This is the personal blog of Walt White. I am a Drafter/Designer living in Berks County, PA. I have a fondness for Cigars, Photography, and Firearms. Take a look around and you may find something interesting regardless of how different your hobbies may be from my own.
For the last several years I have been a tea drinker. My mothers side of the family was big on tea while I was growing up, spending alot of time with that part of the family must have brushed off some of that love for tea on me. Tea was, and still is, my drink [...]
A little more than a year ago I went shooting for the very first time. Growing up I always thought of guns as a means of hunting, being into archery I never had much interest in them. While I’ve never gone hunting, its always something that I have wanted to do. Its been a few [...]
Ever since I received my camera, I have been ready to put it to use. Ever since the battery fiasco was taken care of, I’ve been trying to snap a few pictures every night. Some turn out while others quickly get deleted. Its been loads of fun so far. I’ve been taking photos of cigars [...]
A couple of months back I was able to get my hands on a Nintendo Wii. Like the rest of the world, my Wii came with the Sports Pack. In addition to that, I picked up Madden 2008. I gave Madden a shot and found it a little tough to play, being new to the [...]
This past weekend was a busy one for me. After a hellish day with a low-flow shower head, I decided to jump in the car and go visit my parents. For the fairly short ride down, I lit up a Flor de Oliva Maduro. This is a pretty inexpensive cigar that I have been smoking [...]
Over the weekend I made plans to get a few things done around the house that I’ve been putting off. One of those things was to install a new low-flow shower head to help conserve water. The night before, I headed out to my local Walmart to pick one up. The following morning I got [...]
photo credit: AleBonvini Over the course of a normal week, I spent a fair amount of time reading a variety of things across the web. Most of these things are cigar related while others just caught my eye while browsing through my feed reader. I would like to get into the habit of posting a [...]
As you probably know by now, I have a new Nikon D40 and have been waiting for warmer weather in order to get out and snap some photos. Not wanting to venture out in the frigid temperatures, I’ve been snapping photos here and there inside my house (which has been nothing spectacular). While getting ready [...]
A little more than a year ago Jerry, from the Stogie Review, and mentioned to me that he was using this service called Twitter to keep up with friends and co-workers. He explained it in such a way that I viewed it as a sort of large chat room from my old AOL days. I [...]
As I made my way to work on Monday morning, to my surprise there was a light snow falling. This caught me off guard because I didn’t remember the forecast calling for snow until much later in the morning. When I am expecting snow, I like to leave a few minutes early so that I [...]
Several years back, after moving from Philadelphia to Berks County, I used to get a phone call about once a week from a very close friend. This friend and I grew up together and liked to get caught up on each others lives on a regular basis. During one of our BS sessions, this friend [...]
photo credit: jakemohan When I started this blog, I wasn’t sure just how often I planned on posting. I thought of trying to get myself in the routine of posting three times per week, with the possibility of a link roundup on Sunday. That hasn’t held true for this month, I’ve been going full tilt [...]
On Saturday I posted a poll asking you how many chances you gave a retailer after a bad experience. In the writeup I explained the situation a bit to try and make you aware of the situation without making this post obsolete. It all revolves around a battery for my new Nikon D40. A couple [...]
photo credit: Diacritical Over the course of a normal week, I spent a fair amount of time reading a variety of things across the web. Most of these things are cigar related while others just caught my eye while browsing through my feed reader. I would like to get into the habit of posting a [...]
I recently had an unpleasant experience with a retailer. I purchased a product which cost a few hundred dollars. Upon receiving it, I found the product to be faulty. I immediately sent an email to customer service and asked how to resolve the situation. After several days of waiting for an answer, I called their [...]
