My Birthday weekend

Wow, what a birthday weekend it has been so far….Thanks in great part to friends and the perfect weather.

My birthday weekend started with some tailgating at the Jets/Redskins game with my friend Dave on Friday afternoon.We had invited some other folks, but as is usual only the “diehards” showed up…

Early tailgaters get the best spots…

Since [...]

Red, Red Wine…

Not only am I a huge red wine drinker, Cabernet happens to be my varietal of choice… but I am also a huge UB40 and reggae fan.  Hofstra Concerts hosted several UB40 concerts while I was going to school there and I actually saw the band twice…In addition to that, I’ve been dying to test video [...]

The new social media and marketing paradigm

Where do I start…I am perhaps a little ahead of the curve in a few things including technology. Ever since I first worked on Radio Shack TRS-80s back in the early eighties, I was hooked on technology and computers for life. Today I manage about 95% of the IT needs for Rad Grapes and being so [...]

Stephen Tanzer’s new blog

Once in a while I stumble onto something really interesting while surfing the web and feel compelled to share it, especially if it has any relevance to my world or the world of wine. Well in this case it does….It seems that Steve Tanzer started his own, brand new blog  Winophilia about ten days ago and [...]

Experimenting with new design features

As you can see I am experimenting and playing around with the design of the blog. No matter what new things you do, like blogging, there seems to be a learning curve. That is especially so when it comes to learning new tech, software, add-ins, plug-ins and WordPress. The important thing is that I am learning [...]

Blog comments made easier for all

I have not been blogging for long, but I have noticed that I was getting more spam comments than real comments. Up until now, anyone who wanted to post a comment on Stoned Wino had to register, because I thought that would eliminate spam. It hasn’t eliminated spam and I feel it has detracted people from [...]

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