Recent content by CaptainContrary

If you asked this 1.5 months from now, I'd be in a whole other demographic. But today? Today I'm 35.

Now I know how ol' Zino got so rich! He wanted us to buy two cigars for every one we smoke! :D

I never give up! I smoke every cigar to the band, though usually beyond. What about sticks that start off not so hot, then end well? If I had chucked the bottom half of the Boli I was smoking last night (a little bitter and tight on the top half), I never would've gotten to what turned out to...

It looks like about 4" here in NYC. Code Shitty.

I've been listening to MC Chris all day. N3rdc0re FTW.

Man, I just spent an hour or so reading this thread. I simply want to say thank you to both of the primary participants: Moki and Fyodor, as this is an excellent read thus far, and a fascinating case study. Thank you!

In response to someone mentioning Fidel's estranged sons -- we have one here in the US. "Fidelito" lives up here in Flushing, Queens! And as to the living conditions in Cuba, at the risk of coming across as a Fidel-apologist, let's remember that Cuba has suffered under a total and complete...

Yeah, it was worth a look-see, but KPPC has been basically trashed over the years. Graffiti everywhere, every window broken, place crawling with cops now. I'm glad we went, since it's one of the very famous sites here in the NYC area...but, I don't think I need to see any more of it. That...

Shooting it straight up is not the recommended way to take your absinthe. It's highly alcoholic, so it'd be mostly the alcohol taste you'd get if you were just powering it down. For me, part of the allure of absinthe is the ritual you go through in order to imbibe. I've been told that...

So, I used the handy-dandy search function and discovered that we have a few absinthe drinkers on CP here. I have most of a bottle of Jade PF 1901 in the cabinet left from a little WW1-era party we had last year (AF Hemingways, absinthe -- you understand). Now, I'm not a seasoned absinthe...

I think this picture is too soon in the "chub-cycle". If we were to get additional photographic evidence that depicted the scene maybe...30-45 seconds later we could make a more accurate determination. My guess is this swiftly became a chubby, but as is I'm going to have to go with 'not a...

My brand would be "El Rey del Mundo" -- The King of The World. What's more badass than that?? What do you mean it's already been taken? Thieves!

I just got a box of Bolivar 654's that came with a 5'er of Bolivar Toros. I smoked one of the 645's, and it was pretty good, but I think I'll let 'em sit for six months or so to mellow out just a *little* bit. I got a bunch of other sticks cramming up my humidors right now anyway!

I care enough to reply, but I know ol' Mysterea in real life, so I know probably 80% of his questions already. :D

A Farewell To Arms by Hemingway Bluebeard by Vonnegut The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas ALive by Piers Paul Read And Jimi is right, I too would have The Stinky Cheese Man on my list. That book is AWESOME! I agree with...