1WineDude TV - Episode 1: Let's get this par-tay started!

Not a real update

Because who's got time for a real update, anyway?

But I can offer you a cute picture featuring noodles!


I can also tell you that it feels very, very weird to see yourself in a banner ad on a website.



Cheers!

Too Many Too (Whoops!). Also, monkeys rule...

I have too many websites.

I am, like, a website-creating junkie. I probably need professional help, but I don't know where to begin to even think about getting it.

Sephage.com
I fell as though I've been neglecting poor old Sephage.com lately. This is the website that started it all (unless you count the old-tyme FourWood website, which technically came first). And it was with this website that I started "blogging" before there was even such a thing as blogging. Whoops! I'm old....

2WineDudes.com
The great thing about 2WineDudes.com is that I built it in one day, and it's needed very little changes since that time. The graphics provided the inspiration for my wine blog as well, so I must've been onto something (or ON something?) when I put that one together. It continues to generate business for me which I have to turn down because I've got no time available. Whoops!

1WineDude.com
This sucker has been, well, sucking up all of my time lately (but hopefully hasn't been sucking in general). I save my better writing for 1WineDude.com. I've been trying to make 'passive income' from that blog. I've made about $10, I think, in 3 months. Whoops!

Myspace.com/Sephage
Also getting neglected is the obligatory MySpace music page. About once a week I log onto MySpace, approve a bunch of friend requests, and log off. Very occasionally, I will leave a comment (usually for Mike Tobias) or seek out someone cool to be my friend, like Zane Lamprey, who for reasons I cannot fathom I still like even though he has stolen the job that I was probably born to do. Maybe I like him because of the monkey? Maybe I'm too old for the social networking revolution (whoops...).

twitter.com/1WineDudeReview
Thankfully this one is a breeze. I type a wine review in. People subscribe. I only get 140 characters. I keep tasting after I write the review. I get drunk. Whoops!

http://www.openwineconsortium.org/profile/JoeRoberts
This is, like, the last straw. I was member #20-something at this facebook-for-wine-types site. They're up to about 250 members - in a week! Yet another Inbox for me to check. Whoops!

Updates (Holiday Edition)

Hi all - lots to tell you about so let's get started:

My township police chief contacted me and we've cleared up the matter with "Officer Unfriendly." I'm happy to report that the Chief was totally cool about the entire incident.

Just back from a great X-mas in FL and New Year's in Key West. We kicked off the holiday season with a party our pad in PA, then Ker headed south a bit early and had a baby shower with her friends. Then I flew down to West Palm, we caught up with friends, hung out with Ker's mom & step dad, and headed further south to witness the craziness that is NY's in Key West. All in all, a fantastic time. The pictures tell the story best.

The next SL Band show will be at Jitters on Jan. 11th. We're starting to fill out the performance schedule for 2008, I'm posting updates to the Gigs section as these come in. Bear in mind that March and April will be a very light schedule for me as that is the time are daughter is expected to arrive. Baby prep. has finally begun in more earnest and we're starting to get the house ready. And spend lots of money on items I never had as an infant (pack-and-play? didn't my mom just put me in an empty drawer??).

And last but by no means least, I took advantage of the holiday time off to pen my first eBook. How to Taste Like a Wine Geek: The 1WineDude Wine Tasting Guide is now available! Details are on my wine blog at this post. The eBook is targeted at wine novices, and details the same practical tasting approach that I used to increase my own knowledge about - and enjoyment of - wine (the greatest beverage in the world). If you're so inclined, you can purchase it now by clicking on the button below. Cheers!