Sometimes I think pipe smokers before the 1970s were less stressed about pipe smoking than us pipe smokers of today. (And, I’ll readily admit that that time frame is arbitrary, based on nothing more than I started smoking a pipe in 1972.) Why? When sitting back and recalling conversations with older pipe smokers, they all had maybe 3 or 4 …
Enough! Stop making changes for change or PC sake! I’ve had it! I am tired of the comic book and movie companies who currently own the “rights” to old and well known movie characters arbitrarily making changes that are unnecessary, unwanted and ridiculous. Marvel recently announced that its next Thor movie would feature a female Thor. Why? Because in this …
A few days ago I walked into one of my favorite cigar shops that had very recently moved into a new location. While I usually go there to sit and enjoy a good cigar in their lounge, this time I was specifically looking to see what tinned pipe tobacco they had available. I wasn’t surprised by the variety of …
I write this with knowledge beforehand that I may hereby insult or ridicule some new “friends” I recently made. Therefore I plead for forgiveness of those kind souls who obviously have a firmer grasp on what is truly important in life than I. It is not my intent to remain firmly on the wrong side of the tracks and ignorant …
How About Those Washington Savages? Or, is it the Washington Politicians? Maybe it’s the Washington… Like a small grassy island sitting in the Louisiana marsh is eventually eroded away by the tidal currents, the name “Washington Redskins” will inevitably succumb to the tide of political correctness – I mean public opinion and pressure and government meddling – …
The Misadventures of P.T. and Bob Crawfishin’ Fever (or, “Bob, it’s not fish bait… it’s food!”) Boiling pot, gas burner, corn, potatoes, carrots, onions, hot dogs, secret ingredients from down at the corner store… the only thing missing is about 50 pounds of fat, juicy crawfish. Come March, there’s just about nothing I rather pig out on then some hot, …
The Misadventures of P.T. and Bob Uncle Alvin and the Fishing Rodeo (reprinted from 1996) “C’mon, Bob. Shake out of it. Those last few fishing trips were just plain bad. You’re not bad luck and you’re really not a bad fisherman – sometimes we all have those streaks where you couldn’t catch fish in a net.” Of course, I didn’t …
Finding Fish Isn’t Always Easy But the right Captain and the right bait will put fish in the boat by Joe Gibson (This article is from Louisiana Outdoors Magazine, August 2004 edition) It wasn’t what I would call a “perfect” day for chasing speckled trout, but sometimes you have to fish when you have the chance. At 5:30 a.m. it …
It has been almost a week since the President gave his pre-game pep talk about creating jobs and stimulating the economy and the silence from the media on some aspects of his proposal is deafening. According to reports I read about the contents of the speech from the major media, President Obama included an interesting proposal for a tax cut. …
These are my rules and you can’t have them. I developed them during my years as a U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist/photojournalist and as a magazine editor. Never Lie to the media. If they are halfway competent or three-quarters lucky, they will catch you at it. If you don’t know the answer to a question then the correct answer …
