“A good cigar is like tasting a good wine: you smell it, you taste it, you look at it, you feel it – you can even hear it. It satisfies all the senses.” – Anonymous Cigar: A. Fuente Anejo No. 77 ‘Shark’ Drink: Element Brew from Boston, MA (Dark Lager) Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Dominican (Secret) Filler: Dominican (Secret) Vitola: Pyramide (5.625×54) Price Range: $12-14 per stick Smoke Time: ~1.5-2.0 hours If I were to right now, lay out every cigar I’ve ever had on a table, line them up from extraordinary to awful, I would have to create a separate...
Cigar Review: Obsidi...
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“Cigar smoking knows no politics. It’s about the pursuit of pleasure, taste, and aroma.” –Anonymous Cigar: Obsidian Double Perfecto Drink: None Wrapper: Brazil Binder: Havana 98 Criollo Filler: Dominican-Nicaraguan Vitola: Perfecto...
Cigar Review: Oliva ...
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Maybe it’s like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace. -Raul Julia Cigar: Oliva Serie ‘V’ Drink: Glenlivet 12...
Rendezvous
posted by Dave
Flashback… it’s your 8th grade year. Before you step outside the boundaries of your childhood, on the edge of adulthood, you find yourself surrounded by four or five of your “best” friends. Who are they? What do they mean to you then? What do they mean to you now? Complicated, I know. You remember those promises you made, how you would keep in touch. How everyone would go out of their way to stay in contact, and how people would just sacrifice so much to maintain that bond. Then reality set in, homework piled up, jobs were picked up. Suddenly, those promises were long forgotten by your senior year in high school....
Running Dangerously
posted by Dave
Let me put this in perspective to you, I have been told all my life by grandparents, parents, guardians, teachers, et cetera about how I should always try to minimize my risks. I have done the equivalent of flipping the bird to that ideology a few times in my life, this being one of...
Why I Smoke Cigars
posted by Dave
Lately, I’ve had the question asked a lot. “David, why do you smoke cigars? Aren’t you worried about (insert stupid petty concern here)?” The simple response is I smoke cigars because I enjoy them, and no – I do not worry about getting cancer, or dying young, or...
Corridor Digital ...
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Occasionally I stumble upon really awesome videos or media that I find on YouTube or other digital media services, and the quality, production, and heart that goes into some of that media really blows me away. One of these digital gems is the guys at Corridor Digital. These amateur media...
Cigar Review: Perdom...
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Cigar: Perdomo Habano Corojo Drink: Glenlivet 12 Year Wrapper: Corojo Binder: Cuban-Seed Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan, from the Esteli, Condega, and Jalapa regions Vitola: Gordo 6×60 Price Range: $7.00 – $9.00 Burn Time: ~1.0 hours Tonight’s stogie of choice is a...
Cigar Review: Perdom...
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Cigar: Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne Drink: Makers Mark Bourbon Wrapper: Triple-Fermented Connecticut Binder: Cuban-Seed Nicaraguan Filler: Cuban-Seed Nicaraguan Vitola: Churchill 7×54 Price Range: $6.00 – $8.50 Burn Time: ~1.1 hours Yesterday, I had the pleasure...
Battlefield 3 Alpha Impressions
posted by Dave
Listen to me while you read! Battlefield 3 — Alpha To many gamers around the world, the sounds of the Battlefield theme send a chill up our spine, and a racing of our heart. No other franchise in the video gaming world can match the large, open battle experience that Battlefield brings to the table. Let me first say that Battlefield 3 is nothing like any previous battlefield experience you’ve ever had… let me also say that it is the best thing to happen to the series yet. Battlefield 3′s invitation only Alpha was last week, and I amongst a few hundred others were selected to participate. We only received preview...