Quick Hitts

Jefferson picked up the intact motorcycle and examined it in the moonlight.  “This is great!  I wonder where that dirtball got a hold of this beauty.  Check this out, Catherine, it’s a 1957 Harley 74 Panhead with a Fat Bob gas tank.  What a great crotch rocket.”
TNT’s show “Leverage” features some great characters and [...]

I meant to post about this when it happened a couple of weeks ago.   Today I was reminded about it by a catalog from JR Cigars, announcing the 54% tax increase on cigars.
Obama promised none of his tax increases would hit the poor or middle class.  He lied.  Surprise surprise.
SCHIP was originally intended to provide [...]

Action on Smoking and Health is one the most vile anti-smoker organization out there.  They sell kits to help nannies get smokers kicked out of their homes and make custody battles more contentious. They do this with a site almost as ugly as their black, shriveled souls.
Last week they made the rookie [...]

A friend just sent me two boxes of cigars and a link to this article.  The cigars were Comachos and Hoyo de Monterrey Excaliburs.  He also included a limited edition CAO thrown in for good measure.  The article breaks down the likely real cost of the bailout. It includes multi-billion dollar handouts to private companies [...]

The Great American Smokeout is November 16th, and we’re making plans to participate. I’ll be getting together with several cigar smoking buddies and we’ll smoke…out. We’ll start with a round of cigars, filling the air with thick tobacco smoke and light conversation. Then we’ll all have a very nice, very unhealthy dinner, [...]

This is such a simple way to improve your cigars enjoyment I’m surprised more herfers aren’t aware of it.
When you clip your cigar, remove less of the cap than you usually do.  Then, when the stogie is somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3s finished, clip it again, taking off an 1/8 of an inch or so.
The [...]

No, that is not a misprint. Congress is trying to implement a tax increase that will be 20,000% in some cases.
State, federal, and even city governments have been screwing cigarette smokers for decades. In some cases those taxes are over 800%. (The Boston Tea Party was a protest against a 4% tax.) [...]

There is something almost magical about the social aspects of Cigars and Pipes. The simple act of lighting one changes your demeanor, relaxes you, and makes you more willing, hell, more able, to consider other points of view. Conversations among cigar and pipe smokers are different and better then [...]

It had been one of those days. I came home from work tired, wanting nothing more to flop down in my recliner and watch something mindless on the Tivo. Sammy, though, wouldn’t allow it. He had been alone all day and he demanded a walk. Right now, dammit! (Sammy is a hundred pounds of [...]

Every well stocked humidor contains a few surprises – cigars bought on a whim, just waiting to be tried out.  Sometimes you discover something great.  More often you’ll find something that’s OK, but not as good as your favorites.
An Oliveros XL For Men corona had been sitting in my humidor long enough, so I poured [...]