Sunday, June 14, 2009

I'm a better writer than this guy

I don't consider myself to be a great writer. I just start typing on my keyboard while leaning back and looking up at my monitor and hope that it comes out as something other than gibberish.

But, man, this guy's tribute to his dad on his dad's birthday ten years ago sounds like something written for a children's book:
Dad loves the outdoors. He often took me fishing when I was a kid. We'd go fishing for bluefish off the coast of Maine. I learned the skills of fishing from listening to him, and the joy of fishing from watching him. Dad's a good hunter, too, and one Christmas he gave me a shotgun, a .410. I would go with him to Louisiana to shoot ducks. Those are fond memories.
So who is it? Former President George W. Bush writing about his father, former President George HW Bush.

Top 7 most expensive bottles of alcohol

I'm just sayin' -- my birthday is coming up in a month.

The most expensive bottles of alcohol:
$75,000 - The Macallan Fine and Rare Collection, 1926, 62 Years OldOriginally listed at $38,000, a bottle was sold to a South Korean businessman in 2005 for $75,000.

The oldest and most sought-after of Macallan’s revolutionary Fine & Rare Collection is now sold out. It is still possible to taste this totally unique Scotch whisky at the Old Homestead Steakhouse in the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. However, it sells for a nosebleed-inducing $3,300 per dram (1/8th of an ounce/shot). I could create a separate list of better things to do with $3,300.
And I thought I was crazy when I bought two lowballs of Johnnie Walker Blue for $30 each…
And that's just number five.

Via @peter770