Wine

I think I probably drink to much, but I like my wine.

Almost all wine is good, Red is better, white needs to be with food or well chilled, Rose is the last desperate attempted before I have to go find some Killians (the beer post is for another day)

So I thought I’d post a few links to some well priced (I am cheap) wines that I like

Red Truck – Easy to drink, Californian blend. Usually retails for about $11 a bottle

Macmurray Pinot Noir – Having watched Oz and James Big Wine Adventure, it turns out that certain grapes grown in California benefit from being on the right side of the mountain for the cooling mists and day time temperatures. Pinot Noir is one of those wines, this version really does taste better than a lot of other Pinot Noir’s from California that I’ve tasted. Depending on the sales, this retails for $12-$16 a bottle.

Zen of Zin – This is another wine found from Oz and James show. It is a little to heavy to have as a casual bottle in the evening, it always gives me a headache in the morning. But it tastes good and always slides down to well. Retails about $10 a bottle.

If you have any wine recommendations please let me know, I always like to try new wines.

Families

They have finally left!

My family lives several thousand miles away, I wonder sometimes if this is for the better or for the worse.

When they come and stay it is usually for a couple of weeks. During this time the mood goes from cordial to aggressive. My family and I have nothing in common.

My brother still lives with my parents, despite being a few years older than me, I have been married now for 10 years, away from home a few more. He is a carbon copy of my parents which I think is ruining his chances of getting a real personality.

My parents drive me nuts. They argue, all the time, if they hadn’t been doing it for 35+ years I would think that they are heading for a divorce, but they carry on.

While they are here we have to be on tender hooks, no swearing, no mess, no wandering around in our underwear. The stress level rises every day (a couple of trips ago it was enough to give me panic attacks). The last day they were here hardly anyone talked, it had gotten that bad.

I see a lot of people very happy with their families, they love to see them.

Are these people weird or am I?

Have I created this emotional distance by adding physical distance or have I saved my self from the drudgery they have?

Do they just not get the bigger picture of the world or do they just not see the bigger picture exists?

Anyway….. Free again, another few months till we see them again.

Why it has begun

I have another blog, on LiveJournal. It is linked to many of my friends who may or may not see eye to eye with some of the things I think or do, each of them knows a piece of me, no one the whole.

So I have decided to start another blog. This one can be entirely me, people who read it can judge for themselves who I am, normal or freak (probably more of the later then the former).

There may be some adult content, although probably not much so people shouldn’t get to offended.

So anyways, read on, if you find anything interesting please comment, I am always interested in talking to new people.

The Beginning

This is the beginning of a new blog, perhaps more personal, we will have to wait and see.