As any former choirboy will know, wine is mentioned a lot in The Bible. Funny how they don’t talk about the quality much.

You read “Jesus, knowing that tonight was his last night on earth, offered his disciples wine”, or “King David, being full of internal conflict, drank a lot of wine, and then went home to give Queen Bathsheba a good seeing-to.”

But you don’t read, “Jesus, knowing that tonight was his last night on earth, offered his disciples an unpretentious little Sauvingnon with undertones of blackcurrant and lemons.”

Or “King David, being full of internal conflict, downed a few sips of a delightfully characterful Chateau Le Feuvre, and then went home to give Queen Bathsheba a good seeing-to.”

Why not? Because maybe, just maybe, all that wine geekery doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. If it mattered, they would’ve fit it in there somehow

He’s got a point!

Cool eh?!

For the men

A moron calls 911 and says in his moron accent, “My wife just collapsed!”
The dispatcher says, “Calm down. Where are you located?”
The man says, “I’m on the corner of Eucalyptus and Pine.”
The dispatcher asks, “How do you spell Eucalyptus?”
There’s a long pause and then the moron says, “I could drag her to Oak.”

Thanks!

Go read Hugh’s post today

I think his graphic is a bit obscure:

I would have said: I LOVE YOU

Rock on!

I liked this one.

Dear Bitter Single Guy: I’m a gorgeous (sorry for being egotistical) model/actress in need of some advice. I am currently “involved” with a married guy, but because of his “television celebrity status” he wants to keep our relationship discreet. He goes through women like tissues, and although I have slept with him once before, now he refuses to see me unless it’s a threesome.

And the response?

The Bitter Single Guy is pleased that one of the Truly Beautiful people actually read his column and look to him for advice! Wow IWIA, this is a momentous moment for the BSG, so he needs just a moment to catch his breath. You’re a gorgeous model/actress and you’re “involved with” a television star?! Of course, you’re also a pathetic doormat, but hey, at least you’re gorgeous!

Rock on!

Cook it up big fella!

I’ve read a lot of similar posts before on the benefits of mentors. But they always seem to miss the point – how do you go about finding a good one? How much does a good mentor cost???

So for a benchmark, I weigh 100.4 kgs. I’m 6’2″ and a BMI of 23.

My goal is to be 90kgs with a BMI of <20. At this rate I should be there by the end of January 2007.

Rock on!

Some of them were brilliant like this one from Rodrigo Dauster.

Elusive Consumer Manifesto
1. Listen, don’t ask
Don’t ask me what I want. To ask is to admit you don’t know. If you don’t know, it means you haven’t been listening. If you haven’t been listening it means that you don’t care about me. So why should I care about you? Every day I express what I want and what is wrong with what I have. If you care about me, observe the joy I get from company; how hard I laugh at your jokes; how happy I am to by the time I get to the front of the queue to pay; the pleasure I take from drinking that coffee; how often I return.

2. Be honest
Yes, I am a fool some of the time. I don’t have the time to be smart about everything; to always make the most informed decisions. That means others can profit from me in these moments of weakness, busy-ness or fatigue. But I don’t forget. So if you rip me off; I won’t trust you again.

3. Help me want less
Stop telling me what else I need to be happy. We all know that more this and more that will only lead me into a down-ward spiraling, unfulfilling consumption binge. If you really want to add value — to be different — show me how I can get more with less: simplify, defeature, unbundle, open up.

Now with all the Oil for Food enquiry etc. etc. etc. I just can’t see this stock going anywhere except south!

If you look at it over the last couple of months that is exactly where its gone! But if you look at the daily there is a LOT of volume.

So SOMEONE is propping up that puppy! What does that mean to us? Well, I wouldn’t be putting my super fund in it, but there could be some good short term trading there…

I’m going to keep an eye on it…

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Gold!