Joe Dressner, Captain Tumor Man http://captaintumorman.com/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:55:17 GMT Joe Dressner http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/10/452/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/10/452/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:55:31 GMT
Sheila drove to the office and placed all the cards in a bowl. Denyse volunteered to be the first person to pick a card.

Denyse has been very worried about the company's finances. Business is tough. So, Denyse moved into an open, receptive space and declared her desire for her goals to be met.

She then invited an ANGEL to join her in making this wish come true. She let the Angel move into her, raising and heightening her consciousness. Denyse felt the contact had been made and immediately opened her eyes and picked a card.

At least that's how this is supposed to work in the Angel Cards User Manual.

The card Denyse picked is pictured below.



Denyse asked for a gift from the ANGEL, following the instructions in the User Manual, and is waiting to see what comes her way. She is also pondering the word ACCEPTANCE in all its multi-faceted and profound shades.

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Sheila can channel some woman she sees in the rear view mirror of her car (see below),



but that's all.

I've been anxious to speak with my father and former New York City Mayor Abe Beame the past few days. Does anyone have a psychic who can help me out?




posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/9/10 5:37 pm]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/9/450/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/9/450/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:16 GMT
What is this dream telling me?

Unfortunately, Sheila Doherty has had Novocaine shots and cannot read my dream life today.

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This tasting is only open to invited members of the wine trade.

Don't miss Chris and his stunning wines.

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I took Zaggy for a walk and ran into this woman yet again! Readers will recall, I spotted her several times when I was recently in San Francisco.

There is something hypnotic and all-knowing about her. I tried to talk with her, but she hurried across the street. Walking with a cane, I was not able to keep up with her and lost her in the 57th Street crowd.



posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/9/10 10:43 am]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/9/447/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/9/447/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:37:45 GMT
It is a little known fact, but Novocaine interferes with all psychic powers. We are without her spiritual guidance today.



posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/9/10 10:37 am]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/5/446/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/5/446/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:43:21 GMT
This is the first time I've been here in March and there is no snow on the ground. Montreal is a great city and I always love my time up here.

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Everyone of Louis/Dressner's major competitors is on a hiring binge of people who know our wines well. There are rumors on the street that Rosenthal is also about to hire someone.

Congratulations to Linus Kessler MW who has just joined up with Peter Weygandt. Peter has a great book and Linus should be very effective selling Peter's wines.




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Sheila Doherty, Channeler and Louis/Dressner Executive

She's giving you all weekend to think this over.

What's the role of morality in today's world? Is the wine trade supposed to act morally or is anything that makes money justified? How do you combine morality with the pressures of daily life and hold yourself to a high standard? Can you justify buying wine from Southern Wine & Spirits?

Constantly questioning your behavior and trying to do better for yourself and everyone you touch is what life at Louis/Dressner Selections is all about.

Start every day with a renewed commitment to morality! You, your colleagues and loved ones be thankful.

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All our congratulations!

posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/3/10 11:38 am]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/2/442/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/2/442/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:47:24 GMT
This is an important concept, central to Louis/Dressner Selections.

How do you apply this concept to your day?

posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/2/10 11:47 am]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/1/440/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/1/440/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:42:33 GMT
While I appreciate the International bent of the menu at Baker & Banker, I find it difficult to warm to the wine list. It's as if the restaurant tried to collect every exotic varietal on one compact menu.

Aside from Chardonnay, the most listed varietal is Chenin Blanc and Malvasia, the main grape in a Croatia selection. I'm sure the 2007 Clai Bijele "Sveti Jakov" from Croatia is a hard sell at $74, even if it is a good wine.

The tendency is even more pronounced in the red wines. Among the 33 on the regular list, there are at least five wines using Rhone varietals, and four Gamays. There's also Zweigelt from Austria, Frappato from Sicily and Hondarribi Beltza from the Basque country.

What's actually on this wine list? Take a look:

A Great Wine List!

Amazing! Someone puts together an interesting wine list and gets attacked in the press. The critic doesn't have anything to say against the quality of the wines and how they go with the cuisine....all he can say is that there's too many foreign names and too much weird stuff.

What's behind the attack? Whether it be local boosterism or plain ignorance, it is inexcusable that a major daily puts such weak material into print.

To read the review go to:
Chronicle Review

The Slanted Door is constantly attacked for not having Californian wines. The Baker and Banker list has a lovely mix from various countries and it is still not enough to satify the Chronicle.

Bunch of Idiots!

posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/1/10 3:42 pm]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/1/439/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/1/439/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:26:46 GMT
Broc Cellars Rocks and Chris Brockway has won his first Tendy, honoring this year's top winemaker from the Tenderloin District!



While I think the wines are a project-in-work and in general I have trouble with California wines (I think they mostly have the wrong soil, vine stock, geology and winemaking techniques), I think Chris is making the effort to find something out there. Along with other pioneers like Jennifer and Kevin Kelley at the Natural Process Alliance, Chris is that glimmer of hope that the long search for good wine is making inroads in Northern California.

Chris is sourcing fruit from Paso Robles and is looking for sites that won't go crazy with spoofulation. His most valued vineyard treasure is a patch of 120-year-old Carrignan:



Chris has a lovely philosophy up on his web site:

Broc Cellars was nothing more than an idea not that long ago, about making wines that were esite specifici. Where the wines true character came from using only sustainably, organically, or biodynamically grown grapes from areas that most would consider marginal climates.

Believing that vineyards develop ‘truee character and complexity when they have to struggle to survive. This can come from many different aspects: poor nutrient and water holding capacity, steep slopes, cool temperatures, or from old vines that are dry farmed.

True asphalt winemaking, in an urban winery.

All our congratulations to Chris Brockway, the First Annual San Francisco Tenderloin Neighborhood Vigneron of the Year!

Plans are on the way for the award ceremony night and hopefully Senior Real Winemaker Steve Edmunds will be the master-of-ceremonies.

On a personal note: I have no commercial connections with Mr. Brockway. I'm not even wild about the wines. But I find the spirit behind the project to be moving and with great potential. It is the international spirit of the real vigneron.




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Rumor has it that one distributor in Wisconsin is now even using a Ouija board to source wines!

Building a company is a difficult proposition in these difficult economic times. Anything that helps will benefit all wine lovers.

posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/1/10 12:32 pm]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/1/437/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/3/1/437/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:10:29 GMT
Balance.

Community.

We all got to work today and she handed out Angel Cards. One card had the word Balance, the other had the word Community.

We are now all sitting around and discussing what Balance and Community means to each of us as an individual and to Louis/Dressner as a community.

I'm secretly blogging with my cell phone under the table because I am beginning to doubt Sheila's powers. Isn't our Balance and our Community all about wine? What's with all this motivational and mystical nonsense. And who made Sheila Doherty the source of all wisdom?

I'm beginning to wonder....who's running Louis/Dressner? Is it Louis or Dressner or McKenna or is Sheila now the voice of power and authority at the company?

posted by: Joe Dressner at 3/1/10 12:10 pm]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/2/26/436/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/2/26/436/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:56:43 GMT
I've been haunted by a vision. I don't know who this man is but there is something inspiring about him.



posted by: Joe Dressner at 2/26/10 2:56 pm]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/2/26/435/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/2/26/435/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:48:56 GMT
Think about it.

Living is really pretty simple. Living happens right now; it doesnet happen back then, and it doesnet happen out there. Living is not the story of your life. Living is the process of experiencing right now.

Live.

Now.

posted by: Joe Dressner at 2/26/10 2:48 pm]]> http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/2/26/434/ http://captaintumorman.com/date/2010/2/26/434/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:11:50 GMT
I'm hoping to have a spiritual revelation in San Francisco today, where the weather is overcast but conducive to self-discovery, personal growth and competitive breakthrough.


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Sheila Doherty, Channeler and Louis/Dressner Executive

Compassion is a central concept for us at Louis/Dressner. Compassion for our colleagues, our loved ones, our friends, those of us less privileged who have to drink crappy industrial wines and compassion for those of us who work at horrible wine distribution companies who are couldn't care less about wine.

Compassion is the Sheila Doherty Angel Card Word of the day.


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Sheila Doherty, Channeler and Louis/Dressner Executive

Communication is very important at Louis/Dressner Selections. In some ways, Communication is what we are all about.

This is particularly true today. All our phones are down and Sheila is alone in the office waiting for the Verizon repairperson. Denyse, Kevin, Lee, Eddie and I are out of the office and there is no way for anyone to dial into Sheila.

Communication is the Sheila Doherty Angel Card Word of the day.


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