Anyone working through New Year's?

And nights. Don't forget nights.

 

I've got a bottle of pinot that I was going to keep closed until midnight...but I cracked it a little early. I'm planning for this to be my first sober NYE in a while, but there's still time...

 

A bottle of pinot? And you're a guy?

 

Hey! it's a hard grape to grow! It's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention. And in fact it can only grow in these really specific, little, tucked away corners of the world. And, and only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot's potential can then coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors, they're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and... ancient on the planet.

 

If anyone orders Merlot I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any fuckin' Merlot!!!

 

You know how I know you're gay? You know how to grow a pinot. [/Cal from 40-year-old Virgin]

 

I have some Piper-Heidsieck Brut waiting for me at home after I slog through the Pack/Bears copy and wipe my tears from Favre's emotional interview.

Norman! You drink Merlot? Yikes.

 

Last year, we had an 11:30 newsroom deadline and an 11:45 press start. We cleared at 10:30. Press foreman, being the normal hard-ass that he was, wouldn't start the press one minute before 11:45.

By the time late check was done and I stepped out the door, fireworks were going off downtown at the First Night celebration.

This year, we're out the door by 9 p.m. ... only to get a downpour at 11:55.

 

Re-read my post. I said I'm NOT drinking any fuckin' Merlot.

Although I DO have some nice new glasses I could use if I decided to.

 

I know you ain't drinking Merlot. You IDIOT!!

 

Happy New Year, IDIOT.

;D

 

Ain't nothing wrong with a little pinot.