An Introduction to The Whiskey Cowboy
Posted By Randy on September 25, 2016
Here’s an irony for you. On this day in 2011, reacting to yet another wave of panic of the kind that inevitably follows recirculation of the rumour that Facebook is about to become a pay for use service, I wrote on my personal Facebook page:
I gladly pay to have my websites hosted. There is nothing I get from Facebook that I would pay for – in fact if Facebook was a pay for use service, I would never have used it. I don’t think that makes me unique, and yet every time the fantasy spam of Facebook adopting a fee for use policy makes the rounds I see a panic stricken mob re-posting that the sky is falling.
One part of that isn’t True – I do get a great deal of value from Facebook of the kind that I would not now enjoy if I had turned my back on it completely. I have come to know people I would never have known existed, and who enrich both the personal and professional sides of my life every bit as profoundly as if they lived a holler and a short walk away. I can’t lay this splendid outcome at the feet of Facebook because it’s all in how I, and those with whom I enjoy associating there, choose to use it. Facebook is a tool, and even the finest hammer can bend the nail and mar the wood if not wielded with purpose, precision, and sensitivity.
One of those people I’ve joyously come to know is John, of whom I’ve previously spoken. In past months, John has undertaken, and exhaustively chronicled, his study of a subject that’s near and dear to my own black heart – uisge-beatha – water of life. Whisky or Whiskey depending on where it’s made, or History in a Glass as I like to call it. No Whisky/Whiskey snob, John clearly joins me in embracing the splendid nectar as ranking high on the list of Essential Supplies.
So enwrapped in the revelations of History in a Glass as only the devoted Scholar can be, John has just this day launched his new blog called The Whiskey Cowboy, and it’s not all about the drinkin’!
“This blog is for various things that interest me, and that others have expressed an interest in having me write about. You will find articles on whiskey, reviews, cars, the outdoors, knives, guns, and more. We will see where things go. and the directions we take.” ~ The Whiskey Cowboy – About
His portfolio including being, “… a former soldier, former police officer, entrepreneur, professional photographer, artist, man of the world, man apart from the world, thinker, doer, and in simple terms, a man ….”, John makes no apologies nor any pretense of being a professional whiskey taster, but he knows what he likes and is exceptionally gifted at describing why. As we’ve interacted over past months on some brands we both know, or have come to know, I can tell you that the reader can trust his judgement, and I would invite anyone who understands and shares an interest in the divine libation (or anything else John is threatening to write about) to seek out The Whiskey Cowboy forthwith and subscribe straight away!
Thank you very much for the introduction. I hope folks enjoy my new blog. I had been asked by many to get one up, but was hesitant given the vast numbers of them out there already. We will see how, and where, it goes.
Well, I’m eager.