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Drinking Brown Wine from a $5,000 Bottle

Posted by on Jun 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Wine Reviews, World Series of Poker | 3 comments

 

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Anonymous Eccentric is such a wine tease.

Yesterday afternoon, she called me and announced a rather ostentatious master plan to crack open a classic bottle of vintage 1982 Chateau Margaux, one of the world’s premium Grand Cru’s.  One bottle retails for something in the neighborhood of $5,000,  According to my bad math that comes down to $150 a guzzle.

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2014 World Cup: What Do Athletes Represent Exactly?

Posted by on Jun 13, 2014 in Blog, Politics | 1 comment

 

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The infamous 1973 World Cup qualifying match between Chile and the (absent) Soviet Union, held at National Stadium in Santiago, shortly after the brutal military coup led by Pinochet.

 

The 2014 World Cup starts this week.  Here’s something to think about when we watch athletes from nations with distasteful governments.

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