Archives: 2007 February

Jumpin’ Joe Lieberman?
Looks like Joe has floated the idea he might jump over to the GOP if the Democrats continue with their foolhardy plan of cut and run.Illegals killing more Americans than the war in Iraq?
Looks like that is the case.  That’s just one cause of death that outnumbers fatalities in Iraq.  But that’s not [...]

It’s weird looking at these pictures. For whatever reason, I always think of everything in black and white from those earlier periods in history - I guess because the majority of the photos you find are in black and white.

My parents were around this age at that time. I’ve seen them [...]

This week I’ve been having a new roof added to my house. Before it was wood shakes which were probably as old as the house, now its composite tile - meneer? (sp?) What I’m really looking forward to tho is the addition of a couple sun lights above our dining room area [...]

This is not a review, and I didn’t flag it as one. I received my first tin of this yesterday - I’ve heard about it forever, and finally got around to trying it.
I’ll attempt a full-on review at some point, but the thing that struck me about this tobac right from the [...]

Pipe Lore
Good solid info - hopefully more brothers and sisters of the briar will start blogging.

My Valentines day gift is a LJ Heart pipe - my first one from Lannes Johnson.

I ended up sending LJ an email, and in response he mentioned that the pipe could be smoked as much as I wanted to, in contradiction to the “conventional wisdom” of the majority of the online pipe smoking [...]

You’ll find the original version of this tobacco review here, where it first appeared on tobaccoreviews.com.
Tin description
Named for renowned pipemaker Rolando Negoita, this is a Virginia/Perique blend with Rolando’s artistry in mind. A mixture of lemon, red and stoved Virginias is enlivened with a moderate dose of wonderful Perique, for a sweet and flavorful all-day [...]

In the dictionary, next to the “all day smoke” entry should be a picture of a tin of Rattray’s 7 Reserve.
This blend arrives somewhat moist in the tin - too moist for my taste, but dries nicely and naturally with no trace of addives. I’d categorize it as an all natural English blend. [...]

Hat tip to feministing.com
Link to original story
Landmark Legal Foundation today nominated nationally syndicated radio talk show host Rush
Limbaugh for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Limbaugh, whose daily radio show is heard by more than 20 million
people on more than 600 radio stations in the United States and around the
world, was nominated for [...]

Gotta wonder what’s in the water in San Francisco. Now, I could care less about the mayor’s affair, but I did get a chuckle out of one of the “man on the street” remarks at the bottom of the story.
Tom Abbott, 36, an executive recruiter, said that having an affair with a loyal aide’s [...]