El Bloggo Torcido - Twisted Oak Winery: A Really Twisted Job!

May 16, 2009

A Really Twisted Job!

So much going on over here at El Rancho Torcido that it has become too easy to forget to blog anymore! We'll be remedying that starting now....

It may or may not have come to your attention that competitions for high-paying jobs as a social media specialist have become all the rage. First it was Tourism Queensland (Australia) with their "Best Job in the World" competition, and now it has spilled into the wine world with Murphy-Goode Winery (not of Murphys, CA) (what's that about anyway?) and "A Really Goode Job."

As I write this there are 94 applicants for the aforementioned Goode Job. (You know, it's not every day you get to use "aforementioned" in a sentence.) That means there will be at least 93 applicants left without a gig. This tremendous waste of human talent must be avoided at all costs.

We're not a big winery like Murphy-Goode, so we can't offer quite the same perks - but we can offer:

a generous wine allowance;
an equally generous rubber chicken and clothing allowance;
a personal camp site on the grounds at Twisted Oak Winery in Vallecito, that includes 24/7 access to indoor plumbing (including a real commercial-grade flush toilet), and access to the winery shower (during normal business hours);
all the rural WiFi you can eat at 768Kbps;
free admission to all winery events (this alone is worth scads. and even oodles.)
and $1.98 of my personal pocket change (includes high-grade pocket lint as a bonus!)

For this unique and generous compensation package, all you have to do is experience the Twisted Wine Life^tm and tell people about it. Note that you need to be at least 21 years old and be able to communicate your way out of a paper bag. Knowledge of HTML, poker, and rubber chicken wrangling would help too.

Interested? Email tastingroom@twistedoak.com!

Update: Even with the way they say the economy is going, I didn't think $1.98 and a rubber chicken was going to generate so much interest (though camping at the winery is pretty cool!) So, here's the deal:

Via your choice of social media (video, audio, Facebook, twitter, whatever) create something that tells us what Twisted Oak means to you.
Your presentation will be judged by its content, by the effective use of the chosen media, and by its originality. It goes without saying that it should also be funny!
When it's ready, you can email us a link to your entry- or better yet, for extra credit - let us discover it on our own! (We got mad search skillz.)
By the way, the duration of this gig is as long as we both can stand it (as if anything else would make sense!)