tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post864789789889686083..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Labyrinth of PoodlesRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-16531976476449663302010-06-29T15:01:57.500-07:002010-06-29T15:01:57.500-07:00Deal. I took a hands-on crash course in Basic Cali...Deal. I took a hands-on crash course in Basic California Spoofulation Wine Technique by signing on to three separate projects at Crushpad for the '06 harvest. My cases just got moved out of their old SF digs & up to Napa. We can, perhaps, take a chance on some of those?viNomadichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871310275756229282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-5674774119523347992010-06-29T08:24:20.224-07:002010-06-29T08:24:20.224-07:00D J,
Saramago has never been out of print. I love...D J,<br /><br />Saramago has never been out of print. I love "Death with Interruptions," and "Blindness," and "The Double." <br /><br />If you ever do make it to Sonoma, let me know. We can share a few drinks and bore the crap out of the room. No Jagermeister.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-71718438191908589962010-06-28T12:59:39.464-07:002010-06-28T12:59:39.464-07:00Yeah, article started out promising but it ended u...Yeah, article started out promising but it ended up a fluff review...<br />In the self-loathing dept., I'm reminded of (Former)Love-of-My-Life's warning, 'Let's not play 'Can you top this', but...' --I'm an unpublished (but for student rags back in the day) minor poet in two languages, who hasn't ever read Saramago...now that he's gone to the Big Underground library to trade invective with Borges, everything will probably be back in print-- I could even try to bluff my way through something in the original Portugues...Heh-- can you imagine us getting together over a bottle of vino next time I make it West? Friends might dub us the Death of the Party...viNomadichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871310275756229282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-44823742675735751032010-06-27T08:20:12.203-07:002010-06-27T08:20:12.203-07:00D J,
I lit up when I saw an appreciation of Borge...D J,<br /><br />I lit up when I saw an appreciation of Borges, one of the more interesting characters of literature in the 20th Century, though the piece was not particularly revelatory. I have a craving to go back and read him again, though it will only make me depressed at how far short of his talents my stupid parody falls.<br /><br />And then Saramago had to go and die recently. One the the giants of literature in the 20th Century, and beyond. I'm back reading Saramago again too. And looking forward to a September release of a translation of one of his last works.<br /><br />I've never been a wine snob, but, alas, I'm a horrible book snob.Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29898914941960799332010-06-26T21:57:07.433-07:002010-06-26T21:57:07.433-07:00NYTimes refuses to let Borges die? Borges on Pleas...NYTimes refuses to let Borges die? Borges on Pleasure Island - http://nyti.ms/an1bJm<br />'...Borges did have some mortal qualities. He lived most of his life with his mother. He loved detective and adventure novels. (His first story in English was published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.) Though he started to go blind in his 30s, he never learned to read Braille. And in his later years he made some unappealing political remarks about being happy that, following the military overthrow of the Perón government, “gentlemen” were again running the country. (Perón, to be fair, had “promoted” Borges from head of the National Library to head of poultry inspection.)...'viNomadichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871310275756229282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19052141033796652872010-06-14T21:02:59.531-07:002010-06-14T21:02:59.531-07:00Hey Doug,
Welcome. I'll settle for funny. Bri...Hey Doug,<br /><br />Welcome. I'll settle for funny. Brilliant might be a little much.<br />Thank you.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1602114764274684762010-06-14T19:07:35.493-07:002010-06-14T19:07:35.493-07:00Goddam that's funny. I was almost bored to st...Goddam that's funny. I was almost bored to stone but I stuck with it, and I have to say, that was goddam funny. Brilliant even. Well, at least funny. I'm off to smash all my mirrors.Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-13144448011351071552010-06-09T22:01:11.690-07:002010-06-09T22:01:11.690-07:00Borges, one of my (two) favorites of all time. Int...Borges, one of my (two) favorites of all time. Interesting post, mister. :) (I'm playing catch up.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46701065126695001752010-06-07T06:13:20.982-07:002010-06-07T06:13:20.982-07:00off2wine,
Do you mean that without rhythm, writin...off2wine,<br /><br />Do you mean that without rhythm, writing isn't a voice or that some believe writing is a voice without rhythm?<br /><br />Signed, confused in the writer's block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-23612579882110523612010-06-06T22:52:58.623-07:002010-06-06T22:52:58.623-07:00You're my civil dawn, Ron.
abc, I like the co...You're my civil dawn, Ron.<br /><br />abc, I like the convenience of the A's (in Oakland and sentences) but I'm Natl League.<br /><br />Samatha's right. Writing isn't a voice without rhythm.off2winenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-60178303694986618132010-06-05T10:40:51.557-07:002010-06-05T10:40:51.557-07:00Hose,
My apologies for caving to the Man earlier....Hose,<br /><br />My apologies for caving to the Man earlier. Sticking by my guns now and have your back from here on. Cheers!k2http://underthegrapetree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-88350258571476223152010-06-04T10:40:48.296-07:002010-06-04T10:40:48.296-07:00Hey! That $10 Merlot drank like at least 12 bucks!...Hey! That $10 Merlot drank like at least 12 bucks!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450579066284846653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-27335128186492699882010-06-04T10:39:00.318-07:002010-06-04T10:39:00.318-07:00Hey Gang,
After this rather surreal and difficult...Hey Gang,<br /><br />After this rather surreal and difficult to understand (especially for me) post, I thought I'd just step aside and let it bark for itself. Until now.<br /><br />Steve, man, I guess I could start reviewing $10 Merlot in a faux 1WineDude voice which comes off as hip and condescending rather than knowing and interesting, but I write for pleasure not self-promotion. That said, I'm grateful for someone to show up and state an honest opinion that he was bored by my little Borges parody. Honest opinions are scarce on wine blogs. So thank you, Steve, sincerely.<br /><br />Kevin, you were once an early supporter of HoseMaster,then you vanished, removed me from your blog list and moved to Samantha's place. Well, welcome back. You may be a poodle, but you're one of the ones worth listening to.<br /><br />John, you mean you're going to ennuiui in my cocktail? And you're right about football, that's for sure. I'm a baseball guy. And your call here screwed up my perfect game.<br /><br />Charlie, I just write 'em, I don't explain 'em. And, as the post explains in lousy Borgesian prose, I just house the HoseMaster, I don't tell him what to say. Borges has been on my mind for quite awhile and the HoseMaster finally decided to have some fun with him. The literary parodies are truly done for myself. It's like writing a piece of music in Beethoven's style, or Dylan's style, it's how you learn a craft. Spending a few hours reading Borges was pure joy, and then writing a bit like him helped me understand him a little better. It's kind of the same when I parody bloggers--Alder or Alice or your son--you come to understand them in an interesting light. OK, enough boring talk. The post, love it or hate it, stands.<br /><br />1WineDoody, man, you don't know how close I came to breaking out my Whitman or Dickinson parodies! <br /><br />D J R-S, thanks. More and more I just do what seems like fun. I might even right about actual wines again. Depends on what the HoseMaster has in mind. He constantly surprises me.Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-48882665674931317252010-06-04T09:16:10.338-07:002010-06-04T09:16:10.338-07:00What's next, poesy?
:)What's next, poesy?<br /><br />:)1WineDudehttp://www.1winedude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45386126291241444362010-06-04T06:33:58.704-07:002010-06-04T06:33:58.704-07:00Ron's words and these comments are shades of D...Ron's words and these comments are shades of Dorothy Parker in a drunken rage going all Praying Mantis on her Algonquin Circle.k2http://underthegrapetree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-11984065759344994322010-06-03T21:22:03.273-07:002010-06-03T21:22:03.273-07:00Okay now I'm confused.Okay now I'm confused.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-52442185213697426222010-06-03T21:14:38.980-07:002010-06-03T21:14:38.980-07:00I'm with you on this one. You don't have t...I'm with you on this one. You don't have to be class clown all the furschluginner ticktockticktock, man. Mad Gentleman Hopper is dead. Keep mixing it up. Damn the torpedoes! Captcha: HALOGINviNomadichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871310275756229282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-66170176656033181822010-06-03T17:51:23.313-07:002010-06-03T17:51:23.313-07:00I'm confused, is John going to micturate in yo...I'm confused, is John going to micturate in your cocktail or spend a penny in a NY borough? Either way won't be pretty, should not have let the big HM break bad on him.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22456025612287208392010-06-03T16:51:08.791-07:002010-06-03T16:51:08.791-07:00Is this what happens when someone gets 100 comment...Is this what happens when someone gets 100 comments on one post and then another 50 after that? Does popularity breed contempt the way that familiarity breeds poodles? Is the Internet all knowing, all wise, all full of grace or as pointless as the Harlots, Chix, Palate Press and Colored Girls? Who can we trust in times like these? Where do we turn when Tom Wark leaves us? Is the Hosemaster angry at us for making him famous and popular or is he angry at himsself or has the Hosemaster became so powerful that he is taking over for Mr. Ron, and leaving us not knowing who to love anymore? If the Internet is God, is Gary Vaynerchuk Zeus?<br /><br />We need to know the answers to these questions. Preferably in a group of one-liners. Served without the suet pudding, thanks.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-36568672274318463162010-06-03T16:03:44.428-07:002010-06-03T16:03:44.428-07:00Suffering from ennui, are we? Existential angst? P...Suffering from ennui, are we? Existential angst? Perhaps that's why so many of the great literary lights drank. <br /><br />I don't see poodles. I see football and I don't care which side of the Atlantic we are talking about. The uniforms change but the players are interchangeable, and there are only so many plays that can be run. It may be a billion-dollar industry but in the end it is just f***ing football. <br /><br />Or maybe we can simplify further and just put everyone either on Team Edward or on Team Jacob. <br /><br />But "...consumed by thankless automatons with only electronic lives." - ? I took time out of my day to read your work (and thank you for doing it BTW) and further to comment on it - and this is what I am reduced to? Diss me like that again and I will piss in your Manhattan.John M. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343670865804216103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-52530194661410079682010-06-03T13:36:57.805-07:002010-06-03T13:36:57.805-07:00Good to know ahead of time what tonight's nigh...Good to know ahead of time what tonight's nightmare may be about. <br /><br />Charlie and I and our assorted entourages are going to Oakland to see the Red Sox on 7/21. You should join us.winebookgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108898075062843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8184073728965772592010-06-03T13:21:29.686-07:002010-06-03T13:21:29.686-07:00He does and he is often speaking about me. Just di...He does and he is often speaking about me. Just didn't get how you could not like it but you are correct, being bitchy...sorry bout that.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-64175034255997440832010-06-03T13:12:21.170-07:002010-06-03T13:12:21.170-07:00Ah, yes, because it's patently ridiculous to t...Ah, yes, because it's patently ridiculous to think that someone might have comprehended this post and, *GASP*, not enjoyed it quite like you did.<br /><br />Doesn't HM mention something about hubris somewhere....?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450579066284846653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-23476892967678474112010-06-03T13:09:04.623-07:002010-06-03T13:09:04.623-07:00I thought of suggesting reading it again while mov...I thought of suggesting reading it again while moving your lips....helps in comprehension and has the added benefit of assisting in that staying awake thing. Worked for me, well before I dropped out of school....Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41898703462171128582010-06-03T13:02:36.086-07:002010-06-03T13:02:36.086-07:00To paraphrase Neil Sedaka: Waking up is hard to do...To paraphrase Neil Sedaka: Waking up is hard to do.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.com