Wine Tasting is Bullsh*t (via Daring Fireball)

Saw this via Daring Fireball. Nothing I wouldn’t expect and what did we used to say, “2 kinds, good and better" inre: another substance? Love the comparison of the same wine with and without dye. Talk less and sip more!

Wine Tasting is Bullsh*t: Here's why

The Terrapin Family Band

I haven’t had time to read or watch Game of Thrones, but css assures me the books are excellent so maybe I will sometime. I’ve got 5 min to hear the theme played by Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band. As a DeadHead what I love is seeing Phil so engaged watching his boys give ‘er. The best part of parenting is when you get those chances to share experiences with those young adults who you have known all their life.

Long Service? It was in!

I distinctly said only 30 min ago that today was not going to get any worse, now I’m a “life-er”. Looking in the hall for a droid to program: “Save me @tweedybirdnorth you’re my only hope.”

How many times should you shoot a dead coon?

So I’m on a ride today and I get to the Outskirts then the country and see an OPP cruiser pulled over and an officer getting out. In front of him in the middle of the road is a RoadKillCoon, so I think “OK, he’s going to remove him from the road", nod, and ride by. I get about 50 m up the road and hear a 44 roar and almost jump out of my shorts.

He capped the RoadKillCoon. I screamed “Thanks for the heads up!" and kept riding, made my way up the road a bit and turned, when, “POP" the 44 roared again.

He capped the RoadKillCoon. Twice. Now I wasn’t famous for my shooting skills in Alaska but I’m thinking if I really needed to shoot a RoadKillCoon from less than a meter away I would feel confident. Cocky really. But 2 shots?

Just sayin’, but if this had been a Mall heist scenario what would be the odds of hitting “nothing but net"?

The positive animal news: rolling out this AM still in the City right near my house 3 big whitetail deer ran with me up a semi-major street for a couple hundred meters, before they bounded back into some yards. Great escort.

Remember Calvin & Hobbes: “Be careful or be road kill!"

Eney Buoy: Interesting take on the pull buoy

OK, I’ll grant Ms. Jones this is a cute idea that actually could be useful (as in filling or emptying it during a set while holding send-off time, that could be interesting).

http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/What_We_Have_Noticed_Eney_Buoy_…_3477.html