I have decided that I want to try out something new this week. I want to have a new weekly feature for Fridays. Every Friday I will try to find something from the previous week that was good, something that was bad, and something that was, well I’m sure you can figure it out. So here we go -
The Good
The entry of Robert Parker into the Twitter Fray. I know, some people will argue that this belongs in one of the other two categories, but I think that it is a good thing. I am not the biggest fan of Parker, or 100 point wine scores for that matter, but I think that it can only make the online conversation that much more interesting. Heck, anything that brings us this post is an unmitigated good in my opinion.
The Bad
Freaking cold weather. I know that this doesn’t really have anything to do with wine, but I hate the cold. According to a few articles that I have read this week, over 1200 cold and snow records have fallen in the last week. That’s insane, and it goes squarely in the “bad” column in my book.
The Ugly
These monstrosities -
I saw these on @TheWineWhore (two mentions in one post, crazy), and these may well be the ugliest glasses that I have ever seen in my life. I’m sure there is some kind of highly scientific explanation for why these glasses have to be so effing ugly, but I really can’t bring myself to care. Probably something having to do with aeration and blah, blah, blah. Whatever it is, I’m sure that all of this ugliness will set you back a bundle.
Very Humorous post today. Look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future. I agree that while I may not be particularly fond of Mr.Parker and his rating system, I do believe it will help in the long run. As for the “Glasses”, all i can say is WTF?
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I think that “WTF?” is about all that you can say about those glasses, unless you are writing a blog post about them, then you can come up with a lot more to say.
I think its a good thing that Parker is on twitter finally. The weather is awesome in Arizona…in the 70′s all week. That wine glass is a disaster waiting to happen. I bet you if it gets knocked over ALL of the wine comes spewing out onto your carpet
Tim, I can’t tell you how jealous I am of you right now. It has been ridiculously cold here the last couple of days. Yesterday our high was somewhere around 20 degrees.
Thinking of that wine glass breaking sends a shiver down my spine. You are right, messy doesn’t seem to go far enough to describe the aftermath.
It HAS been a crazy week!
Thank you for the mentions… it’s gonna be hard to top these next week!
Thanks. Yeah, hoping that the weekly feature doesn’t end up being a disaster. Should keep me on my toes looking for fun stuff every week.