***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
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Second bowl today is the ole standby, Escudo Navy DeLuxe, in this little 4 year old Grechukhin. This pipe smokes really well for a nose warmer.
First bowl today was 2024 8 State Burley in Bondarev billiard, sorry, no picture.
First bowl today was 2024 8 State Burley in Bondarev billiard, sorry, no picture.
5 year old Russ Oullette Acadian VaPer in a Nuttens Bing.
C&D Odessa in a Celebi Meerschaum with a glass of iced green tea.
S. Gawith Chocolate Flake in a Peterson Derry 69.
2012 Stanwell Melange in the SMS Big Bent Lattice Meer
I'm starting to think 5 brothers is what I needed all along.
Sun Bear Tupelo in a T. Christiano V.S.G. Brandy with some really nice symmetrical birds eye. Listening the the Tigers and Blue Jays game. Just finished a dinner with stuff from the garden, including Purple Basil Ice Cream that was surprisingly delicious.
This morning, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
Busy today with truck, tractor, and ID theft crap.
Had a couple bowls of SG BBF/Black XX left in a lunchbox tin from this week, so I had some while putting tow mirrors on the old Ram 2500.
Then it was off to the hydraulic shop to pick up a boom cylinder for my tractor that they couldn’t rebuild, and the Briarlee and D&R Three Sails in the console…
Had a couple bowls of SG BBF/Black XX left in a lunchbox tin from this week, so I had some while putting tow mirrors on the old Ram 2500.
Then it was off to the hydraulic shop to pick up a boom cylinder for my tractor that they couldn’t rebuild, and the Briarlee and D&R Three Sails in the console…
MB HH Pure Virginia in an Altinay.
24 year old Marlin Flake in a Peterson bulldog. Sublime as always.
Capped off a very strange week that I'm relieved is now in the past with a bowl of Cult BRM in an Al Pascia meer and a Sam Smith lager. Much cooler than they said it'd be, high 70s in my shaded smoking area next to the house. Forgot how hard I can push this blend and still have no chance of tongue tingle. 8.6/10.
Bird report: Western bluebird, California scrub-jay, California towhee, House finch, Steller's jay, American crow, Vaux's swift, Oak titmouse, Hairy woodpecker, White-breasted nuthatch, and Mountain chickadee.
Okay, rant time with Servant King...avert your eyes!
Rarely am I so deeply in thought during an especially long bowl as this (meer's got a pretty deep chamber, as you can see), but I was this time, chiefly due to the global IT problems. It's really just a symptom of a greater problem--this is what happens when you do away with common sense and put EVERYTHING (and I mean that word quite literally) in the hands of the AI. Every single freaking function of life from the global financial markets down to the weather report lying about the temperature here today by a large margin (14 degrees!) has become so utterly dependent on the AI, of course it stands to reason that something like this would happen! Which really just exposes how fragile the whole damn thing is, and it goes without saying that there's no way this is going to get anything other than worse. For a long time I've done my best to withdraw as much as possible from that whole system; I only use cash, I never use a cellphone unless I have to, and I NEVER do software updates on my computer unless I'm literally forced to. Look what happens when the AI decides it's time for another unnecessary "upgrade!" They've got themselves a 10010101011111011100100001010 pipe problem now...
Pessimism is merely the calling card of a denialist, so I don't even wanna hear it! Happy weekend all.
Bird report: Western bluebird, California scrub-jay, California towhee, House finch, Steller's jay, American crow, Vaux's swift, Oak titmouse, Hairy woodpecker, White-breasted nuthatch, and Mountain chickadee.
Okay, rant time with Servant King...avert your eyes!
Rarely am I so deeply in thought during an especially long bowl as this (meer's got a pretty deep chamber, as you can see), but I was this time, chiefly due to the global IT problems. It's really just a symptom of a greater problem--this is what happens when you do away with common sense and put EVERYTHING (and I mean that word quite literally) in the hands of the AI. Every single freaking function of life from the global financial markets down to the weather report lying about the temperature here today by a large margin (14 degrees!) has become so utterly dependent on the AI, of course it stands to reason that something like this would happen! Which really just exposes how fragile the whole damn thing is, and it goes without saying that there's no way this is going to get anything other than worse. For a long time I've done my best to withdraw as much as possible from that whole system; I only use cash, I never use a cellphone unless I have to, and I NEVER do software updates on my computer unless I'm literally forced to. Look what happens when the AI decides it's time for another unnecessary "upgrade!" They've got themselves a 10010101011111011100100001010 pipe problem now...
Pessimism is merely the calling card of a denialist, so I don't even wanna hear it! Happy weekend all.
Gawith Hoggarth’s Dark Flake Unscented from January 2021 in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Wilke Maple Plum Spice in a cob reserved for maple aromatics.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, wild caught cat fish and sugar snap peas dinner with a bowl of French vanilla ice cream, and a slice of apple raisin, walnuts and pecans bread for dessert. I'm just finishing this bowl of year 2014 Orlik Golden Sliced in an early 20th century Gordon Special Bruyere 49 apple with a triangular shank and tapered black vulcanite stem. Too humid for coffee tonight, so ice water and bergs is my drink. Fed all the ferals, and Abner the Eager is snoozin' in a little comforter.
Boswell’s Northwoods in my Boswell pipe. Always a pleasant smoke.