tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post7216748464683798421..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: The HoseMaster's Guide to the Wine Blog AwardsRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-39496398530975697282010-03-16T15:22:29.202-07:002010-03-16T15:22:29.202-07:00OH my dear HayZeus....you crack me up!!! I know I ...OH my dear HayZeus....you crack me up!!! I know I am not so present in the comments on this blog, but man OH man!!! do I freaking love your blog and your take on things! LOVE IT!!!The Ceci Sipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067132008386044011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18384041117111448822010-03-15T05:49:53.978-07:002010-03-15T05:49:53.978-07:00If Ron thinks I could do better, than I probably s...If Ron thinks I could do better, than I probably should have left the post up. But it really was a lame attempt at funny.<br /><br />I console myself that even us pedants of perfection suffer momentary lapses; that's how politicians wind up getting caught in the public toilet, which is where my post should have been placed.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72408213204658552892010-03-14T21:18:13.115-07:002010-03-14T21:18:13.115-07:00Hey Thad,
First of all, welcome to the wacky worl...Hey Thad,<br /><br />First of all, welcome to the wacky world of HoseMaster of Wine. I hope you use your voice here more often than most of the driveby fools who stop in fishing for hits.<br /><br />The best thing about wine blogs is that anyone can start one. The worst thing about wine blogs is that anyone can start one. Like wine itself, 98% of it is crap. I was a finalist last year for an AWBA and told Tom Wark I would retire my blog if I won, knowing I wouldn't. That's not the same as rejecting a nomination, but the nomination drives hits and that alone can be a great platform for railing against the endless barking of lonely poodles that is the wine blogosphere.<br /><br />I would certainly not turn down a nomination or a place as a finalist. It's only blogging, for God's sake, easily the least important, least dignified, least respected part of the wine business, why not revel in the absurdity of it? They'd never give me an actual award. But as a finalist it would be just too much fun to go after the other nominees. It would be like being a comedy writer when Bush was President--easy pickin's.<br /><br />Don't worry about awards or the dignity of bloggers, Thad. Neither one truly exists.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-4528796863357010972010-03-14T19:43:33.419-07:002010-03-14T19:43:33.419-07:00Ah, the echo chamber that surrounds these awards, ...Ah, the echo chamber that surrounds these awards, if not most of wine blogging these days. I am awaiting a courageous blogger who will respectfully decline a nomination, but alas doubt anyone is willing to do so. Amazing how those nominated will grovel for votes thru many posts soliciting folks to cast their ballot in favor of themselves. Have we lost all dignity as a collective voice for wine consumers?Thad W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10109090950727106060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-2732707480486730182010-03-14T19:04:52.023-07:002010-03-14T19:04:52.023-07:00I'm with Charlie...if I had to remove all the ...I'm with Charlie...if I had to remove all the lame shit I say I'd have like 12 posts!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41981657922838391022010-03-14T18:59:54.516-07:002010-03-14T18:59:54.516-07:00The secret word for tonight is--
TWEEKYEW
And Tw...The secret word for tonight is--<br /><br />TWEEKYEW<br /><br />And Tweek you, too.<br /><br />Hey, Tom, if we all had to remove the silly things we said, where would be the blogosphere be? Some blogs would have to be banned altogether.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-26310215442136008922010-03-14T18:21:17.186-07:002010-03-14T18:21:17.186-07:00Thomas,
I deleted it completely. It wasn't th...Thomas,<br /><br />I deleted it completely. It wasn't that bad, but, hey, you've done better.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45190888766361875992010-03-14T11:10:32.165-07:002010-03-14T11:10:32.165-07:00I removed my previous post. After looking at it, I...I removed my previous post. After looking at it, I decided it was dumb.<br /><br />The secret word is ressen.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-24371554872923339822010-03-13T16:03:56.246-08:002010-03-13T16:03:56.246-08:00It's only the second time that matters, like m...It's only the second time that matters, like making love...Beginner's luck and all that.<br /><br />The secret word for tonight is: hablet.<br /><br />Secret words are the word verification games played by Blogger et al. Groucho Marx once played hockey for Canada, but he did say that any country that accepted him as a visitor was not worthy of visiting...or something like that.Dean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-35180515297451401682010-03-13T14:54:37.718-08:002010-03-13T14:54:37.718-08:00Hey Dean,
You beat our boys once out of two times...Hey Dean,<br /><br />You beat our boys once out of two times. Typical Canadian scorekeeping?<br /><br />Have no idea what "imatio" means. I think it's like, "Go West, Imatio, Go West." <br /><br />Or not.<br /><br />K. <br /><br />You're on. If we both live long enough.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29945539834920686922010-03-13T14:25:33.321-08:002010-03-13T14:25:33.321-08:00Hey HoseMaster Ron --
The brewskis begin with the...Hey HoseMaster Ron --<br /><br />The brewskis begin with the real Hosers, the Canadian MacKenzie Brothers...All our humour (spelled with a "u") is derived from The Great White North.<br /><br />Canada, because of its socially-repressed Federal Government, is now on the planet YourAnus. <br /><br />At least we can beat your boys in Hockey.<br /><br />The secret word for today is: imatioDean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82982885507285406662010-03-12T17:04:01.040-08:002010-03-12T17:04:01.040-08:00Good thing I did not mention that dress I have bee...Good thing I did not mention that dress I have been wanting to wear to an awards presentation.Guess it will have to wait for the Country Music Awards in Vegas.winebookgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108898075062843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-10827523598885698022010-03-12T16:42:14.663-08:002010-03-12T16:42:14.663-08:00The HoseMaster said I was funny? There should abso...The HoseMaster said I was funny? There should absolutely be a blog award handed out for that.<br />As for that drink? How about when you get that interview on Samantha Sans Dosage...<br /><br />K.K.Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690991127815666391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-5098621751217369192010-03-12T14:00:14.789-08:002010-03-12T14:00:14.789-08:00Hey Dean,
So your site is the leading wine satire...Hey Dean,<br /><br />So your site is the leading wine satire site on the planet? Congratulations! <br /><br />I know Canada's not on Planet Earth. What planet is it on?<br /><br />Thomas,<br /><br />Cheap and worthless, I specialize in both. For real satire, go to Dean's blog. It's what goes for funny in Canada.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-67435953221029561192010-03-12T13:35:58.306-08:002010-03-12T13:35:58.306-08:00Ron,
There are no cheap jokes--only worthless one...Ron,<br /><br />There are no cheap jokes--only worthless ones.<br /><br />You planted a weird thought: that I might be commenting on blogs because of the comments and the back and forth rather than to seek hits. How stupid have I been?<br /><br />I think I'll go take another kind of hit for now--the one that causes me to see squirrels where there are no trees. Hey, it's for medical reasons, man.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-55408870645840702012010-03-12T13:29:26.010-08:002010-03-12T13:29:26.010-08:00Hey -- I won an award for wine parodies:
TRAWNA –...Hey -- I won an award for wine parodies:<br /><br />TRAWNA – (GOSH Wine News Services) – In a stunning upset today, Dean Tudor of GOSH Wine News Services has swept the Barcelona Biennale SPIFFY Awards (Regional Division).<br /><br />Held every two years, the SPIFFYs celebrate all that is bold and beautiful about false and fake news. [SPIFFY stands for Spoof-Parody-Imitation-Farce-Fabrication (in) YourFace…]. It's sponsored by the SJA (Surrealist Journalists Association) which is based in Barcelona.<br /><br />Tudor won in the Regional Category (the least known sphere of parodies), with his relentless pursuit of "Cellared in Canada" stories. His spoofs in this area totalled well over two dozen, and have been acknowledged as some of the sharpest, most penetrating false news in recent history, although the issue on which the spoofs are based is real.<br /><br />The "Cellared in Canada" series would have had a higher prominence and profile, and indeed, would have won big time in the overall "Best of Show" category if CICs were not such a local, immaterial regional issue. Nevertheless, the judges felt it had merit. CIC stories may be found at http://fauxvoixvincuisine.blogspot.com. It is the leading wine satire site on the planet. <br /><br />In accepting the Award, Tudor had this to say – "This series commenting on the Cellared in Canada wine products could not have happened without my top investigative wine reporter Brett Grimsby, or without my industry sources, Miffed Moles. To them I owe a debt of gratitude. They will share this award when I return to the puny wine colony known as Canada. We will celebrate with some Cellared in Canada Sparkling Wine.<br /><br />"I would also like to thank several spirited sources known as Little Fat Wino and the Grape Guy – I know they are cringing at the thought of being named or mentioned, but it must be told. Little Fat Wino has been my Engineer and Grape Guy has been my Brakeman – otherwise, I'd have had a train wreck."<br /><br />Dean Tudor is President and CEO of Gothic Epicures, an empire-building food and wine consultancy specializing in Restructuring and Dragons. His next Restructuring campaign is to re-brand Cellared in Canada wines as "Partially Parked in Canada". <br /><br />More on the Victory Parade in Trawna when it is announced…Dean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8186884716072037902010-03-12T13:01:47.258-08:002010-03-12T13:01:47.258-08:00Hi Jo,
Don't tell me you're lurking aroun...Hi Jo,<br /><br />Don't tell me you're lurking around HoseMaster! I thought you were part of the Heimoff Love Fest. Oh well, welcome, welcome, welcome. Come out of the shadows and make yourself known more often.<br /><br />Thomas,<br /><br />The squirrel might be red, but your blog isn't read. Sorry, cheap joke. <br /><br />And you're not commenting too much. Bloggers live for comments, you know that. Notice my brief flurry of new commenters fishing for hits have departed. Good thing, that Nectarwine guy was giving me the creeps.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31805598477168968912010-03-12T12:16:38.471-08:002010-03-12T12:16:38.471-08:00I think I won a squirrel award last year--or was i...I think I won a squirrel award last year--or was it a chipmunk; I can't tell the two apart, especially if the squirrel is red.<br /><br />Ron,<br /><br />You are correct. I'm commenting too much. I think I ought to just spam them, you know, in the comments section just keep posting this: www.vinofictions.blogspot.com<br /><br />Or even better: www.olkenfictions.blogspot.com<br /><br />or even better , better:<br />www.arthurpedant.blogspot.com<br /><br />I would have used Arthur's last name, but I use only three fingers to type, and cannot manage the consonants the way his requires.<br /><br />But really, the above blogs are super, witty, smart, erudite, irridescent, irresponsible, and irresistible. Oops, pardonthatplug.com.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-35803528276046500112010-03-12T11:38:56.196-08:002010-03-12T11:38:56.196-08:00You've got to check out the American Squirrel ...You've got to check out the American Squirrel Awards. This is the quintessential way to go...<br /><br />http://lasfloressquirrels.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/american-squirrel-wine-blog-award-winners/Jo Diazhttp://www.wine-blog.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-36244191943594353912010-03-12T11:37:32.140-08:002010-03-12T11:37:32.140-08:00Amy,
Well, I do have my world-famous Wine Blog Ci...Amy,<br /><br />Well, I do have my world-famous Wine Blog Circle Jerk Awards, but I awarded those last December. There are no judges and no voting, the way awards ought to be run. The ceremony involves nudity, though I'm the only one attending.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-14601864700509329512010-03-12T11:11:25.249-08:002010-03-12T11:11:25.249-08:00I was expecting you to announce your own competing...I was expecting you to announce your own competing awards. I was so looking forward to the awards ceremony.winebookgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108898075062843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-54333217138150218412010-03-12T09:52:58.504-08:002010-03-12T09:52:58.504-08:00Ron,
I'll give you that, but George Carlin sa...Ron,<br /><br />I'll give you that, but George Carlin said that a joke requires a degree of exaggeration. The greater the exaggeration, the wilder the laughter - or something like that.<br /><br />In either case, you said this was the least funny post you've written, and I was trying to point out that it was probably your most truthful and accurate piece - or something like that.Arthurhttp://www.redwinebuzz.com/modxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-21048987188427103262010-03-12T09:50:07.998-08:002010-03-12T09:50:07.998-08:00My Gorgeous Samantha,
Oh yeah, you're right, ...My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />Oh yeah, you're right, I meant to say Finalist, but it wasn't in the Best Writing Category. And, thankfully, I didn't win. I'd promised Tom Wark that if I won I'd quit HoseMaster. Why not go out on top? Don't you wish last year's winners had?<br /><br />I love you!Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41262634528209718092010-03-12T09:17:05.089-08:002010-03-12T09:17:05.089-08:00Nominated? I thought you were a finalist last year...Nominated? I thought you were a finalist last year. Best writing hands down should go to HoseMaster of wine, period.<br /><br />Ugh, we are all being so sweet, what the hell is going on here?!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8371312707420441102010-03-12T08:48:28.823-08:002010-03-12T08:48:28.823-08:00Arthur,
To the contrary, satire and truth are ine...Arthur,<br /><br />To the contrary, satire and truth are inextricably linked. But that's a discussion for some high-minded sort of blog, not my little cesspool.<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />Someone had to snap you out of it. And I'm jealous of the attention and affection you received. I get snarky when that happens.<br /><br />I love you!<br />Kisses back, My Love<br /><br />Sassafras,<br /><br />Congrats! You've monetized your blog. Just remember, when you go to a buffet, never eat a munger.<br /><br />Thomas,<br /><br />I can't surf the wine blogs without finding either you or Puff Daddy in the comments section. You guys are like Brett and V.A. OK, that's not a nice analogy. But you get the idea. All blogs have faults. And you smell funny. Hmm, better analogy than I thought.<br /><br />Dude,<br /><br />Hey, I was nominated last year. I actually want to be the Meryl Streep of the WBA's. Nominate Thomas. Better yet, nominate Charlie for Best Blogger Without an Actual Blog. Though WineHarlots has that category sewn up.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.com