Hooray For Saturday!

Me And My Wine

I will be attending a fund-raiser event on Friday night that happens to be a wine tasting and competition.

Here's the catch, I'm not a wine drinker.  Sure, I used to throw back a swig of Ripple back in the younger years, trying to look cool, but I never acquired a taste for any sort of wine in my adult years.  I'm a bourbon guy, if and when I ever have an alcoholic beverage. 

The event is happening like this:

• Form a team of one to three people and choose three bottles of the same wine to bring to the event.
• Each team will submit two of their bottles to be bagged, numbered, then put out for tasting.  The third bottle will be held aside.
• All attendees can taste and rate the wine on some sort of scale.
• The team that brought the winning wine, will take home all the third bottles set aside.  The loser gets to have their third bottle back to go drown their sorrows in.

So my question to you, Internet.  What is a good wine, that I can go get three bottles of, that won't break the bank?  I know about Two Buck Chuck, so maybe something different.

You may be thinking to yourself, Why are you asking this?  You just said you are not a wine drinker.  What do you need a shot at winning wine for?  Gifts!  I can use those bottles to take to my father-out-law when we travel up to see him.  If we ever get invited to dinner where a bottle of wine might be appropriate to bring, presto!  Free wine.

I thank you for any recommendations submited by y'all.  Who knows, you might turn another wine lover on to your favorite.

Germ Free Humidity...I'm Not In Louisiana Anymore

Tis' the season for cold and dry air, which in our house means scratchy throats, stuffy noses and chapped everything.

So just in time, Vicks, the number one brand in humidifiers, has introduced a new Germ Free Humidifier that sanitizes the water for pure, clean warm mist to provide worry free, healthy moisture.  The patented germicidal UV chamber safely kills up to 99.999% of bacteria, mold and spores, impressive.  The latest in anti-bacterial technology, this humidifier is ideal for making dry indoor air easier to breathe, and is proven to help relieve cold & flu symptoms. 

I can really tell the difference between the warm mist that this Vicks unit produces, compared to the cool mist, evaporative type, humidifier we have used in the past and that's just with the humidity dial turned on a quarter of a turn.  I'm guessing if we really turned it to the max, The Little Man's room would become a sauna and some of the senior crowd from the neighborhood might be in there, hanging out in towels, talking glory days, politics and "The Price Is Right". 

The Vicks, model number V790, humidifier runs relatively quiet and has a blue colored light on the front control panel, which doubles as a night-light.  The light is brighter than what our son is used to in his room, but that's nothing a small piece of duct tape couldn't take care of.  It has two one gallon tanks, so it can run quite a while without refilling, and doesn't require a filter or wick, just occasional cleaning.  There is also a medicine cup for adding such potions as Vicks VapoSteam, to add the comfort of Vicks Vapors into the air.

The Vicks Germ Free Warm Mist Humidifier, model number V790, has a suggested retail price of $99.99 and is available at major retailers and drug store chains throughout the United States.

Additional information about humidification and caring for children with colds or flu can be found here.

Attitude That Starts With The Letter D

I received a copy of the book Dadditude as a special delivery today. 

Doodlebug gets excited and screams at the top of her lungs "Special Delivery!" anytime the doorbell rings.  Be it an actual package or a neighborhood scholar peddling cookies or coupon books, "Special Delivery!"

I'm going to try and sit down to read this book, written by Phil Lerman, even though I can't recall the last time I read a book.  I'll make time for this one seeing that it's not too thick, it's supposed to be funny and it's about being a father.  Plus, of course, curiosity killed the cat plays a part, just to see how Phil's days go.

Phil is a tad bit older than I am and prior to becoming a full time father he was co-executive producer for America's Most Wanted and formerly a national editor for USA Today, so I'm curious as to how much or how little we will have in common.  I'm just guessing from the previous jobs in his career, Phil was probably good for at least $8 an hour, his lifestyle and budget might differ from mine a bit.

Thanks for the book Phil, look forward to giving it a look.  Written report to follow....did I just sound like a 7th grade language arts teacher?