I find your lack of commercialization disturbing...
Had some friends over last week for a movie night and thought it'd be fun to do a wine tasting as well. Here are our notes. Clearly, we should keep our day jobs. Also, I should probably try a little harder to find at least a few worthy bottles of wine. Funny to see the priciest bottle get such a unenthusiastic response.
After getting our vino on, we sat down for a screening of A Clockwork Orange. Happy to say it still holds up after all of these years.
Wine number one
Spinner Merlot Sonoma/Napa -- $9.99 from TJs
Notes:
"I'm gonna say Rhone - $10 - bitter, I'm gonna make it a #5"
"Boo!"
"Skanky"
"Cote du Rhone, $9, dry"
Mellow
Our negative notes for this wine seem to be somewhat corroborated here.
Wine number 2
B.R. Cohn Silver Label Cab -- $12.99 from TJs
"Kinna fun. Light lunch wine."
"Non-offensive. Lunchy."
"Thin, but I'm not mad at it."
"Syrah, slightly tannic, $8"
"Not bad."
"Slighty bold. Not bold enough."
"Cabernet. Little tannin-y, but good."
Wine number 3
Bogle Petite Syrah -- $9.99 from TJs
Notes:
"Even-steven."
"Right down the middle, but nice peachy fun at the end."
"Kind of boring, would be good slightly chilled - $9"
"Mild, even tempered."
"Shrug"
"Thin, weak."
Wine number 4
Sequoia Grove Sryah -- $19.99 from TJs
Notes:
"Airplane wine."
"Cabernet, tasteless with rubbery aftertaste - $8."
"Doesn't taste like anything."
"No taste up front but I like the after taste."
"Nice spice and finish."
"9-volt battery."
Wine number 5
Sterling Napa Cabernet -- $11.99 from TJs
Notes:
"Sweet smooth. Pinot noir?"
"Pinot/noir/zin. $11 - fruity."
"Water and grape juice thin zin."
"Yucky!"
"Nope"
"Okay"
Wine number 6
Foppiano Cabernet -- $5.99 from TJs
Notes:
"Soft beginning. Slightly harsh finish."
"Peppery (not very complex). $10."
"Zinfandel., jam. $12."
"Zin. Watery with a bit on the tail."
"Zin. Thin on the front with pepper bite."
"It has my attention."
"My fave."
My friends have recently completed a pretty awesome pilot for a food show they are currently pitching to various networks. Check it!
But it's my biz and I'm a sucker for good design, even if it is biting off apple. Just in time for my birthday too...
To date:
1) Inability to write and save for later posting
2) Inability to edit html in posts (unless I'm missing something)
3) No support for movies (as in films) -- Netflix or IMBD connection would be awesome
Overall, I find it pretty cool with some really nifty features. Admittedly, I could be using it more... Were there more hours in the day...
edit: ok, so you can sort of use amazon for movies, but IMBD or Netflix would be a nice addition
edit2: ups to bboysgirl
Checking out the newest offering from the most capable folks at six apart. My template doesn't look so great in FF right now...
Edit: Didn't look good in FF 1.0 (thanks Ydnar).
Currently, I'm on the East Coast, visiting my sister and my new
niece, Abigail. Abby's had a rough start--five weeks premature, two
surgeries and still in the hosptial after seven weeks. Fortunately, the
last few days have been good news. Abby had her tube pulled over the
weekend and an Upper GI x-ray showed that stuff was passing through.
Seems she's got reflux something fierce, so they are thickening her
food so it stays down. So far so good. You can read up on the drama here.
I'm currently up on typepad (very infrequently). Let's see how I do with this one...
