Author Archives: Jim

The Yearly Holiday Inferiority Complex

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Jim

The most important Sunday of the year in the United States is Super Bowl Sunday (it’s February 5th this year, mark it down). It rarely is a good football game; but it matters not. It is the ultimate party Sunday … Continue reading →

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Tale of Two White Wines or From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Jim

For this story to make sense, this you have to know: for four years at Union College my white wine experience was confined to the slender green bottles of Boone’s Farm Apple Wine. Consumption was an exercise in math. Road … Continue reading →

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Try to Remember

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Jim

The song has been around for an age and I have heard it numerous times. But you know how it is… sometimes you see or hear something and it just hits you in a new way. Travel the same stretch … Continue reading →

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It’s About the Bubbles

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Jim

Perhaps you have heard me say, “you don’t have to be launching a battleship to open a bottle of Champagne.” It’s true, too many folks are caught up in popping the cork only if a celebration is on hand. So … Continue reading →

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