and then there were two
the wino bracket is now basically down to TLOTH and Shovelbum. well done ladies, well done.
Well this is amazing.
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Many more, very legit GIFs in BestWeekEver’s Ultimate MC Hammer 50th Birthday GIF Wall.
Thanks, I forgot what time it was.
Shovelbum said something about it being time to dance?
![longreads:
[1934] A look back at the wine industry in the United States shortly after the end of Prohibition. Wine consumption was growing, but it was unclear whether American companies could compete:
Since repeal became imminent the U.S. has been flooded with wine propaganda. In every metropolitan newspaper, experts have conducted daily columns on the art of wine drinking. Makers of the variously shaped glasses from which one drinks hock and Sauternes and Burgundy have done a boom-time business. The Marquise de Polignac, whose husband makes French champagne, has been repeatedly interviewed. The propaganda has been paid for by the French wine interests and by California’s. (The French are now feeling pretty glum about their quota.) But however it started, it has made the drinking and serving of wine, for the moment, as much a fad as was the cross-word puzzle or mah jong. So U.S. wines have a market worth competing for, an opportunity which may not come again for many, many years.
“Can Wine Become an American Habit?” — Staff, Fortune, March 1, 1934
See also: “The Beer Archaeologist.” — Abigail Tucker, June 24, 2011
Doing our part.
Also ‘beer archaelogist’ = shovelbum dream job?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1gr2anbIb1qf4hl5o1_400.jpg)
[1934] A look back at the wine industry in the United States shortly after the end of Prohibition. Wine consumption was growing, but it was unclear whether American companies could compete:
Since repeal became imminent the U.S. has been flooded with wine propaganda. In every metropolitan newspaper, experts have conducted daily columns on the art of wine drinking. Makers of the variously shaped glasses from which one drinks hock and Sauternes and Burgundy have done a boom-time business. The Marquise de Polignac, whose husband makes French champagne, has been repeatedly interviewed. The propaganda has been paid for by the French wine interests and by California’s. (The French are now feeling pretty glum about their quota.) But however it started, it has made the drinking and serving of wine, for the moment, as much a fad as was the cross-word puzzle or mah jong. So U.S. wines have a market worth competing for, an opportunity which may not come again for many, many years.
“Can Wine Become an American Habit?” — Staff, Fortune, March 1, 1934
See also: “The Beer Archaeologist.” — Abigail Tucker, June 24, 2011
Doing our part.
Also ‘beer archaelogist’ = shovelbum dream job?
In honor of my 3000th post, I present this conversation from a couple years ago...
- Shovelbum: So is everyone getting a tumblr now? I feel so behind in the times, I just figured out wtf they were.
- Me: I have a tumblr, but I totally don't use it.
- Other Friend: what's tumbler?
- Me: tumblr is basically a cross between a blog and twitter.
- Shovelbum: explain
- Me: you can post a bunch of stuff to it, but it's also used for shorter tidbits than blogs and there's the same kind of following concept as twitter.
- Shovelbum: I like that aspect, [redacted] was saying I should do a blog, but I have no commitment to that kind of thing
- Other Friend: i am so not getting a tumbler.
- Me: yeah - i don't have the time for tumblr. clients were asking about it, so i have one but it's just another time vacuum.
- Shovelbum: exactly! more time taken away to not read, etc...
- Me: yeah.
The mini had a meltdown this morning: “I don’t want aunt Samara to leave. I DON’T WANT AUNT SAMARA TO LEAVE!!!!
On meeting the Internet
I got swallowed into a work vacuum yesterday so I’ve been behind in posting how freaking amazing meeting the internet is, especially when bonding over meat and beer. Even when you know how awesome the Internet is going to be, she’s even funnier and more lovely than you had imagined.
Shovelbum should teach a class on how to be a houseguest.
This, folks, is how you do it. Today she baked Banana bread a la Canadian. The house smells so good right now, it’s distracting.
