Tag Archive 'Port'

Jun 30 2012

Port for Thought

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So far, it has been a good year for Port drinking. And if things continue in this vein, my Douro resident permit should surely be in the mail. WhatΓÇÖs more, since committing to dropping two bottles orfPort a week three months ago, my GP reckons I am in far better shape than ever. Blood pressure is temperate. The pulse is as calm and regular enough to manage a Formula One pit stop. And a painful stabbing check produced the verdict of my liver being is as unblemished and pure as a nunΓÇÖs thigh.

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Nov 21 2011

Oh Brother, Where Art Though for this Port?

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Calitzdorp - Port Capital of South Africa.

Sometimes, just sometimes, it is okay for a man to cry. IΓÇÖll never forget how hard it was to hold back the tears upon hearing that my first born Dachshund, Grimelda von Zimmerschatz, had given birth to a litter of six. Or the teary feeling of pride on that crisp Namibian morning when I felled my first kudu cow with one shot to the head.
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