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Joe had battled - and overcome - several challenging health conditions during the past few years. I'm sad to report that he lost his final battle earlier this afternoon in St. Paul. Joe was part of many circles and as word got out that he had been admitted to the hospital on Friday morning...

Hello folks, I wanted to pass along some great news. My second child, a son we've named Oscar, was born on Thursday, March 29th at 8:33 pm. He tipped the scales at 10 lbs, 7oz. and was 22 inches long. Yes, delivery was via c-section ;) Both baby and mom are doing very well although I...

Hello folks, I hope everyone has been doing well. Life is good with me: I managed to hold on to my job through the hell of the last few years, spring has come early to Minnesota, and my wife is due with our second child on 3/27 so we've been battening down the hatches getting ready for round...

Hello gents, It's been quite a while since I posted in the Pipe Room so I hope everyone is doing well. About 2 years ago, Wurm very generously offered to buy some Mick McQuaid pipe tobacco that is unavailable in the U.S. for NorcalMark and I as can be seen HERE. I've decided to impose on his...

Once again, Brent used the element of surprise to land a perfectly aimed shot right on my doorstep. Besides a really over-the-top selection of smokes for me he also included a gift for my 2 year old son. My wife clambered over the wreckage of the porch to see what was in the box and asked me...

Here ya go bubba...whatcha got? :p - Tim

Once again, many thanks to NorcalMark and his customer for requesting this stuff and to Wurm for arranging the roundabout shipment from the U.K. to Germany to California to Minnesota. I really do love this board and community! Also, I apologize for the lack of photos. I left my digital camera...

Senor Robaina turned 90 today. I smoked his namesake cigar in his honor last night - if you have any VR's, light one up today! To be safe I won't post any links but please google a bit and learn about this very interesting man. - Tim

I was one of the winners of THIS CONTEST and he said he'd send me a fiver. Well, a package was waiting for me when I got home and I can tell you that there were more than 5 cigars in that box :laugh: Mike, congratulations once again on your landmark and thank you for your very generous...

Have a great day and thanks for all the killer reference work in the Cigar Lounge! - Tim

The Times ran this article in the Opinion section today. It touches on brand and label snobbery, connoisseurs vs. know-nothings and the apparent lack of difference between them sometimes, and several other things that made me think of Moki's blind taste test as well as blind tastings in...

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Hello all, I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to my new son, Max. He was born on Saturday, September 6th at 1:43 p.m. after arriving at the hospital around 11:00 p.m. the night before. He weighed in at 9 pounds, 5 ounces, was 22 inches long, and had some fine reddish/strawberry blond...

So, I get home from work today and my wife hands me a package that came in the mail. The package was about the right size to hold a box of cigars. Hmmmm....I didn't think I had an order coming in... . I was about to tear into it when I had a quick, terrifying thought. So I ran outside into...

Over the last few months month I have engaged in a lot of clandestine Pipe Room forum reading, some discrete correspondence with LilBastage, some followup discussion with crluap, and, after adding in a healthy dose of following my own whims, I have jumped into pipes with both feet. I smoked...

I got home yesterday and found a box waiting for me on top of my pile of mail. I did a quick mental checklist and couldn't think of anything I had ordered. So, I rip it open without checking the return label... BOOM!!! Bsneed51 took out my entire front porch with this thing. I met Brent...

I have a good friend in from out of town so rather than make one of my typical really long posts I'll just make a regular old long one! I took a half-day off on Wednesday, had Simmsboard come over, and smoked some fine cigars while waiting for the truck carrying my Avallo to arrive. It finally...

This humidor story starts with a motorcycle and a baby. Two weeks ago I was riding to work on my 2002 Triumph Daytona Centenial Edition to work on brand new tires, took a right turn 5 blocks from my house at about 15-20 mph, lost the rear end and ended up on my ass with the bike sliding down...

This is great stuff - talks about some of the wine tasting tests that were administered both blind and when telling the tasters the price. LINK to the original NYT article AVB posted the full text in the Wine forum

Back in February, Moki chose 10 victims to participate in this thread , a blind taste test ostensibly designed to see how well each participant could differentiate between cigars from different countries. Moki's true purpose was far more insidious, however. He actually used us all to...