Enjoyed a late lunch, and am a third of the way through this bowl of Ken Byron Ventures MSP Thunderstruck Prototype in a medium bend 2001 Ural lattice Rhodesian with a yellow with white swirls acrylic saddle stem.
S̛̊͆͐M̿̃́̈̃͌́̑̑̔̌̉͆̆̀̚Ơ̐́̀̾̐̒̀̀̒͂̕͠͝K̅̿̃́͊̄͘͝͠Ì́̍͑͝Ǹ͐̌͗͐̊͑̎̆̀̚͝͠G͌̓͑̔̈̅̅́̌̐͐̕ Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a squat ringed lattice meerschaum. Also beveraging an Elysian Space Dust IPA.?
SPC Potlatch, a skillful blend of about six different tobaccos, in a Ser Jacopo blast, square shank, serpentine stem Dublin, after a comfort food dinner of roast beef and gravy over mashed potatoes, and really good 2011 Spanish red wine.
S̛̊͆͐M̿̃́̈̃͌́̑̑̔̌̉͆̆̀̚Ơ̐́̀̾̐̒̀̀̒͂̕͠͝K̅̿̃́͊̄͘͝͠Ì́̍͑͝Ǹ͐̌͗͐̊͑̎̆̀̚͝͠G͌̓͑̔̈̅̅́̌̐͐̕ C&D Pirate Kake ? in a squat ringed lattice meerschaum. Still nursing an Elysian Space Dust IPA.
Now smoking Wilke No. 515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Needed a sweet blend after the last, full Latakia one.
D&R 3 Sails mixed with D&R Picayune about 50/50 in a Grabow Tru-Grain group 3 smooth slightly canted billiard I'd repaired with a glob of 2 part epoxy after breaking the shank in half.
Another random stem out of the console, a Mauro Armellini bent bull, with Hobbit's Weed Match. Mellow smoke, smells like muffins. I may have to pick up some more of this from 4noggins....
PS LTF from 9/'16 in a Lorenzo Eleganza Sigma. The toasted coconut sugar topping makes for the perfect summertime VA flake! And the few years age brought out a lot of bready, malty depth. If I could only pick one of the PS Luxury Flakes to devote cellar space to, this would be it.
About to do some reading and writing while puffing on my stylish A. Curtz Billiard and some C&D Visions of Calaphais. In the cup is what is left of a pot of Eastern Shore Tea Company's Black Raven, a Poe tribute. Of course, reading Marcus Aurelius, smoking Lovecraft, and drinking Poe I am mixing my literary sources shamelessly into an afternoon cocktail.