tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post8067159628259321969..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Foreword by Hugh Johnson Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-42777900365155992082013-11-26T06:51:00.257-08:002013-11-26T06:51:00.257-08:00Sorry to be absent with some fecund thoughts, but ...Sorry to be absent with some fecund thoughts, but I`ve been exhausted tracking down and following the Rob Ford story. In case you have not heard, he`s the crack-smoking, vodka drinking, foul-mouthed pussyfooting Mayor of Toronto who was just stripped of his powers. He is also 350 pounds of joy.<br /><br />Too bad he is not a wine drinker -- I could have lots of fun about that...Dean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-3338222250578311882013-11-24T20:45:43.546-08:002013-11-24T20:45:43.546-08:00Dean,
Yeah, log rolling--an expression I'd for...Dean,<br />Yeah, log rolling--an expression I'd forgotten, but perfect. <br /><br />And, hey, where the hell have YOU been? Lost in the Canadian wilderness, which may be redundant? No matter, welcome back.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-68857506643401635542013-11-24T19:21:05.644-08:002013-11-24T19:21:05.644-08:00Leaving aside the floating gerunds ... I am sure t...Leaving aside the floating gerunds ... I am sure that this is merely a course called Advanced Log Rolling II as taught in the Master of Wine Writng (MWW) course at Pandemic University in the UK, online somewhere.Dean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-53712346114753398992013-11-22T11:16:18.642-08:002013-11-22T11:16:18.642-08:00(adverb).(adverb).Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-80907229296316800632013-11-22T08:35:18.338-08:002013-11-22T08:35:18.338-08:00Common Taters,
I fear I've created a (adjectiv...Common Taters,<br />I fear I've created a (adjective) pile of (noun) with this piece. And I thought the piece really (past tense verb). Shows what a (birth defect) I am.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-83804120096491281632013-11-22T06:26:00.609-08:002013-11-22T06:26:00.609-08:00Let's get one (gerund) thing straight: a blurb...Let's get one (gerund) thing straight: a blurb and a foreword are not the same (noun).<br /><br />The former is (animal excrement) that goes on the cover; the latter is (animal excrement) that goes inside the cover at the front.<br /><br />An afterword is a sigh of (noun).Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-90410925817588420702013-11-22T00:59:16.956-08:002013-11-22T00:59:16.956-08:00Ron, (adjective) (noun)! (personal pronoun) (auxil...Ron, (adjective) (noun)! (personal pronoun) (auxiliary verb) (past participle) (preposition) Mad Libs, (conjunction) (personal pronoun) (verb) (pronoun) (modal verb) (verb) (indefinite article) (adjective) (noun). (Adverb), (impersonal pronoun) (verb) (adjective) (adjective) (noun) ha! ha! ha! (Salutation). FabioFabiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029558448422815096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-23276934519008991082013-11-21T20:37:07.613-08:002013-11-21T20:37:07.613-08:00[Religious adjective] [ expletive ] [ bodily funct...[Religious adjective] [ expletive ] [ bodily function ] , that was [ expletive ] [ adjective ]!!!Joe Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302860568125840279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-30093310301020737732013-11-21T20:25:01.572-08:002013-11-21T20:25:01.572-08:00I'm a little excited about David Ramey weighin...I'm a little excited about David Ramey weighing in too. I hate the part where I am looking for the little hand so I can give everyone a "like" (go on, Ron, try to resist that). Cuz, I do "like" (gerund - what?) all of this too much and it's keeping me off my freakin' Cotie that I need about now.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493030006601641557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-4829998280885389512013-11-21T19:11:01.753-08:002013-11-21T19:11:01.753-08:00Ron, I spoke with Balzer yesterday. He said he was...Ron, I spoke with Balzer yesterday. He said he was eager to write your foreward. In fact, he had several forewards for you. <br /><br />They were (gerund) (gerund) (noun), and he didn't even spell your name right.Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-80624562618584120782013-11-21T17:57:12.976-08:002013-11-21T17:57:12.976-08:00Big Jim,
I get a lot of wince. Glad some is yours....Big Jim,<br />I get a lot of wince. Glad some is yours.<br /><br />Charlie,<br />If I write a book, don't hold your cellar breath, I'll write the foreword, too. And then I'll review it blind. Now that's quite a trick.<br /><br />Though I'm still holding out hope Robert Lawrence Balzer will write the foreword. From Hell.<br />Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-20772444300636055882013-11-21T17:40:41.241-08:002013-11-21T17:40:41.241-08:00To misquote Cher, (.... ... .., ...)
And, if (sec...To misquote Cher, (.... ... .., ...)<br /><br />And, if (second person singular) do (verb meaning to conjure up or something like that) write that (noun--four letters that you refuse to consider), I will be (adjective--use your imagination) to (verb--kind of like the first one) the foreword. <br /><br />I once wrote an afterword for a book. Not sure why they put the quote on the back cover. I guess they thought no one would notice.Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-47821804329885217862013-11-21T15:55:56.559-08:002013-11-21T15:55:56.559-08:00Love the Jayson Blair reference, not sure how many...Love the Jayson Blair reference, not sure how many will get it, but as a former guild member and journalist, I winced...again.Jim Caudillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09163559952765216636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-55987159181478642262013-11-21T15:32:47.039-08:002013-11-21T15:32:47.039-08:00Wine.news
Hose.Master here. I do think this might ...Wine.news<br />Hose.Master here. I do think this might make a good party game, that is, if people still played party games. Do they? I'm going to the wrong parties, apparently. <br /><br />David,<br />I filled in your quote with "laminated" and "buttplug." So, great job!<br /><br />Marcia Love,<br />OK, everyone keeps spelling (adjective) "foreword" wrong. That said, writing forewords has to be a thankless task. Like writing a wine blog. I just hope that one day I'm famous enough that someone asks me to write a foreword for them. Though it would probably be for a phone book.<br /><br />Thomas,<br />Oh, I saw you mouthing off everywhere from Samantha's to Wark's to every other place without security settings while disappearing here. So, since Samantha and I had been on hiatus, I assumed she had custody of you. I got Charlie. Hard to decide which end of that stick is shorter...<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br />It's left half or right half, so ask which side it hangs.<br /><br />Dave Ramey!<br />I'm amazed you read my nonsense. Thanks for chiming in. That's a pretty great example of Johnsonian bluster. Not only, he seems to say, does terroir not apply to California, not even the damn principle of terroir applies. That's like saying, "In space, there is no gravity, nor does the law of gravity apply there." <br /><br />And we all know there's terroir in California. We just don't know where it is yet.<br /><br />Wink,<br />Yet another celeb enters the HoseMaster peanut gallery. Forget the foreword (note spelling), Wink. Only losers have forewords. Asimov doesn't need one, Gerald Asher doesn't need one, Robert Parker doesn't need one, and, of course, Hugh Johnson doesn't need on. Bonne doesn't have one--but maybe Alice Feiring was busy. Heimoff had Bill Harlan write his. Aargh. Now blurbs, that's a whole different story. I can write some Mad Libs blurbs for you, if you want.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18936487998419403382013-11-21T15:13:53.579-08:002013-11-21T15:13:53.579-08:00Heartfelt thanks, Ron. As a self-publisher one of ...Heartfelt thanks, Ron. As a self-publisher one of my myriad worries is that the VIP (not Huge) who has agreed to write the foreward to my book may not deliver on time... Now I can help him/her by giving him this template. Super-helpful stuff.Wink Lorchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892033554339197958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-24390789510179196882013-11-21T14:53:58.240-08:002013-11-21T14:53:58.240-08:00My (non)favorite example of a Hugh Johnson forewor...My (non)favorite example of a Hugh Johnson foreword is from Stephen Brook's otherwise excellent "The Finest Wines of California," published in 2011 by Fine Wine Editions. In that foreword Mr. Johnson posed the question, "Does the principle of terroir really apply to California?" and responded, "The answer is, rarely." His background for this opinion is supported by citing Andre Tchelistcheff, Robert Mondavi and Bob Thompson... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09450567975665984454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41020062712418375762013-11-21T14:06:04.377-08:002013-11-21T14:06:04.377-08:00Dang, I was hoping it was just a trial separation....Dang, I was hoping it was just a trial separation. Oh well, seeing as I get half, I'll take the bottom one. Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-39570433005214190572013-11-21T10:23:12.503-08:002013-11-21T10:23:12.503-08:00Ron:
I have (gerund) work to do, you know.
What ...Ron:<br /><br />I have (gerund) work to do, you know.<br /><br />What (gerund) divorce? <br /><br />I like this (gerund) format; it makes me sound less (gerund) vulgar.<br /><br />Thank you, Marcia, for the (gerund) idea.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-53436962627773229392013-11-21T10:10:45.216-08:002013-11-21T10:10:45.216-08:00Ron, would you ask Jeff Bezos if people read forew...Ron, would you ask Jeff Bezos if people read forewords on tablets? Amazon or WP should know. If not, Snowden, Feinstein or Hugh will know.<br />wine.newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374727871497201868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-2286794559776037452013-11-21T10:01:15.551-08:002013-11-21T10:01:15.551-08:00(Gerund) amazing! I loved MadLibs. What a (adjecti...(Gerund) amazing! I loved MadLibs. What a (adjective) service you've done for the wine writers of the world. I raise my (noun) to your (adjective) solution to an age-old problem: creating a (adjective) foreward!Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29574122307767759152013-11-21T09:59:18.393-08:002013-11-21T09:59:18.393-08:00I laughed so hard that I (verb, past tense) my (ar...I laughed so hard that I (verb, past tense) my (article of clothing)!voice of reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245512801828772260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-71034441162067508082013-11-21T09:57:47.506-08:002013-11-21T09:57:47.506-08:00We're going to play this game for dinner tonig...We're going to play this game for dinner tonight wIth Loire, Jura and method-not-Champagne.<br /><br />Of course, you have also given Natalie new options. Are parentheses fair use in the copyright world? <br /><br />Holly, this is his book. wine.newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374727871497201868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-56976170052162465082013-11-21T09:54:22.464-08:002013-11-21T09:54:22.464-08:00Daniel,
Mad Libs was a huge deal when I was a kid....Daniel,<br />Mad Libs was a huge deal when I was a kid. Which is a great reminder of how stupid kids are. The guys who came up with it, a couple of comedy writers for Steve Allen, made a fortune. <br /><br />My original idea was to write a parody of a Hugh Johnson phoned-in foreword, but then Mad Libs jumped into my weird mind. I just wish Blogger would have let me use a format closer to the original Mad Libs format. As it is now, it's like I don't just write for the mentally impaired, now I'm writing for the visually impaired too.<br /><br />Thomas,<br />(platitude) Welcome back. Thought I'd lost you in the divorce.<br /><br />Holly,<br />Where have you been all my life?<br />If I write a book, I'm hoping I can get STEVE! to write the intro. Or Alderpated. But I'd settle for Hugh.<br /><br />Steve,<br />I like blurbs. I love a stupid blurb, like the one from Talia Baiocchi that I quoted about Bonne's new book. Still can't wait for Jon's cheesy blurb about Talia's forthcoming Sherry book. It's great comedy. Forewords are only necessary when you're nobody. They give you some credibility, depending on who wrote the foreword. Hugh Johnson writes more than anyone in wine history--probably a nice source of income in his golden years. But, really, they are all the same.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-5694179749560143602013-11-21T09:38:50.310-08:002013-11-21T09:38:50.310-08:00james Conaway has written 2 good books on Wine Cou...james Conaway has written 2 good books on Wine Country and Vivienne Sosnowski wrote a book within the past 2 years that is good. I have never read a foreward. And I care even less, assuming that is possible, about short celebrity reviews (usually one sentence in length)of books. All these do is perpetuate a nasty virus amongst the elites from open mouth slobbering on each other.Steve Layhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485378664675668077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-47000865960217324592013-11-21T09:30:19.572-08:002013-11-21T09:30:19.572-08:00Two days in a row! I am printing this out and we&...Two days in a row! I am printing this out and we'll do a forward for YOUR book using it. Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493030006601641557noreply@blogger.com