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Bruised, Bloodied, But Otherwise Okay
The last seven weeks have been, well, how should I put it? Maybe challenging says it best. I knew that when we moved our operations, we would run into some problems, but I/we had no idea what they might be. Hell, if we did know, we’d have fixed them beforehand, and no one would ever [...]
Pipes and Cigars
Despite the title, this isn’t about our website. This is about my thoughts on the differences between pipe and cigar smoking. Some are obvious, others are less so. All of them are just my opinion, but that’s what I have to work with, so here I go. The first thing I ever smoked was a [...]
I Got an Upgrade
When I was a kid (around the time of the invention of water), we were only allowed to use the eight color box of crayons because some families couldn’t afford the bigger selections and the school didn’t want people to be able to buy an advantage for their children and also wanted to spare the [...]
It’s the Big One!
The title doesn’t refer to Fred Sanford having another heart attack, rather, it’s about the Chicagoland International Pipe and Tobacciana Show; my favorite place to be the first weekend of May. This year was special for a number of reasons. First, we had a number of first-time attendees with us from the offices, who were [...]
The Process
July 10, 2013 By Russ 12 Comments
With a great new area to work in and all the resources I need, it’s time for me to switch gears and get back to my Laboratory of Doom ® and begin to develop some new tobaccos. While I’m working on some of these items, I figured that it might be interesting to take you [...]
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