Loading ...Wine And Cheese, Crate Digging, Weird News, And The Job Market
By Evan ~ December 6th, 2008. Filed under: daily life, world news.
I’m sorry this post is late. I just returned home from a delicious wine and cheese party. Well, it began as a wine and cheese party, and it devolved into a two-house “boys night” and “girl’s night”. Imagine a middle school dance with opposing sexes clinging to different walls, but instead of walls we clung to living rooms of adjacent houses. The men drank beers and started a Wii bowling competition, and the women listened to Indigo Girls and fingered each other…or whatever it is women do when they hang out together.
The “party” was quite good. We spent $150 on cheeses, meats, fruits, breads and liquor at Whole Foods this morning. I tried at least five new foods tonight, too! Too bad I don’t remember any names!. Our cheese selection included camembert, brie, cranberry cheddar, goat, drunken goat (aged in red wine), manchego, a French port salut (it tasted like butter!) and a stilton mixed with crushed walnuts and honey. I paired a few beers with the cheeses, including Lindemans Peche Lambic and Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi. I also purchased a bottle of Port Brewing Santa’s Little Helper, but I’m going to have to wait until tomorrow to consume it. I also provided a half-dozen jazz albums for the party, including Lee Morgan (Cornbread), Kenny Dohram (Quiet Kenny), Hank Mobley (Soul Station), Stan Getz (Quartets) and Sonny Rollins (Saxophone Colossus). It was the most high-brow thing I’ve taken part in since that time I dressed up in a suit and bought the expensive whore I could locate. Also I killed her!
• In other news, Ian sent me to this series of mock advertisements called “Crate Digging, Don’t Do It!” that address the obsessiveness of record collectors. I shrugged it off because I really do not think I am true collector scum. There is something very finite about my vinyl fetish, as if it can be controlled or ceased if need be. All it would take is a little will power. Still, the drawings are quite good and very funny. They remind me of something Z could create, but he’d somehow do it better. [story]
• Podcast Jack, who just e-mailed me a few hours ago to inform me that he has punched his ticket and come aboard the LOST bandwagon, submitted another weird news article this week. The headline reads, “Sheep poo caused mountain bike vomit carnage,” and I don’t think it requires much of an explanation. Read it for yourself. [story]
• CNN and CareerBuilder partnered up for another awe-inspiring news item this week. It’s called, “Companies that will hire you to work from home,” and it sucks! If none of the companies mentioned in the article sound familiar to you, it’s because they’re pretty much non-existent anyway, and they’re most likely hanging on by threads in this current economic downturn. I guess if you don’t mind working from home for the next month or two, one of these companies wouldn’t be a horrible place to apply for a job. The fact that none of them have recognizable names says a lot about their lack of success and connotes their inevitable failures. [story]
It’s late, I have to work in the morning, I’m giving up early and going to bed. I’ll be back tomorrow with a solid mix tape for you.
Oasis – Take Me Away
Dreamend – If Only For A Day
Incredible String Band – October Song
Hey Colossus – Tight Collar
Larkin Grimm – Ride That Cyclone
