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A Beautiful Sentiment…

bordering on poetry over at El Bloggo Torcido.
Tell me what you ate with the wine.
Tell me how the wine made you feel.
Tell me how it smelled.
Tell me what memories the wine evoked.
Tell me what senses were engaged.
Tell me what flavors excited you.
Tell me how it connected you with the people who made the wine, the [...]

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Tina and Lee took me up on my recent offer for free A’s tickets and were kind enough to send back a pic of them enjoying the game this past Father’s Day.
Unfortunately the A’s lost, giving up buckets of runs for only the second time all season, after taking a 4 run lead in [...]

Bashing The 100 Point Scale

The article in the SF Chronicle today by W. Blake Gray does a good job of explaining the dynamics of an industry driven by recommendations. It also does a good job of pointing out what can happen when a handful of gatekeepers serve as the main source of those recommendations.
But sentiments like this irk [...]

Steve Jobs Loves Sonoma County Wine

You’ve got to hand it to Steve Jobs, he gets people talking. In his latest Keynote, which I shamefully watched in its entirety last night over a glass of the new Emeritus (formerly goldridgepinot) Sonoma Coast pinot, the man famous for his “reality distortion field” showed off a couple new features of the new Mac [...]

A Father’s Day Gift from Pinotblogger: Free A’s Tics

UPDATE: 2 tickets left. Hurry before they are gone!
I like me some baseball, and if your Dad does as well here’s your chance to take him. For free!
These are great seats, Sec 122, Row 23. The photo to the right shows the approximate view of the field, though the seats are even closer (ie better) [...]