Nov 27
I only rarely smoke from this pipe and never in public. Being large, ostentatious and fragile, I dislike my pipes to upstage me. Plus I’m not even a Sherlock Holmes fan. Like Jesus, he’s a bit of a know-it-all. A friend picked this up for me in Turkey. I had given him money to buy …
Oct 08
Charlie the smoking chimpanzee died of a heart attack on Wednesday and it wasn’t smoking that killed him. The average chimp lives to 40 and Charlie lived to 52. Charlie was one of the first things I posted about on this blog, way back in 2005, and I stand by what I said then: Smoking …
Sep 25
With summer at an end, and inspired by the nude face of Zoetica Ebb during her No Make-Up Week at Biorequiem, I’m showing off my legs. That’s my house robe with shorts by Al Sharif of Syria. The slippers are Prince Alberts, the hat is something Father acquired while in Turkey, the couch is a new La-Z-Boy, …
Sep 22
While buying tobacco the other day, a little pipe caught my eye. I returned to buy it and then, holding it in my hand, decided not to. What looked like silver was actually just some cheap metal and the wood was of low quality. It had a nice shape and it was an okay sort …
Oct 16
pic nicked from here Every fall I have the same experience and make the same vow: I’m not going into a bar again. Not until the weather improves. Not unless I’m getting paid. It’s more work than fun. When the weather is nice and the patios are open, I can enjoy the places. I can …
Aug 23
HOME ARTS MAGAZINE AD 1930s on Flickr – Photo Sharing!. “The Social is a cigarette. Rupture, in its fluidity, is fire. Platforms, the crystallized possibility of ignition, are lighters. Dogma is a dead lighter. Praxis is a butane refill. “Only the struggle is real.” –Alfredo Bonanno Via
Jul 05
I just like this picture found here. It’s surprsingly hard to find a pink pipe, even on these internets.
Apr 05
Toronto’s Transit Commission plans to ban smoking within ten meters of bus stops. I was not even aware that the TTC owned the side-walks, air and private property around these stops. They certainly do nothing to maintain their property. Furthermore, I’ve never seen any TTC security patrolling the side-walks. Ever. In my whole life. Not …
Feb 22
Last Friday was International Pipe Smoking Day. I missed it. Well, I smoked my pipe and bitched about tobacco bans but I do that every day. So, without knowing it, I participated. Good for me. The purpose of IPSD is to celebrate the fraternity of pipe smokers across borders. You may not know it but …
Dec 18
Smoking is the single greatest thing you can do with your time. It’s a fine and admirable hobby. It relaxes the heart, aligns the primordial juices and tunes the mind so that your thoughts may play a happy song. Sadly, in the winter, it may not feel so. Our infinitely humane government has decided to …
