The Pipe

For my lounge time I’ve taken up the pipe to go with my homebrew and liqour. A bit easier on the senses then a cigar. I’m lucky enough to have a quality pipe shop near by that does some nice local tobacco blends. I only have a few pipes but it is a lifestyle in itself.

Death of the White Goddess

The Nonist has a nice post about Meerschaum Pipes, titled The death of the White Goddess

Admittedly pipe smoking has long since passed its peak of popularity. The days of gentlemen sitting in their book-lined studies puffing at a fine pipe whilst sipping at a tumbler of brandy are long gone, thrown out with the servants, the wife-ruling, the mistresses, and the dishwater.

The Chap Revolution

I recently ILL’d a book called “The Chap Manifesto” which is quite humorous. I’ve since found that there is an entire satire magazine based on the concept. They even held a chap olympics. The BBC has some photos as well.

Society is withering, like the fruit on some diseased vine. We have become the playthings of corporations intent on converting our world into a gargantuan shopping precinct. Pleasantness and civility are being discarded as the worthless ephemera of a bygone age - an age when men doffed their hats at the ladies, and small children could be counted upon to mind one's Jack Russell while one took a mild and bitter in the local hostelry.

Join the revolution!