Bits and Pieces

Our humidor was restocked today, given as how we received our monthly resupply shipment... or somewhat more frequent, depending on circumstance and the availability of one-time-good-deals and the like... from cigar.com.  This time we went for what is our cigar of choice more often than not, the Acid Deep Dish.  We've put up pictures of this beauty in the past, and this one will do for today's purpose:

We're drinkin' Fransziskaner this afternoon, not that that matters. And we're not smokin' a Deep Dish, either.  Nope.  One of the many things I like about cigar.com is they'll throw in a freebie or two when you buy your stogies by the box.  This time my cigar-bud Tim Blythe threw in a three-pack sampler consisting of an Acid Kuba Kuba and a couple o' Acid 3 Opulences, one each of the robusto and toro sizes.  We lit off the toro for today's Happy Hour and were MOST pleased.  I can't find a review of this cigar anywhere on the innertubes, so we'll go with some marketing fluff from cigar.com:

Opulence 3 sports a jet-black, oily maduro wrapper from San Andres, Mexico that provides a rich and creamy character with a pronounced sweet nuance noticeable in the finish. This wrapper is perfectly balanced with a hearty blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos grown in Esteli, where some of the strongest Nicaraguan tobacco is grown. These tobaccos were harvested in three separate crop years including 2005, 2006, and 2007, making Opulence a rare, incredibly limited treat.

Well, yeah, what they said.  The cigar is impeccably constructed as well, with a light easy draw that produces hearty volumes of sweet-tasting smoke.  This stick arrived in excellent shape... well humidified, soft and pliable, and above all: tasty.  We may have to buy a box of these the next time we go to the well.  It's that good!

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I was talkin' to SN1 the other night and casually inquired as to whether he would be in uniform for SN2's change of command.  He replied in the affirmative and laughingly mentioned that SN2 would prolly get a case of the vapors, seeing as how Buck is up to 22 medals and ribbons now.  "Some of which I actually earned," he added, knowing full well that medal creep is one of my hot buttons.  To be completely fair, that's one of SN1's hot buttons too.  We have a tendency to go on about that whenever the subject comes up in conversation over a beer or three.  Which I'm sure it will next month.  It's hard to tell from this photo... which cannot be embiggened... but it looks like SN2 is sporting about a dozen awards and decs, at the most.  Still and even, both of my offspring have me beat seeing as how I only wear nine ribbons on my Class A uniform (see the sidebar).

Which brings up another subject.  We're letting a cat out o' the bag here but I've been entertaining the ideer of buying a new Class A uniform for the change of command, as opposed to wearing a simple bid'niz suit.  It would only be right to wear the uniform in honor of the commander as he assumes command... and it would also be a great thing just for the grins and giggles it would provoke.  We would take pictures of course, there being a demonstrated need to update this ol' chestnut:

That pic is OLD, Gentle Reader.  The NROTC cadet is now a commander, the senior airman is now a major, but I remain a retread master sergeant.  Some things change... and for the better... others don't.