tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post3194042745601040272..comments2024-03-29T01:30:47.656-04:00Comments on Seen Through a Glass: The Colum Egan Interview, FinaleLew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-13472795505193116882008-01-28T21:45:00.000-05:002008-01-28T21:45:00.000-05:00Well, I guess it really WAS worth the wait. I app...Well, I guess it really WAS worth the wait. I appreciate honesty and transparency whenever I can get it, and Mr. Egan was both, in more ways than one. His perception that the distillery men are the vanguards of future trends is right on the money, and an enlightening perspective. The disclosure of what grain whiskey really is was refreshing, and his owning up to what the hell 1608 actually represents was all I could ask for. I have always preferred Bushmills to Jameson, for whatever reason, and Colum keeps me right on track! Many thanks, Lew! (BTWm your compulsions for posting 365 is really tough to keep up with!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-3585319610764635482008-01-28T21:39:00.000-05:002008-01-28T21:39:00.000-05:00...the whole is the sum of its parts and they are ...<I>...the whole is the sum of its parts and they are all one.</I><BR/><BR/>What? You mean I only made <I>one stinking post all year?</I> Jeez. Where do I get my money back?Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-85099000445885550172008-01-28T20:31:00.000-05:002008-01-28T20:31:00.000-05:00Ah, Lew, Lew, all Blogger can do is record statist...Ah, Lew, Lew, all Blogger can do is record statistics; a blog is the work of a complex human mind which can understand that the whole is the sum of its parts and they are all one. <BR/><BR/>Who is this O'Reilly of whom you speak?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-63199612976912363452008-01-28T17:56:00.000-05:002008-01-28T17:56:00.000-05:00Ah, Jack, Jack, you may know that, and this "Every...Ah, Jack, Jack, you may know that, and this "Everybody" you talk about may know it, but <I>Blogger</I> gives you the lie. See, right over there in the left-hand column: January -- 41; 2007 -- 317. That's 358, and that's my number, baby!<BR/><BR/>(Think O'Reilly liked that one? Maybe?)Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-31819524704761712072008-01-28T17:47:00.000-05:002008-01-28T17:47:00.000-05:00Everybody knows that interviews, no matter how bro...Everybody knows that interviews, no matter how broken down, count as a single posting.<BR/><BR/>So keep writing, Big Guy. You're farther from your goal than you think.<BR/><BR/>(Nice rant of brewers getting paid, by the way; I'll be expanding on that on the morrow.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com