Monte cristo limited edition 2005
29th June 11
“There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning…” Dr Gonzo, Fear and loathing
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Cigar Journal
An Inquiry Into the Art of Smoking.
Tampa Sweethearts no. 500 & Punch Gran Puro Sierra (shorts)
22nd June 11
“Shy one, shy one,
shy one of my heart,
She moves in the firelight
Pensively apart.”
- Yeats, TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER
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Cohiba Siglo v & A Fuente Gran Reserva
15th June 11
“People are, have been, and always will be miserable and restless. There is no cure for this. There are escapes only — the “bastard ways,” as you say. - Henry Miller, Hamlet Letters.
It seems like cigars, and any luxury item I suppose, but cigars especially, are designed as escapes. Each individual one was planned, designed, and made, each one should be, demands to be, appreciated in it’s own moment in time. It’s hard not to escape at least a little when it comes to finding, preparing, and smoking a cigar. There’s so much tradition involved, there’s a relationship which is formed, and each one of those relationships is protected from the world, encased in its own crystal of time. Consciously or not I use cigars as an escape and I definitely had that in mind when I laid back in my hammock with a Cohiba Siglo V and a glass of Kraken rum to enjoy a bit of quality time…
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Mystery OpusX
23rd May 11
“There was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.” Revelations 11:13
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Cusano 59 Rare Cameroon
9th May 11
” neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do.” - Socrates, Apology
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Romeo y Julieta Churchill Habana (short review)
5th May 11
“It did not belong to the world in which language is born. The world was its by-product and nothing could exist without it.” - Introduction to the Tao Te Ching
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Partagas Black Label Pronto (short review #2)
26th April 11
“You are supposed to forget that there are hundreds of cities, each one full of women, and that it is most unlikely that you have found the perfect one for you. You are just supposed to pick the best one out of the ones you know and can attract, and in fact you do this happily — you feel that the love you direct toward the one you do choose is not arbitrarily bestowed.” - The Fermata 
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Ashton Cabinet #3
23rd April 11
“I say this continual smoking must have been one cause, at least, of his peculiar disposition; for every one knows that this earthly air, whether ashore or afloat, is terribly infected with the nameless miseries of the numberless mortals who have died exhaling it; and as in time of the cholera, some people go about with a camphorated handkerchief to their mouths; so, likewise, against all mortal tribulations, Stubb’s tobacco smoke might have operated as a sort of disinfecting agent.” - Ishmael, Moby Dick, or, the whale 
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J&D Temptation churchill (sneak preview)
1st April 11
Pre-release review of the J&D CO’s first brand Temptation. Click here to read full review. More to come.
