33.969-07:002012-09-24T08:32:33.969-07:00I ran into Frank Lloyd Wright on my jog this morni...I ran into Frank Lloyd Wright on my jog this morning and we had a brief talk, about wine, Ayn Rand and the weather. I loved his parting remark, "Less is only more where more is no good."<br /> <br />Alfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18942703911825647802012-09-24T08:18:19.149-07:002012-09-24T08:18:19.149-07:00The Lewis Carroll bit was brilliant. Richard Pryor...The Lewis Carroll bit was brilliant. Richard Pryor as wine critic? You are on fire!<br /><br />I dare you to mimic Stephenie Meyers. OK, I dare you to read Stephenie MeyersAndy Perduenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29865356748082450262012-09-24T08:11:50.257-07:002012-09-24T08:11:50.257-07:00FoistFoistMockingbirdnoreply@blogger.com