Category: recycled posts
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What Pretentious Scotch Reviews Taught Me About Writing
Scotch has been my drink of choice lately. Have you ever read reviews for scotch? Google any random example and you’ll see they’re all pretentious as hell. Here are five egregious “tasting notes” about various drinks, from Whisky Shop Magazine: “Absolutely filthy … like doing a bog swim without a snorkel.” “The nose is a…
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The Western Fair: An Escape From Reality
As I mentioned in my previous post about dying on The Zipper, it was about a year ago when I became one of Western Fair’s “real serious bloggers.” The Fair opens today, and in honour of that, here is last year’s post about the Fair closing. Get out and enjoy it while you can! Maybe…
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Fear the Zipper
Wow, it’s September already. A year ago, I entered a contest to blog about London’s big September event, the Western Fair, and was chosen as one of the official “Real Serious Bloggers.” As with all things in life, I took it as an opportunity to see what I could get away with. Here is the…
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