New Pipe
Recently I purchased a new pipe. This is a “premium” pipe from a respected pipe maker.


This is a $75 pipe. Now, the problem is … it’s kinda tough to pack tobacco and light afire a $75 pipe. I’ve not actually smoked this yet. I have not decided what sort of tobacco I want to introduce to this work of fucking art.
Gin or Booze of the Week update
I finally made it down to the liquor store to pick up a couple more bottles of gin.

I’ve killed the last of the New Amsterdam and have started on the Beefeater. Still doing gin & tonics. I can’t yet identify exactly what is different between the New Amsterdam and the Beefeater but it is certainly different. I’m going to try to get to making a martini with the Beefeater before I call it a day. If I succeed I’ll post the results in and update.
Oh, and this obviously starts another round of ‘find the stuff in the background’.
Update: The New Amsterdam is kinda “citrus-y” where the Beefeater leans more towards what I’ve heard people call “pine needle-y”
By The Numbers
That’s the size of Prez Obama’s motorcade as he traveled from the Beijing airport. True, it included official Chinese greeting vehicles, but even with the entire Chinese delegation, 71 vehicles is excessive.
Unless they were needed for Our Prez’ ego….
Consider this your numerically-inclined Open Thread.
New Website Update
The new website is still under construction. It is a little hard to learn a new language and framework at the same time, but it seems to be moving along well.
The hardest part to date was writing the script to convert all my existing Wordpress data into the new website’s database. That works now.
Most of the basic stuff works, but I still need to implement the sidebar stuff and an admin panel for adding posts and whatnot.
I’ll keep y’all informed.
