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Great observations, Kyle. I've had seltzer with my pipe, but never gave it much thought. I love my ISI seltzer charger, a very thoughtful Xmas present from my mom-in-law. It has more "oomph" than bottle seltzer, meaning if I want a little fizz for a whisky soda or brandy soda, I don't dilute...

My feelings exactly! (My father felt the opposite--but he loves Dreiser and Pynchon. His reading style is less an assassin, more a general managing a siege.) Hard to guess what P&T he'd like... his aesthetic is English with heavy Oriental influence, maybe a blend for him should feature the...

Certain Esoterica blends are in the realm of FVF--fickle supply and high demand, and yes, gone in a flash. Penzance and (at times) Stonehaven are in that class. Dunbar, I'm not sure... you may just have hit a temporary bad supply spell. Keep in mind, Germain/Esoterica are an old operation on...

Mine as well. (I find the idea of pipe-smoking ghosts much less unsettling than the usual ghosts. Much less likely to haunt you than to just tip his hat and go back to whittling or fly-tying for all eternity.)

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Oh, awesome! Wish I'd seen the Clash live.

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Is it just me, or does the Icelandic "No Swimming" graphic look a lot like a pipe bobbing in the ocean? DANGER: DO NOT DROP PIPE IN SEA. (Also, the riptide warning looks surprisingly calm, like "Hey guys, come on over and see my wavy spear collection!")

Your wife is a woman of excellent tastes! I look forward to seeing Tommy and the rest.

I think I can guess what the soup course was. And was there dessert? (Yes, my sense of humor still lives on a fourth-grade playground... why do you ask?)

That story isn't as weird as I imagined seeing the headline... I thought he'd passed a stone so large that it, uh, left him with no other option. (I've seen some bad, bad stuff working the ICU. Let me tell you, you never want a urologist to have to try what he refers to as "tricks." That...

Fire up the smoker! (The actual smoker, not the pipe, that is.)

Seems like it's in the finest spirit of the quotation not to quote it the same way twice, no?

If you play D&D regularly (like certain moderators) you'll never have that problem. You will have other problems, but not that one.

Gents, I've been working hospital night shifts for the past month, which limits BoB moderating time (to say nothing of my pipe smoking time!) I have another stint of that coming soon, but as I have a little free time, I'm going to catch up on my old moderator duty of sorting posts into...

Looks great! And congratulations on finishing the project. IIRC, that just leaves the board-of-review, if he hasn't wrapped it up already. So when is his Eagle Court of Honor? 8)

I've chewed some of the GH twists too... Sweet Whiskey, I think, was the one. Too strong for me, and my chawin' technique is poor, but the taste was very nice.

My thoughts are with you and yours in this difficult time.

Some great news via Facebook from Islay on April 1! (I do love a Scotch with a sense of humour...)

Add another to the chorus for Bay Rum! Lately I've been using a locally made bay rum soap and I find I don't need any complementary cologne or the like. If you want something a good deal more complex, Burberry London is very nice with a pipe or cigar.