tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post7036621059550123179..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: DIAL M.W. FOR MURDER--The Wine EcdysiastRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-59618255915184348752013-09-12T08:38:25.972-07:002013-09-12T08:38:25.972-07:00Matt,
I'd say it reads more like lousy Chandle...Matt,<br />I'd say it reads more like lousy Chandler, but I'll take dirty. The obsession with death and sex, betrayal and corruption, are what make those fictions work. The lonely dick, tired and cynical, but still fighting the good fight, adhering to his own moral code in the face of society's crumbling--it's comedy! <br /><br />Thank you for going back to the beginning, though none of it makes any sense. I just adore the Voice of the HoseMaster character in Dial MW, and the improvisational approach I use to write each chapter. It's stupid, and it's fun. For me, at least.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-50228008240874124972013-09-12T06:34:27.550-07:002013-09-12T06:34:27.550-07:00Started at the beginning, read my way back at work...Started at the beginning, read my way back at work this week. It's like reading dirty Chandler. Love the homage to 'The Big Sleep.' If anyone finds a cellphone in a door of their new Chevy, please email me. <br /><br />By the way, those Sommbies you sent up are doing just fine, however, I'm sending back the writers, that wasn't part of the deal.<br /><br />Hope I'm not being a pest, <br /><br />Matt. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971520332891951558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-34816469918158264002013-09-11T11:25:05.695-07:002013-09-11T11:25:05.695-07:00Puff Daddy,
Happy Birthday! Have you even reached ...Puff Daddy,<br />Happy Birthday! Have you even reached a high enough number to get One Star in CGCW? Or are you still just the down-turned glass? May you live to be Three Puffs old!<br /><br />Thomas,<br />Is "twisting my meniscus" a metaphor for something? Sounds dirty. Maybe that's just me. <br /><br />Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-69160470723735119352013-09-11T06:25:04.408-07:002013-09-11T06:25:04.408-07:00Happy Birthday, Charles, if you haven't yet re...Happy Birthday, Charles, if you haven't yet reached the point where you don;t want to be reminded...<br /><br />Ron:<br /><br />It's difficult to comment on the noir stuff, as it is indeed a familiar genre and so I can't imagine what I can add to the conversation about it, except to recount the times I slapped my knee, which is about as interesting as talking about the times I twisted my meniscus--which was recently, in fact.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-30358171138600844052013-09-10T23:33:07.160-07:002013-09-10T23:33:07.160-07:00Speaking of family business I think it only fittin...Speaking of family business I think it only fitting that we all wish our beloved Puff Daddy, Sir Charles, Mr. Olken as very happy birthday. Love you lots Charlie and hope all your wishes, least for the day, came true. Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41083866173063795212013-09-10T21:11:34.388-07:002013-09-10T21:11:34.388-07:00Puff Daddy,
You're one of the main reasons I k...Puff Daddy,<br />You're one of the main reasons I keep writing the Dial MW nonsense, you've bugged me the most about finishing it, which is annoying, but I'm grateful. The series is stupid, it's pointless, and, in a lot of ways, that makes it a reflection of the wine business. From another perspective, it's fascinating, inscrutable and complex. So, it's like wine, and like life.<br /><br />Knee slappers, though, that's what I'm really after.<br /><br />Thomas,<br />I don't really want comments. I just play to that as a counterpoint to the thousands of blogs that are lucky to get one comment. I know you read my foolishness, and that's incredibly flattering. I just hope it brings you a few cheap laughs. You're one of the good guys.<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br />Truthfully, for me, these are easy to write. The less I try to say something important, the easier it is to just let it rip, just be stupid funny.<br /><br />I'm not surprised Dial MW gets only a few comments, and just from my loyalest common taters. Actually, I know that only my most faithful and favorite readers will chime in. So, for me, it's almost more intimate. You and Charlie and Marcia and Thomas and Dean and Marlene--you folks are like family. Sometimes others butting into the Dial MW conversation is just plain rude.<br /><br />I love You!Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-20275203719647560882013-09-10T13:56:04.457-07:002013-09-10T13:56:04.457-07:00For what it's worth, which I'm sure is lit...For what it's worth, which I'm sure is little, I think, much like any good book/chapter these pieces leave little opportunity to add commentary. More often than not we just want to move on to the next chapter. Outside of doing that dorky, "My favorite line was" ala that guy you hate that stands in your grill after you tell a joke, laughing and then repeats it to you, as if you hadn't just heard/said it. "That guy" bugs the crap outta me but there are times here, when you've written something so completely that "that guy" is all I can be, and I'm sure I am far from alone. I know these have got to be so damn hard to write Ron, and you can go on and on about how you don't care about comments, just wanted to share why I often find myself at a loss as to what to say on these ones. Your talent often renders me speechless... Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33194287045364079772013-09-10T12:20:18.174-07:002013-09-10T12:20:18.174-07:00Yes, Charlie, mine yawns, especially when I'm ...Yes, Charlie, mine yawns, especially when I'm talking to him. I have to work on that.<br /><br />Forgive my lack of response to the DMW posts--maybe I ain't literary enough. But I like the pictures!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-6680919627830824152013-09-10T08:58:32.711-07:002013-09-10T08:58:32.711-07:00First of all, poodles don't yawn. They whine. ...First of all, poodles don't yawn. They whine. Except maybe Thomas P.'s.<br /><br />Then there is the whole MW vs MS thingy. Maybe we need a scorecard.<br /><br />Interestingly, this chapter pretty much stands on its own. Biola D jokes, Tiny jokes. Plenty of knee slappers.<br /><br />Who needs common potaters when you have us?Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-78064483346892770212013-09-10T08:25:41.220-07:002013-09-10T08:25:41.220-07:00Marcia Love,
It's actually a nice break when I...Marcia Love,<br />It's actually a nice break when I publish a chapter of Dial MW. I never have to worry about the comments piling up. I don't particularly care about how many common taters show up for every piece, or about stats--I'm popular enough. I do care about the fun of writing this stupid Pulp Fiction novel, and the characters--Tiny, Avril Cadavril, Larry Anosmia, and my alter ego the HoseMaster. What's weird is how real Avril is to me in my own head (as is Lo Hai Qu). So writing a chapter every month gives me a chance to be in their weird and splendid company.<br /><br />I think most folks come here to read whatever insulting, satirical, cynical thing I have to say about the wine biz, and the buffoons who run it. Not read Dial MW, or my wine reviews. But I do write all of this for fun, and for my own amusement and mental exercise. And I know when I publish another chapter of Dial MW it will be greeted with a universal yawn. So it goes. I kind of like the quiet--makes me feel like a regular Poodle.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-75356716426213805512013-09-09T22:02:59.213-07:002013-09-09T22:02:59.213-07:00I started reading early today and couldn't get...I started reading early today and couldn't get back to the page until now! (At least I had the anticipation!)<br /><br />Loved the slow-mo at the end. Will be on pins and needles awaiting the next post!<br /><br />Thanks for the fab chuckle. I love these even if they get the fewest comments.Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29880721256338163842013-09-09T18:03:52.806-07:002013-09-09T18:03:52.806-07:00My Gorgeous Samantha,
Well, it's Avril Cadavri...My Gorgeous Samantha,<br />Well, it's Avril Cadavril the HoseMaster really wants, but, hey, any fortified wine in a storm. <br /><br />Dial MW always gets the least response, but, hell, I don't care, I'm just having fun.<br /><br />I love you!<br /><br />Dean,<br />Well, actually, maybe "Finger M.W. for Murder" is more accurate, and foreshadowing. As for memes, I hate it when they do that thing where they pretend they're in an invisible box.<br /><br />Marlene Darling,<br />"Ecdysiast" was actually coined by H. L. Mencken, but it's such a great word, and sort of sounds like "Enthusiast," which was coined, I think, by H. R. Puffenstuff.<br /><br />Glad to brighten your day!Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-66754941178887987172013-09-09T17:06:01.481-07:002013-09-09T17:06:01.481-07:00Ron, only you could come up with the almost obsole...Ron, only you could come up with the almost obsolete word- Ecdysiast!<br /><br />This was a great piece and it cracked me up from the beginning. "I hadn’t had sex on a desk since my last appointment at the DMV. I was confused about Organ Donation."<br /><br />Thank you for brightening my day, which really needed some yucks!Sommelierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06409026150832148164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-71246565368881625972013-09-09T16:47:41.798-07:002013-09-09T16:47:41.798-07:00Given our touch phones and cell phones, at some po...Given our touch phones and cell phones, at some point it is going to have to be "Push M.W. for Murder"...just a thought, don't want to cause a meme...Dean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63647216086488866762013-09-09T12:50:10.160-07:002013-09-09T12:50:10.160-07:00Dunna Babe, I wouldn't have your protagonist f...Dunna Babe, I wouldn't have your protagonist feeling too...cocky about passing that "service" exam, if we know anything about Biola Dynamic, it's that you can prove nothing about...her. Love the cliff hanging and I love you!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.com