Monte Cristo, June 28

I smoked a Monte Cristo today! No, not the tasty ham and cheese toasted sandwich, but a cigar in a distinctive yellow tube.

It was one of those cigars that you open, take a whiff, and instantly are transported back to those summer nights cruising in the Camaro. Some cigars do that to me, and some do not. This one definitely did. The funny thing is I don’t remember smoking a lot of Monte Cristos back then. But the aroma of that yellow tube just did it for me. Not the smoothest of cigars to smoke, but very good of course. The taste and aroma whilst smoking it was wonderful, as it is a nice cigar in its rite, although it was a bit coarse for my taste. However, I found it to be a bit high-maintenance, since I actually had to relight it halfway through. I wasn’t even taking too long between draws.

Overall, I would recommend it to friends and colleagues who have been smoking cigars for quite some time, but not to beginners. It is quite harsh for beginner palate. Of course, I’ll smoke another, if you’ve got one. :-)

Cigars

Now that I'm getting back into smoking cigars, I am thinking of reviewing them on this blog.
Do you think that this would be the best place for that, or should we start an entirely new blog dedicated to those wonderful little tobacco rolls?

Either way, I smoked a Punch tonight. The best part was the glass tube that it came in. I've really been diggin' the Macanudo Hampton Courts lately.

Warm Fuzzies

Check this out. I found a website called wevoke.com. This website has news stories categorized by how it makes the reader feel. Its a pretty cool idea and wish I thought of it!
Basically, there are a bunch of news articles and the readers vote on how that article makes them feel, whether angry, happy, hopeful, etc. Then you can search for articles to make you feel a certain way. So if I'm really pissed off, I can search for articles that make me angry to add fuel to the fire. Or maybe I need to calm down a bit, so I can look for articles that give me the warm fuzzies. It's fun to play around with. Give it a go when you get a chance. Me? I'm gunna read some stories about puppies and happiness pie!

mmmm...Free Stuff

I came across this website the other day. It basically offers free product samples from a variety of different companies. Hey, who doesn't like free stuff? Its pretty well organized too with products ranging from baby, food, family, to the more intimate of items. Wink, wink, nudge nudge, you know what I mean? Say no more, say no more!

It's pretty cool. I'm gunna give a few products a try. Especially with a new baby. Free stuff for the kid means more play money for mom and dad!

Anyway, check it out when you get a chance.

http://www.freediot.com

Family Spooks Website

Howdy all! I just created a new website. Its a site full of Halloween Costume ideas for families. Its called Family Spooks (http://familyspooks.blogspot.com). It has hundreds of costume suggestions submitted by people from all over the world! It's pretty cool. Check it out. Spread the word to friends and family. Plus, if you have a Digg account, please Digg my site to increase its visibility.

Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

Stupid Medicine!

My contacts were bothering me for a couple of weeks. I couldn't put them in for more than a day before having to get rid of them. I finally went to the Dr. to get it checked out. It turns out I had a small ulcer on my cornia. Not that big of a deal, really. Basically I wasn't getting enough oxygen to my eye. Anyway, the Dr. prescribed me some eye drops. She said it was an anti-biotic/steroid solution. I went to the pharmacy to have the prescription filled. What I got back was a tiny little bottle. About half the size of a Visine bottle. The told me the bill was $35. $35!!! For eye drops??? I asked her if my insurance covered any of that. She said, yes. You have good insurance. Normally the eye drops are $90! Can you believe that? That is completely ridiculous! And I don't buy the fact they have to do R&D and that's what shoots the price of medicine up. Back in the day, sure. But nowadays, every company has R&D! Cell phones that they give away, IPods, computer games, etc! But you don't see Apple charging 10k for their products. I guess the medical industry knows they can get away with it. No wonder why the number 1 reason for bankruptcy in America is due to medical bills!

Dancing Koreans!

DANCING KOREANS!

Here's a video that we'll all like. Travis, it's choreographed dancing. Ian, it's dancing Koreans!!!

...Dance, Dance, Dancing Machine.

One of the funny things about World Of Warcraft is the dancing. You can type in a command and your character will just dance. Well, these dances were inspired. Check out this video for the origins of the dance! Mark will appreciate the Napoleon Dynamite reference!



I should get back into WoW. When I get my laptop, perhaps I'll create an account again.

Motivational Poster #233

Bonless Girl

I found this flash 'game' and added it to my Google front page. For some reason, I feel a little bad for tossing this girl around. But I can't stop! Is that wrong?




Drag the girl around, drop her and watch her fall!