JVL is, as always, right...about that slacker Matt Labash and his little Slack Tide enterprise. That I speak of him thusly actually emphasizes my appreciation of what he does and how he goes about it, and the fact that I've been hanging out there from the jump, and along with some of his other frequent comments section folks who've been …
JVL is, as always, right...about that slacker Matt Labash and his little Slack Tide enterprise. That I speak of him thusly actually emphasizes my appreciation of what he does and how he goes about it, and the fact that I've been hanging out there from the jump, and along with some of his other frequent comments section folks who've been there a while as well, have developed a bit of an online familiarity and friendship of sorts with the guy that allows me to speak of him in terms he'll appreciate, just in case he checks in here to see how his 'buddy's' shameless promotion of his venture is going.
In all seriousness, though, one good thing about Slack Tide, other than the varied subjects it covers and the way it covers them, is the type of folks that its comment section attracts, much as with this newsletter. (I see a number of the same handles in both places.) The 'barn burner subject' JVL gave as an example would have likely turned into a California wildfire in pretty short order in some venues, but the commentary on this particular subject there was anything but, and well worth the time...thoughtful and serious on both sides of the issue. A little heat here and there, but no flaming disrespect or ugliness, which Mr. Labash is quite intolerant of anyway. Like the head honcho here, he has a delete button, and he knows how to use it. The fact that this happens so infrequently says something about what you can expect if you go there. Which I shamelessly recommend myself, since, as with my bourbon, I like top shelf stuff. And IMHO, although Triad and Slack Tide are bottled from different barrels, they're on the same shelf in the quality department.
BTW..."Look for common ground first..." Hundred Proof advice, if ever I heard it.
JVL is, as always, right...about that slacker Matt Labash and his little Slack Tide enterprise. That I speak of him thusly actually emphasizes my appreciation of what he does and how he goes about it, and the fact that I've been hanging out there from the jump, and along with some of his other frequent comments section folks who've been there a while as well, have developed a bit of an online familiarity and friendship of sorts with the guy that allows me to speak of him in terms he'll appreciate, just in case he checks in here to see how his 'buddy's' shameless promotion of his venture is going.
In all seriousness, though, one good thing about Slack Tide, other than the varied subjects it covers and the way it covers them, is the type of folks that its comment section attracts, much as with this newsletter. (I see a number of the same handles in both places.) The 'barn burner subject' JVL gave as an example would have likely turned into a California wildfire in pretty short order in some venues, but the commentary on this particular subject there was anything but, and well worth the time...thoughtful and serious on both sides of the issue. A little heat here and there, but no flaming disrespect or ugliness, which Mr. Labash is quite intolerant of anyway. Like the head honcho here, he has a delete button, and he knows how to use it. The fact that this happens so infrequently says something about what you can expect if you go there. Which I shamelessly recommend myself, since, as with my bourbon, I like top shelf stuff. And IMHO, although Triad and Slack Tide are bottled from different barrels, they're on the same shelf in the quality department.
BTW..."Look for common ground first..." Hundred Proof advice, if ever I heard it.
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