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I finished making my famous chocolate cake for someone’s birthday tomorrow. Well, turns out I get to make it again! Cause for some reason it didn’t want to release from the pans. So I now have TWO cakes in crumbs.
I’ll start fresh tomorrow.

Mood: annoyed

I’m tired of reading about how X person thinks Yellow Tail, Little Peguin, is the best thing ever.
So, I’ve created a new community it’s called wine_pro. It’s a Member-only community for those in the wine biz and those who are very geeky about wine.
If you are interested in joining, go ahead and request […]

“Imperial hegemony lives in Washington and the dictator of taste in Baltimore,” said Hugh Johnson.
Yet another reason to love the British.

Mood: chipper

I grew up watching “Dr. Who” on the PBS station out of Albuquerque, usually late at night, and in my earliest experiences, with my hands over my eyes to protect me from those damned terrifying Daleks. My inner four-year-old can still hear the cries of “EXTERMINATE!” echo in the darkness of my childhood bedroom. […]

After finishing my route, I went to a coffee shop to study. I was carrying the Oxford Companion to Wine, with in huge font, “WINE” on the side, along with the study guide and paper. A woman approached me and asked if I was and I said no.
Turns out this woman […]

Interesting new article on how red wine buyers have a higher average check when eating out.
Lots of interesting facts and figures.

Mood: contemplative

I have a new internet addiction. Google Earth has become my new addiction.
But there’s a good part to this addiction! Mostly what I’m looking up is the various wine regions of the world, looking at the terrain, water features, location, other wine regions near by, etc.
The question of the hour is can I […]

Turns out SOMEONE doesn’t quite understand that after you leave a voice mail message, you hang up. And cingular sucks cause there is no option to jump to the end of a voice mail message to delete it. No, you are stuck listening to the whole damn thing. So, when SOMEONE leaves […]

Got ahold of the ONE other person doing the schooling I’m doing in Ohio. We are meeting up in 2 weeks.
Staff meeting this morning. I do have to say, I probably have the best staff meetings. Trying 22+ different wines, most new is something that I think everyone should add […]

OMG, it’s really MARCH! I just can’t believe it’s March already!
I have less than 2 months to my exam, I’m not as far in my studying as I should or want to be, though I have a sneeky feeling I’m a lot further than other study at home or even in class people. […]