Hello Everyone,

And welcome to the first installation of the Watchful Wino and the Refined Redneck: Ruminations on Things Culinary, Libations, and the Act of Sending Furry Creatures from this World to the Next...(and then eating them...).

To clear things up for you, there are two of us who will be contributing to this blog. I am the Watchful Wino, and that name pretty much sums it up in a nutshell. My buddy, the Refined Redneck, will also post regularly. 

That said, neither RR nor I are huge fans of deadlines. We get enough of those at work, and we are of the opinion that they pretty much blow. Creativity, Greatness - these are things that cannot be rushed. What's everyone's big hurry anyway?

About the Watchful Wino

So a little bit about me. I am a self styled gourmand, and I've probably forgotten more about wines than I remember, though I by no means claim to be an expert. Just a well-equipped amateur. I've also developed into a decently wicked cook in recent years, as I like to eat well without paying restaurant prices. Necessity is the mother of all invention, after all.

What else? Well, I like anonymity, so I'm not going to tell everyone too much. But other information that may help you understand where I am coming from includes the fact that I am an Army and Iraq Campaign veteran. Also, I've got a master's degree, earned in a foreign country.

Want to know more? We'll see...but not yet.

I'm going to let the Refined Redneck divulge what he wants to about himself in an upcoming post. Far be it from me to presume to know what he would like to say. He is one creative dude, so I can only guess.

That's all I have for now. I'll be writing about a absolutely interstellar, some would even say transcendental, dinner party that I contributed to this past weekend in my next post.

Until then.

Loose!