it is a given that the wall street journal has no clue about my personal history...and if they did they wouldn't much care how their forays into the commercial world would or would not impact my perceptions...business is business and damn the consumer's sensibilities..the n y times might, if they mined their archive have a bit better idea stemming from comments i have made concerning some howlers they have published regarding addictive behaviors...they probably won't...so it came as not much of a surprise when the envelope with "new york times' printed on it fell out of my copy of friday's paper containing this:
some printed matter extolling the qualities and economies wjs wines can provide the readers of the new york times...and:
a couple of vouchers that would allow me to take $240 off the top of the cost of my first two orders..it would be easy to go off on a rant about the elitist nature of wine and the true constituency both the ny times and the wall street journal aim at while insisting they are news sources for the everyman and not commercial enterprises with a distinct bias...that would be beside the point..there are some people who can snuggle up to a glass of wine, drink it, and then move on to something else...not me...i never understood the logic of an open bottle that wasn't empty...and i am still deeply prone to immoderate behaviors...that won't go away..but i learned a long time ago how much harm the darker side of alcohol does to me and those near me..the n y times and the wall street journal don;t care about that...neither does society at large...as a sub-culture we are pretty much on our own in this...even the "health care professionals" are comprehending only in a textbook manner...they lack experience...no fault of theirs and it is experience they should probably avoid..without it however they just don't get it...never will...end rant...hang tough...peace out people.
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