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January 27, 2010 in And Then Some | No comments

I can’t believe all my sweat to get some posts set up for you, my dear Readers, before we left on a little get-away fell through. They were supposed to be tie-overs until I returned, and to make up a little for not keeping The Little House On the Hilltop Project on schedule since I was away (I had hoped to find an internet cafe with computer availability in Hanalei, Kauai – my little search turned up nada). Turns out there are bugs in WordPress that I did NOT know about. Argh.

Scott’s Book Report post JUST BELOW THIS ONE on Jonathan Nossiter’s Liquid Memory is one of these “lost posts,” and there’s one more coming. I still owe you an TLHOTH Project update, and it’s coming, too; today was our first day back and little Sam has some big I-need-Mama thing going on, so, please hang tight, because there IS some news to share.

Mahalo, dear Readers.

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Liquid Memory, Scott’s Book Report

January 19, 2010 in Book Reviews | No comments

To give myself a little break from all this writing, I asked Scott to write a little “report” on Liquid Memory, a fairly controversial book by Jonathan Nossiter (see 11/17/09 The Pour Posting). I haven’t read it myself yet, but my guess is, I’ll just love it, as I found Mondovino, Nossiter’s film, a wonderful glimpse into the international world of wine. Mondovino felt like a parody on the industry, and while I just giggled through many parts, or shook my head in disbelief at the obnoxious egos flying around the world, you can imagine it was not well-received in the industry. The same way a Michael Moore  film is met by the industry he exposes. So I’m very curious about Liquid Memory.

Well, I guess I forgot to ask Scott to state his opinion of the book, because what we have here is a bare bones synopsis (now I know why he got his PhD in chemistry and not philosophy: less writing). So to give more insight into what Scott thinks of Nossiter, I’ve included his two comments to The Pour’s 11/17 posting. One more than the other is somewhat out of context on its own, but if you’re interested, you can go and read the whole string, which I hope you do.

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