wine appreciation
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Your Memory Sucks Donkey Bong (Or, “On The Importance Of Tasting Notes”)
Because I am divorcing someone at fault, I have been on the receiving end of revisionist history, even when it seeks to conform to a false, self-serving narrative of cognitive dissonance. It turns out, however, that revisionism towards an agenda of mollifying cognitive dissonance (“yeah,…
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Get Your Fix (Off-The-Beaten Path Varieties For Fix.com)
Well, the Global Interweb’s recent fixation with infographics seems to have abated by exactly zero percent. That’s the primary takeaway I’ve had, anyway, from my recent experience penning a couple of infographic-designed articles for Fix.com. Seems you people can’t get enough of that stuff! I…
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Reader Mailbag: Trying New Wine Is A Pain In The Ass
1WD reader Matt (that’s all your getting, as I don’t have permission to print the person’s full name here) recently wrote to me via an email with a title so intriguing, it sparked the first-ever “reader mailbag” style post on this site in its seven-some-odd-year…
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Everything That I Know About Investing (I Learned From Wine)
[ Warning: This post has very little to do about wine. But, it might just help to make you a millionaire. Your mileage may vary. ] Back in March, when I let the cat out of the bag on my personal financial situation, I got…
