How well do you know me?

Poll idea pinched from misia

[Poll #343955]

So how early can you tell a cat's personality?

( Leela at 12 weeks )

Moose optional

( take your pic )

Lord Crook of Pentonville

Reading today's reports of kleptocracy at Hollinger caused me to wonder how many criminals were given knighthoods or peerages during the Thatcher/Major years. Must be quite a list.

Whines about wines

What is it about Antipodean wine marketers? I thought Fat Bastard, a range of wines produced by an Australian company in France, was OK if a bit silly but my latest trip to the LCBO reveals a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc called Cat Pee on a Gooseberry Bush. It's getting as bad as the punning names for blends of Southern French varietals; Nine Popes and Goats Do Roam being particularly egregious examples.

In other wine news, I got the LCBO Bordeaux futures offer today. Once again the Bordeaux owners/negociants set out to prove that if you have the cachet you can charge anything. The left bank first growths are being offered for C$495/bottle (yes folks that's C$5940/case) while across the river Ausone is going for C$789 and Pétrus for C$999. Even the top second growths are going for upside of C$200. It's madness I tell you!

Oops

Many happy returns of yesterday to meirion!!