These days, many people hold personal offense in higher regard than just about any sort of corporate offense.

Corporate personhood offends me.

Yah, "I don't like supporting Rocky Patel, because he didn't act the way I like at a corporate event" and "I'm gonna support Habanos Ltd, because Cuba's such a spiffy place" is like patronizing nazi germany because winston churchill didn't invite you to join his private club.

When have I ever said that I patronize Habanos because Cuba is such a spiffy place? More accurate would be that I patronize Habanos despite it arguably being a fascist shithole.

Either you care about the maker or you don't.

That's bullshit. I don't have to actively like & support the maker to buy their product, I just have to not hate them. And even then, if I really like their cigars, I can make certain concessions. In the case of The Paki, I don't like his cigars, and so far, in my experience, he has been douche'y. So I have no reason to patronize him.

And the thing with Cuba is a faulty analogy anyway, because Habanos SA really runs the Cuban cigar business - much more than Fidel et al.

Breakfast

Yesterday a Plasencia Reserve. It was OK, easy draw, mild taste. I'll smoke the other four eventually but not super feeling it at the moment.

other then that is pretty much just been Partagas Shorts, which are awesome. really the perfect size and strength combination for me, and that whole sugar sunshine thing it does in the last third is hard to beat.

Desert. Siglo III

Great morning smoke with some coffee

EO 601 Reserva Limitada

I just got a bunch of new smokes, now to make the time to smoke one.

Rocky Patel LITE Toro

601, pretty sure it's a Green. one of the best cigars I've tried, in my limited experience.

also had an Oliva Serie O and Partagas Short this weekend.

A San Cristobal de Habana thanks to Naaman.

RP Vintage 2nd, 1990, PC.

tastes like a regular vintage to me. love these cigars!

Nothing, I quit and I am about to go crazy.

Perdomo Patriarch Corona Extra.

It was good. Smoked well and was mild to moderate in strength with a nice spicy flavor. I have these in a maduro as well which I prefer to smoke when at night when it's cooler (first time it's his 80 in a while).

I brought a handful of cigars to the Vineyard, but the weather has not lent itself to smoking them.

Rocky Patel Renaissance - Robusto

La flor Dominicana double ligero

Not smoking anything, but I just tried a Marlboro "Snus" packet that a friend gave me. It is unbelievably disgusting. You ever sample the syrup used to make fountain drinks? It was like that, made from aromatic pipe tobacco. It's one letter off from "anus" for a reason. :barf:

I just had a Jose L. Piedra. Best $2 cigar ever

I just had a Jose L. Piedra. Best $2 cigar ever

Does that actually make them worth smoking? I've been looking for a decently full-bodied, not too spicy and not too pricey go-to cigar.

Does that actually make them worth smoking? I've been looking for a decently full-bodied, not too spicy and not too pricey go-to cigar.

They are pretty good for the money. About $40 a box. They aren't available from us sources though.