Browsing all posts from January, 2009.
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Ever since I was young, I’ve always enjoyed television shows and movies that revolved around magic and wizardry. I can remember seeing a movie called “Legend” when I was young. This movie starred Tom Cruise and focused on him fighting a demon to save the word from darkness. Since then I’ve always been drawn to [...]
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Brand: Bass Pale Ale Brewery Location: England Price Per Case: $33.00 Alcohol By Volume: 5.00% Style: English Pale Ale Serving Type: 12oz. Bottle Availability: Year-round Company Website: Bass Ale Story: When I first started drinking for the purpose of enjoying beer, I used to walk up and down the import isle at my local beer [...]
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
A few years ago I was heavily into Battlefield 1942, a first person shooter for the PC. As I played more and became much more competitive, I joined the High Plains Strike Force gaming clan. The clan had a forum for everyone to make use of. In the general section I came across a link [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
A couple of years ago I decided that I wanted to go back to school and get some sort of degree. After some serious consideration, I started taking night classes to get a degree in Architectural Drafting and Design. Four days per week I arrived for class at 5:00 PM and made my way home [...]
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Back in July I was fortunate enough to go a large cigar convention for retail tobacconists, the IPCPR. All of the Stogie Review Staff flew out to Las Vegas to cover the event as members of the Press. With few cigar bloggers at the event, we were in a very good position to be one [...]
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
photo credit: abooth202 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 [...]
Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Published By: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers Publish Date: 1994 ISBN: 0-440-21907-8 Length: 180 Pages A few weeks ago I was bored out of my mind. I wasn’t up to watching television and had all of my necessary work completed for Stogie Review. As I annoyed my [...]
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Brewery Name: Great Lakes Brewing Company Brand: Burning River Pale Ale Brewery Location: Cleveland, OH Alcohol By Volume: 6% Style: American Pale Ale (APA) Serving Type: 12oz. Bottle Availability: Year-round Company Website: Great Lakes Brewing Co. I’d like to thank Walt for all the hard work he puts in over at StogieReview.com and also for [...]
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Have you ever tried to pick up a new hobby only to be intimidated by it? Chances are very good that you have experienced this before, just like I have. When I first got into cigars, I found it very difficult to jump right in. I found that there was a tremendous number of things [...]
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Every year just before Christmas, my wife and I put together a list of gift ideas for each other. Every year she goes out and tries as best as she can to stick to my list while I generally ignore hers. I like the idea keeping away from the list because it makes Christmas more [...]
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
When Stogie Review was setup, everything was taken care of by my good friend Jerry. He handled the wordpress installation, revamping the theme, and setting up all the necessary plugins to make the site operate as we planned. At that point in time, when I looked at the coding of the site it was like [...]
Monday, January 5th, 2009
A few years ago, when I was very big into photography, I had a group of familiar places that I used to go to when I got bored, or didn’t want to go more than a few minutes from home, to take pictures. The place I went most often was the Daniel Boone Homestead in [...]
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
A few days ago I fired off an email to a friend of mine that does alot of traveling for his job. I told him that when he is back in town that we should get together for a cigar at our local shop. Once he was back home and settled in once again, we [...]
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
As of late I have been toying with the idea buying myself a present with some leftover holiday money. It was a tossup between a new Pistol or a Digital SLR to replace my 35mm Film SLR. It was a tough decision to make because I am sure both would be a lot of fun [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Brand: Victory Storm King Brewery Location: Downingtown, PA Price Per Case: $34.99 Alcohol By Volume: 9.1% Type: Stout Availability: Seasonal – Fall / Winter Company Website: Victory Brewing Co. Story: As usual on a Friday, I headed out of work early and made my way to my local cigar shop. As I neared the store, [...]