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He's had some pretty bad weeks. He was due. Nice work, Cards. Being where I'm from, I can't officially endorse the Lady Cards tonight... I'd get treated like a Lee Greenwood concert in Tehran... but let's just say I wouldn't be sad to see Lousiville make it a double.

Sad. That's where I bought my first briar. (Cue up the soft-focus flashback and "Dust in the Wind.") Is the one across from GCT on 42nd still open? That one wasn't as nice, but having two so close together might not be sustainable at Midtown rents.

Glad your daughter is on the mend. And all respect to that donor, whose memory lives on in the noblest possible way.

Lunt is a perfectly cromulent word.

My heartfelt condolences, Rob.

Because of the smell, or because it's full of rat poison (coumarin from the tonquin flavor)?

Rollups are, indeed, just handrolled cigs. I think she smoked Bugler until I turned her onto the Daughters & Ryan products. Turkish ovals are a style of cig, usually a very mild tobacco mixture, in the eponymous oval-shapped tubes. UNfiltered in the varieties I saw (Nat Sherman and Philip...

Before she was With Child, totally. She smoked rollups and Turkish Ovals as an occasional indulgence, and every so often something in briar got her interest. Now she'll just sit nearby to bask in the sidestream... though again, just blends she likes.

Here's my favorite self-pipe-portait, at an artist's residence in Vermont... And here's me keeping it slightly classier, in my part-time job. So if I ever say I've married a Radio City Rockette, I'm not lying, but it's not the way you assume. (Made the Society page of the New York Times...

Graham Chapman, I believe.

It must be a Peterson, because it's noted "thinking man" Bertrand Russell. This picture of the young Master Russell surely proves that a pipe will make a man of you: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Russell_as_a_boy.jpg

Celebrating Pi Day is irrational. 8) (Great soundtrack to that film, Clint Mansell from PWEI, England's Finest. Ah, the good old days, when Drum & Bass briefly flirted with the mainstream. Not the halftime dubstep noise these young whippersnappers nowadays have...)

"Mr. Goddell, how do you feel about James Harrison leaving the Steelers?" "Fine. I'm sorry, what was the question? I hear that name and I automatically think fine."

Hmmm... Connecticut is an open carry state. "Sir, you can't smoke in here." "Oh, don't worry--it's a gun." "Ah. My mistake." (Exit, stage left.) "...Sucker!"

Some nicely aged McC Navy Cavendish (thanks, Kyle!) in a Lobnik nosewarmer horn. Enjoying the thaw.

Absinthe and whiskey are not as horrible together as you might think--the great Sazerac cocktail is mostly rye, flavored with just a little bitters, absinthe, and sugar syrup. http://cocktails.about.com/od/s/r/szrc_cktl.htm But if I have real quality absinthe, I'm going to take it with a...

This! I still love a strike anywhere, but the definition of "anywhere" has been greatly reduced. Proper strike-anywheres would work on anything dry and not too smooth. My favorite stiking media were newish jeans and the classic heel-of-the-shoe. A student of mine once reported success striking...

I've always been curious about degradation of Lucite stems... When Vulcanite goes south, you know it by looks/smell/taste. Did a little sleuthing and learned there is a shocking amount of research on, yep, the degradation of Lucite (PMMA). Makes sense, especially since tons of safety...

Yes! BC is one of those blends that many reviewers report being difficult to light/keep lit. When I finally packed it right, those troubles dissolved, and I found the first tobacco I truly loved.

With great power comes great responsibility, gentlemen. Besides, giving Kyle an avatar of a lady pig might... ...sow dissent. 8)