Peat and strength with tastes to enjoy,
The 10 year Laphroig keeps bartends employed,
I take one more sip,
And my hat I will tip,
To distillers of liquid joy.
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Laphroig 10
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Polititions saying what’s best for re-election…
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Sarah Palin wrote on a Facebook note today: “We know from long experience that the creation of a massive new bureaucracy will not provide us with “more stability and security,” but just the opposite.”
But didn’t the Patriot Act create a massive new bureaucracy to provide us with more security and stability? And doesn’t the Republican Party line support the Patriot Act?
So, I’m confused here: the big problem with the current Health Care reform bill is it will create a new bureaucracy, and bureaucracy by definition can’t secure us, BUT we need to keep the bureaucracy of the Department of Homeland Security bcause it’s the only way to secure us?
Dear politicians and talking heads: let’s all get on the same page:
1) come to concensus on the project *goals*
2) debate the project *plan*.
For me? I’d like to know that I will have health insurance after I am hit with an errant stick while playing hockey, and not have to worry about it being denied for some legal mumbo-jumbo.
Marketing Experts?
Monday, September 7th, 2009I just got followed on twitter by YASME (Yet Another Social Marketing Expert) – I have so far found… maybe 1 actual social marketing expert. And he runs a few Domino’s Pizza shops in Chicago.
According to my analysis of the twitter Company “Personalities” I’m a fan of (@ramon_deleon, @marriott_intl, and @colonelTribune) – the requirements for a “Social Marketing/Media Expert” are:
- Engage people as a person, not just as a corporation
- Don’t just talk about the business
- Respond to others with real information
- Don’t put links in every post/tweet
So, apparently, you just have to be human. That’s it. So, from now on, I’m going to start calling myself a Social Media Expert, too. Ha!
Bowmore 15
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Strong and woody with smoky dryness,
A drink that the gods would surely bless,
The nose, a perfume,
It goes down so smooth:
Like your girl stripping out of her dress.
Written in a “Scottish” bar: Mosaic, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Not sure how authentic it is.
Glenfiddich 15 Solara Wood Reserve
Monday, May 18th, 2009Smooth as silk with a splash of water
I sip as my wife talks of being a potter,
Its nose is sublime,
Soft as syrah wine,
The effects do make my pulse hotter.
(written on my 7 year anniversary date)
I like Scotch. Scotchy-Scotch-Scotch.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009I’m a big fan of single-malt Scotch Whisky. One of my favorite movie lines is above, and I have been heard quoting it at Scotch tastings. I may therefore blog about it sometimes. Currently I have a bottle of Johnny Walker Black at home for mixing and late nights and a bottle of Aberlour 12 as my “good stuff.” When I travel, I have been known to take a small flask, as it saves money, and then I know what I’m getting.
Oddly enough, however, I probably only have a glass of Scotch every 2-3 weeks, unless one of my “Scotch buddies” is in town. The price is high, and there is such thing as “too much of a good thing” I believe.
Later I’ll explain why, but when I have a new Scotch, I write limericks about it. They will start to appear here.
Balvenie Doublewood 12
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Soft on the nose with some hints of oak
Bits of malt and some parts of smoke
The taste is so smooth,
I get in the groove,
Tonight I will drink and not choke
Ardberg 12
Friday, November 21st, 2008Smoky like fire on a peat bog
The scent fills my nose like san frisco fog
It’s best when it’s neat
And hard to be beat
This ardberg could knock out a hog
Bladnock 15
Friday, November 21st, 2008Balanced like gymnast on a balance beam
Strong or aggressive but surely not mean,
Bladnock has a kick
That I would not quit
If threatened with a large bottle of Beam.
Talisker Sherry
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008As Smooth as the back of a baby
With sherry and oak that is wavy
The smoke is a hit
That i’d drink till it quit
On a night that has been quite crazy.