tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post5002257716705233418..comments2024-03-13T04:04:32.568-07:00Comments on Sku's Recent Eats: To Blog or not to Blogskuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-2412757830044701942021-06-05T20:19:42.100-07:002021-06-05T20:19:42.100-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tom Swigkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813424452040644787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-36424566782275050782012-08-06T22:25:35.352-07:002012-08-06T22:25:35.352-07:00Dave, that sounds divine, but for that kind of thi...Dave, that sounds divine, but for that kind of thing, rather than blogging I would suggest joining a prominent tasting society.<br /><br />Tom, good point, though fame and fortune are often part of the same delusional dream.skunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-2367193106076884832012-08-06T19:01:26.276-07:002012-08-06T19:01:26.276-07:00I don't know what you're doing wrong, Stev...I don't know what you're doing wrong, Steve. I get free samples all the time. Furthermore I've become famous in a matter of months and have met the vast majority of my heroes. Many have drammed with me and plied me with the kind of whiskies I have previously only dreamed of ever tasting. Beautiful women now vie for my attention. Miraculously they seem oblivious to the blatant fact that I'm a titanic geek nerd who is overweight and wears glasses and is obsessed with the kind of minutia that usually sends "normals" running like deer.<br /><br />Yes, I'm now getting gigs and money, fame, women, and whisky... all from some light hearted easy weekly blogging in my spare time. You'd have to be a total idiot not to blog whisky these days. It's like falling off a log. No wonder there are 149 million new whisky blogs in the past 21 months. It's a miracle that there aren't more. At the current pace of growth, everyone in the world will be blogging one topic or another in the span of 39 months more or less. Then the world will be an awesome place because everyone in the world will be enthusiastically friendly to everyone else because they will hoping they will put them on their blog roll.<br /><br />It's almost utopian, really. I think you're becoming a curmudgeon with all your doomsaying and grousing these days. Clearly you sold out to Diageo just in time.<br />:^)<br /><br />Full confession: not quite everything in the previous post is a lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-42688603483287111392012-08-06T18:59:56.024-07:002012-08-06T18:59:56.024-07:00Great post. While you mentioned the fortune part a...Great post. While you mentioned the fortune part as being unrealistic, I feel like the fame aspect should be acknowledged on the list of bad reasons as well. I expect a number of bloggers have high aspirations of one day becoming an influential voice in the industry, which leads them to write down tasting notes and become outspoken about every whisky they can get their hands on. Of course, this would ultimately lead to free samples and money... but satisfying the ego can end up being a strong influence in and of itself.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-82351553409389904492012-08-06T12:46:28.932-07:002012-08-06T12:46:28.932-07:00Nicely done SKU. The "free samples" rea...Nicely done SKU. The "free samples" reason is always my favorite. Everyone thinks all bloggers or enthusiasts get free samples. True, some do arrive now and again and maybe a visit from a master distiller or owner of an IB will show up to provide you with some new sample of a 40yo Glengoyne he will be releasing in a few weeks, but those seem to be few and far between. Well done my friend.Dave Wankelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729479220118818568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-46801962318489084442012-08-06T10:59:58.908-07:002012-08-06T10:59:58.908-07:00Nice post, Sku. Having started and stopped a whis...Nice post, Sku. Having started and stopped a whisky blog in the past year or so, I can testify that your last bullet point is absolutely true. When I started the blog, buying a $50 bottle of whisky gave me cold sweats. Before you know it, I'm ordering bottles from the UK with a $30 shipping fee, and shopping $100+ bottles didn't even give me pause. After stopping the blog, I now drink the much more available and affordable stuff that I started out drinking, and I am much happier. But you definitely run out of that stuff real quick if you have to base a blog about it.Ryanhttp://valuewhisky.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com