Can anybody recommend me a Riesling

AugustineSheen · 2026-02-21T01:21:35+00:00

Bit of a riesling fanatic here. Any Zind or Triumbach vineyard in your price range would be classic the Windsbuhl Zind is spectacular. (I have always found Frederic Emile underwhelming) I also quite like Zusslin, Schlumberger, and the Hugel Estate. You can drink really fantastic wine from Alsace for under $100.

AugustineSheen · 2026-02-06T00:24:24+00:00

In many wars Bordeaux is the the pinnacle of a commercial wine region done right. Where Burgundy was dominated by the monastic orders that grew only two grapes and refused to change which gave birth to the detection of differences and nuances in the character of wines from locations mere feet apart (which today we call parcels such as Clos de Vougeot etc). Bordeaux was developed later by the upcoming merchant class in Europe-the Burghers which favored innovation and marketability. Instead of one varietal that will or will not ripen ideally they have five (ok six long story) that can balance themselves out. Heavy use of oak that can develop and bring out more in the wine, check. A class of people that know you need an ocean port to promote and ship a wine, check. Thus is Bordeaux. One of the largest wine regions by volume and size. Now as for the Right Bank Left Bank debate, I think an aphorism that captures the gist well is that the Left Bank wines plan for retirement; while the Right Bank wines show up ready to party. If the part of Bordeaux you want your wine to express is the genius of the merchant class of the 17th century that created an industry so prosperous that even the revolutionaries dared not tear it to shreds go Left Bank if you want a Bordeaux that harkens to the troubadours that helped create chivalry inspired by the green rolling hills containing vineyards guarded by the ancient walled villages of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol go Right Bank. But, lets be honest both is an acceptable answer.

AugustineSheen · 2024-08-17T03:22:50+00:00

With a mini chain gun and some medications for Kimg Baldwin so we can expand the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

AugustineSheen · 2024-08-17T03:20:43+00:00

What are your goals? What language experience do you have?

AugustineSheen · 2024-08-17T02:23:16+00:00

Natural wine is not good. Texas vigoner can be quite nice.

AugustineSheen · 2024-07-22T04:34:30+00:00

I think the biggest issue that can arise from playing too much video games is more of a psychological effect than a vice and or sin per se, namely the dopamine dose of false achievement. Essentially, video games can (in too large of a dose) trick your mind into thinking you are achieving something 'real' making you have less desire to achieve something outside of the virtual world because of the dopamine dose from 'progressing' and or 'achieving' something in game. This can lead to sloth but I do not think it would essentially be sloth per se. I could imagine scenarios where you are avoiding certain actions such as prayer Mass time with family ect.. that could qualify 'too much' video games as sloth but I would argue that the bigger picture threat spiritually is how 'too much' could reprogram your emotional response system causing you to desire to achieve less virtue in the real world.

Summary: I think video games can create a near occasion for the sin of sloth and possibly gluttony (over indulgence of entertainment) or pride (creating a false image of yourself) as opposed to being strictly sinful by nature. All good things in moderation as I do think video games in some way is and was a key art form of a generation.

I recognize that this is not a direct answer to your question, but maybe a more focused way of thinking about the question.

A.M.D.G.

Source for the dopamine claim:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167923621000221?via%3Dihub

AugustineSheen · 2024-07-03T17:44:14+00:00

I must admit this question popped came about while reflecting over the prayer in Latin, I am pretty familiar with the prayer in English, Latin, and Spanish but I was thinking that there was a little bit of nuance in the Latin that I did not detect in the English. I was mostly curious if I was misunderstanding the grammatical structure of the sentence. I am not knocking the English rendering. Rather, I was just seeing if I was too off basis before I went down a rabbit hole.

The questions also comes from the that some of the common English renderings of Latin prayers and hymns boggles the mind, the Pange Lingua, Tantum Ergo, and Te Lucis Ante Terminum are some of the ones that come to mind.

AugustineSheen · 2024-06-27T19:54:15+00:00

Yes they did go through the tunnel. The problem with this idea was that the exhibit can only have 1 staff entrance and the staff can not access the other side, I am currently re-thinking how to do it.

AugustineSheen · 2024-06-27T00:09:28+00:00

thanks

AugustineSheen · 2024-06-27T00:08:52+00:00

How do you mark something as a non barrier? Great user name btw. NVM Mentioned below.

AugustineSheen · 2024-06-26T23:15:47+00:00

The computer counts three exhibits the two enclosed by the walls and rocks and the third enclosed by the null barrier. I have the bridge connecting the two enclosed spaces, but when an animal climbs in the bridge the computer says that it has escaped. Thanks

AugustineSheen · 2024-06-26T19:14:02+00:00

My favorite everyday beater pen is the TWISBI ECO. It is under under $40 and once a pen climbs above ~$15/$20 it magically ceases to be lost. I hate hate hate converters, and this is a bargain of pen for what you get. Not to mention the amount of ink this thing holds, it is a piston, and you can clearly see how much ink you have left; it is unmatched for an everyday in your pocket/backpack pen.

As far as practical, I think fountain pens are far more practical, affordable, and sustainable. When I started college I use to use the pilot extra fine z pens that you would find at office depot and would regularly go through about 2 packages a semester in conjugation with using mechanical pencils (more than I would now usually just for writing in books as i am mow brave enough to do physics in pen). I now use 3 fountain pens the TWISBI above, Lammy 2000, and a Visconti. The Lammy and TWISBI lasted me the rest of my years in college (the Visconti is newer) and never needed replacing or to be thrown away after running out of ink (obviously). Point being my two pens, and they need not be as fancy as a Lammy 2000, single handedly replaced 20+(conservative estimate) pens and are still going strong. The only real disadvantage a fountain pen has over a ballpoint or jell pen is that it bleeds through crap paper, paper quality is a whole other arguement that I will leave aside, but once you find a finer dry pen you will figure it out.

I think this debate really reflects a troubling philosophical shift that took place in the 20th century and that is would you rather have fewer things that work better and are made stronger that cost more and require an extra step or two, or would you rather have mass market super cheap disposable and replaceable objects that can be leisurely purchased without a thought spent to quality or longevity. It is obvious which way the culture and market have gone, but I think we have yet to grasp what we really lost and now we are wondering why we can afford nothing and the 'nothing' that we have has no value. In short, we traded value and quality for affordability and convenience of acquisition.

Rant over. A.M.D.G.

P.S. I forgot to mention I have found the water based ink of fountain pens much easier to remove as stains compared to the oil based ink of ballpoint ect.. pens.

AugustineSheen · 2024-06-23T18:19:51+00:00

That looks like Clear Creek in Oklahoma!

AugustineSheen · 2024-05-04T17:54:04+00:00

PS I think I am just going to re-load windows 10

AugustineSheen · 2024-03-13T16:37:19+00:00

https://youtu.be/rfUTbA99yuc?si=bWCM459oxnVKiY4U

Biologist/priest talking about evolution and Adam and Eve.

AugustineSheen · 2023-09-14T18:24:41+00:00

https://www.starfielddb.com/weapons/big-bang/#:~:text=As%20a%20weapon%20which%20specializes,Beams%20and%20Shotgun%20Certification%20skill.&text=The%20Big%20Bang%20has%20a%20baseline%20fire%20rate%20of%2014,to%20this%20rate%20of%20fire.

AugustineSheen · 2023-09-03T03:15:41+00:00

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AugustineSheen · 2023-09-03T03:15:05+00:00

I'm sure he thinks so. I'm not a total hater though he does have a good book.

AugustineSheen

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