Just too much stuff. It gets in the way.
I can understand the complaint, and really do want to cater to the tobacco heads. Who have no interest in anything else.
So I have created a new clickable link on the side-bar ('TOBACCO LIST'), which will always take you directly to this very post.
Which is where you will find links to all tobacco related posts, sporadically updated.
If you came here for news of the cigar-smokers who congregate at a certain spot in downtown San Francisco most weekday afternoons, please follow this link: THE WALL.
They can also be found here: CIGARS. There is a categorical overlap.
They live in their own world, though sometimes it touches ours.
Sort of a Venn-diagram of madness.
Very strange.
The articles listed here relate largely to pipes and pipe smoking.
[Most recent update: Monday, October 11, 2021 . Everything till March 10, 2018]
TOBACCO POSTS
1.
NEW BOOK
Friday, March 10, 2006
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2006/03/new-book.html
March 10, 2006. First tobacco post. I prove myself neurotic.
2.
PIPE TOBACCO: SOME G. L. PEASE BLENDS REVIEWED
Friday, March 24, 2006
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2006/03/pipe-tobacco-some-g-l-pease-blends.html
March 24, 2006. Reviewing G.L. Pease tobaccos. Some background information on blending tobaccos. The beginning of my hoarding.
3.
PIPE TOBACCO: SOME DUNHILL MIXTURES REVIEWED
Friday, April 14, 2006
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2006/04/pipe-tobacco-some-dunhill-mixtures.html
APRIL 14, 2006. Rather verbose. Some Dunhill blends reviewed.
4.
STANDARD ENGLISH & BALKAN BLENDS
Monday, October 09, 2006
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2006/10/standard-english-balkan-blends.html
October 9, 2006. Quite readable, actually. Mention is made of Dunhill, Balkan Sobranie, Rattrays, and stuff like that.
5.
DRUCQUER & SONS LTD - PIPE TOBACCO BLENDS REMEMBERED, AND A DISCUSSION OF TOBACCOS AND TIPS
Thursday, October 19, 2006
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2006/10/drucquer-sons-ltd-pipe-tobacco-blends.html
Drucquer & Sons, Ltd. A well-known tobacco company that no longer exists, and their blends.
Royal Ransom, Levant, Mixture 805, Trafalgar, Red Lion, Arcadia Mixture, Temple Bar, Inns of Court, Prince's Blend, The Devil's Own, Ye Olde London Baccy, Blairgowrie, St. James.
6.
THEY ARE BEASTS
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2006/10/they-are-beasts.html
A selection of thoroughly spiteful remarks.
7.
NOT ENOUGH SLEEP AND A MOUTH THAT FEELS LIKE ONE OF MY MISTRESSES CRAWLED INSIDE AND DIED THERE - BUT IT WAS SO GOOOOOD! MCCLELLAND'S NO. 25 VIRGINIA
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2006/10/not-enough-sleep-and-mouth-that-feels.html
Review of McClelland's No. 25 Virginia.
8.
A SURFEIT OF PIPE TOBACCO
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/01/surfeit-of-pipe-tobacco.html
Gloating about my growing stockpile, and an outdated inventory list.
9.
LONGEVITY AND BLACK KNIGHT
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/02/longevity-and-black-knight.html
Two Cornell & Diehl pipe tobaccos which are no longer available; sometimes the good die young.
10.
TOBACCO HAMSTERS AND TOADS
Thursday, March 22, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/03/tobacco-hamsters-and-toads.html
Furry creatures and sweet cheeses in your crotch.
11.
ONCE MORE, WITH FRAGRANCE
Monday, July 02, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/07/once-more-ancient-fragrance.html
SG 1792 Flake, Erinmore, Troost, Sail, Amphora, Theodorus Niemeyer, and fond memories of vomit. Followed by a favourable review of Cornell & Diehl's Opening Night.
12.
THE SMELL OF JOCK
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/07/smell-of-jock.html
Rattray' Jocks Mixture.
13.
FRIGHTENINGLY INTELLIGENT FUTURE PIPE-SMOKER
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/07/frighteningly-intelligent-future-pipe.html
Corrupting the young.
14.
FOUR BY DAN
Thursday, July 19, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/07/four-by-dan.html
Dan Pipe Tobacco: Limerick Virginia Flake, Shannon Sweet & Mellow, Hamborger Veermaster, and Tordenskjold Old Virginia Slices.
15.
DUNHILL IS NOT DUNHILL
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/07/dunhill-is-not-dunhill.html
Everything I want you to know about Dunhill. You want to know it too.
16.
LET US FUME
Thursday, August 02, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/08/let-us-fume.html
GLP's Westminster, Cornell & Diehl's Opening Night and Manhattan Afternoon.
Not quite the coming of the Messiah, but darn close.
17.
PIPE-SMOKING ADVICE
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/08/pipe-smoking-advice.html
Pipesmoking pointers. Especially useful for teenage Cantonese-American females that wish to take up the noble habit (that precisely being a fond fantasy of mine).
Hello young lady, can I offer you some baccy?
18.
RED RAPPAREE & SAMARRA
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/08/red-rapparee-samarra.html
Red Rapparee and Samarra
19.
CURRENT LEAVES
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/08/current-leaves.html
Yenidje Highlander, by McClelland. Manhattan Afternoon, by Cornell & Diehl. Durbar Mixture, by Dunhill. Dunhill Light Flake. Frog Morton's Across the Pond. Kensington, by G. L. Pease. Bla bla bla.
20.
THREE LATAKIA: MACBAREN'S HH VINTAGE SYRIAN, G.L.PEASE'S KENSINGTON, PETERSON’S OLD DUBLIN
Friday, August 31, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/08/three-latakia-macbaren-hh-vintage.html
MacBaren's HH Vintage Syrian, G. L. Pease's Kensington, Peterson's Old Dublin. Descriptions and reviews.
21.
FERMENTED SKUNK PARTS
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/09/fermented-skunk-parts.html
Clan Pipe Tobacco. Some men are whores.
22.
SMELL THAT, SON? IT'S THE SMELL OF FREEDOM!
Friday, October 12, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/10/smell-that-son-its-smell-of-freedom.html
Gibbering, followed by a review of INDEPENDENCE, by DAN Tobacco. Degeneracy, depravity, and perversions - all of which have their place in the well-ordered life.
23.
BALKAN SOBRANIE ORIGINAL MIXTURE
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/10/balkan-sobranie-original-mixture.html
A memory trip, followed by suggestions for other memories: Germains, Dunhill, Greg Pease, and Cornell & Diehl.
24.
RED ODESSA: CORNELL & DIEHL'S OLDEST BLEND
Wednesday, November 7, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/11/red-odessa-cornell-diehls-oldest-blend.html
Probably the best thing to come out of the Carolinas.
25.
IT SMELLS LIKE VICTORY
Monday, November 12, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/11/it-smells-like-victory.html
Nasty Dutchmen, unwashed sweaters, and Balkan Sobranie Mixture.
26.
YOUTHFUL FRAGRANCE
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/12/youthful-fragrance.html
Boasting about coming darn close to duplicating Balkan Sobranie plus teenage girls.
27.
MALTESE FALCON BY G.L.PEASE
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/02/maltese-falcon-by-glpease.html
Review of G. L. Pease's Maltese Falcon.
28.
CHARING CROSS MIXTURE BY G. L. PEASE
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/03/charing-cross-mixture-by-g-l-pease.html
Review of G. L. Pease's Charing Cross Mixture.
29.
PEGASUS BY BOB RUNOWSKI
Thursday, May 15, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/05/pegasus-by-bob-runowski.html
One of the master's Burley concoctions, favourably reviewed.
We like Bob.
30.
SMELLING LIKE A PERVERT
Friday, May 16, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/05/smelling-like-pervert.html
Evocative of prostitution and disease.
31.
NARD VE KARKOM, KANEH VE KINAMON
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/05/nard-ve-karkom-kaneh-ve-kinamon.html
A library of personal smells, and mention of Sam Gawith, Peterson, Ashton, MacBaren's, and last but not least Craig Tarler's company, Cornell & Diehl.
32.
THREE TOBACCOS AND SOMETHING ABOUT BEING CHEAP
Thursday, June 05, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/06/three-tobaccos-and-something-about.html
Cheap Dutchmen and three tobaccos: Peterson's Sherlock Holmes Mixture, Roanoke by Grant's in SF, The Balkan Sasieni Smoking Mixture.
33.
AMERICANA BY CORNELL & DIEHL
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/07/americana-by-cornell-diehl.html
What all teenage boys in North Brabant should have smoked, instead of what they did. Life would have been better. Americana is destined to be a classic.
34.
SMELLS LIKE OLD LADY!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/07/smells-like-old-lady.html
1792 FLAKE by Samuel Gawith & Co. Ltd.
35.
SMELLS LIKE SCHOOL GIRL, SMELLS LIKE PENGUIN
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/07/smells-like-school-girl-smells-like.html
Penguins, wombats, parsees and rabbis ..... plus Sail Natural: Smooth Dutch Cavendish made by Theodorus Niemeyer.
36.
TRANSVESTITE NIGHTMARE
Thursday, July 17, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/07/transvestite-nightmare.html
A German-Irish degenerate: foul sex-funk among the tobaccos. Shannon.
Forty comments.
37.
KEY LARGO BY G. L. PEASE - A GOOD PIPE BLEND THAT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/07/key-largo-by-g-l-pease-good-pipe-blend.html
Key Largo reviewed.
38.
FURTHER NOTES REGARDING THE KEY LARGO SMOKING MIXTURE BY G. L. PEASE: CONSTITUENT TOBACCOS AND CONTEXT
Thursday, July 24, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/07/further-notes-regarding-key-largo.html
Key Largo, segue into Balkan Sobranie No. 10.
39.
MY DALLIANCE WITH A TROLLOP
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-dalliance-with-trollop.html
Erinmore Flake - with a slight Rabbinic touch.
40.
MCCLELLAND BLACKWOODS FLAKE
Monday, August 04, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/mcclelland-blackwoods-flake.html
If you liked aged pressed Virginias like Rattray's Old Gowrie or Marlin Flake, you may also like McClelland's Blackwoods Flake.
41.
SOME SAY IT SMELLS LIKE UNDERWEAR
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-say-it-smells-like-underwear.html
Balkan Sobranie discussed, then other Balkans, as well as blending and stoving.
42.
BALKAN SOBRANIE - POSTSCRIPT
Thursday, August 07, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/balkan-sobranie-postscript.html
I just won't shut up about the subject of Balkan Sobranie, good lord I'm a bore. This is a very long post packed with information.
43.
CHANGE OF PACE - ONE SLUTTY LITTLE VIRGINIA
Monday, August 11, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/change-of-pace-one-slutty-little.html
FOUNDERS RESERVE - THE MALTHOUSE Tobacco Manufactory by Dan Tobacco. Perfect for socializing with lesbians.
44.
BORING TOBACCO POST
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/boring-tobacco-post.html
Maryland ribbons: Troost Baai by Van Rossem, Vier Heeren Baai by Theodorus Niemeyer, Voortrekker by Theodorus Niemeyer, Echte Baai Tabak by Erven De Weduwe Van Nelle, and Echte Friesche Heeren Baai by Douwe Egberts.
45.
A TAWDRY OLD TART
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/tawdry-old-tart.html
Erinmore Mixture. Ick, poo.
46.
GOOD LATAKIA DUMP
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/good-latakia-dump.html
Samuel Gawith's Commonwealth - Full Strength Mixture.
47.
DEGENERATE MAN OF GOD
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/degenerate-man-of-god.html
Public School perversions and whipping naughty girls. Presbyterian Mixture.
48.
JOHN COTTON: FINE OLD REEK
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-cotton-fine-old-reek.html
John Cotton. And comparisons.
49.
OLD COLLEGE, AN AMERICAN STYLE ENGLISH TOBACCO
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/09/old-college-american-style-english.html
Something I'm fond of, but do not smoke very often. It requires the right mood, and a college campus full of randy students cutting class to avoid my lectures.
50.
SOMETHING SMELLY THIS WAY COMES
Monday, October 20, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/10/something-smelly-this-way-comes.html
Smoking Balkans, blending your own, and top-notch Lebanese hasheesh.
51.
BLOWING SMOKE: DUNHILL DURBAR MIXTURE
Monday, October 27, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/10/blowing-smoke-dunhill-durbar-mixture.html
Dunhill's Durbar Mixture. And a sweet young thing.
52.
REAL CHOICES IN THIS ELECTION
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/11/real-choices-in-this-election.html
Samuel Gawith's interpretation of the term Balkan. Hmmph!
53.
ASTLEYS NO. 99 - FULL LATAKIA MIXTURE
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2008/11/astleys-no-99-full-latakia-mixture.html
Ashley's No. 99 Royal Tudor. Reviewed and in context.
54.
SOMETHING HE SAID .....
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/02/something-he-said.html
"...when the conditions are right - dry Latakia tobacco, humidity in the air, and a certain light - I can still hear the clack of chess pieces, hear the flick of one page, as he reviews the games of the masters."
55.
GOOD BROWN FLAKE
Thursday, March 05, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/03/good-brown-flake.html
Full British flakes, and McClelland's Navy Cavendish reviewed.
56.
DRUNKEN EXCESS IN KENDAL
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/03/drunken-excess-in-kendal.html
Latakia and teenage boys. Gawith Hoggarth Balkan Mixture.
57.
CHRISTIAN ANTI-SMOKER?
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/04/christian-anti-smoker.html
In which this blogger shows his tolerance.
58.
STINKY WHORE
Friday, May 01, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/05/stinky-whore.html
The nastiest pipe tobacco ever. I bought a tin.
59.
FOUR TOBACCOS
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/05/four-tobaccos.html
Odyssey and Samarra by G. L. Pease, something from the local tobacconist, and one of my own.
60.
AFRIKANER SMOKE CLOUDS
Thursday, July 02, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/07/afrikaner-smoke-clouds.html
South African pipe tobaccos: Piet Retief, Best Blend, and Mild Gold.
Black & White, Giraffe, and Nineteen O'Four.
Assegai, Fox, Horseshoe, and Jock.
61.
FRAGRANT CONCUBINE
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/07/fragrant-concubine.html
About sex and nuzzling.
62.
EPIPHANY; A PECULIARITY
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/08/epiphany-peculiarity.html
Another Burley blend by Bob Runowski, who is a priceless resource in the world of pipe tobacco, albeit not as well appreciated as he should be.
63.
PONCY PLEASURE
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/08/poncy-pleasure.html
Bengal Slices, Balkan Sobranie, and Samuel Gawith's Balkan Flake.
64.
UNWASHED FLATULENT PEASANT, WITH A HINT OF CITRUS
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/09/unwashed-flatulent-peasant-with-hint-of.html
It stinks. Not bad.
65.
INTERNATIONAL TOBACCONIST CONSPIRACY
Friday, September 25, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/09/international-tobacconist-conspiracy.html
Mail order, Dunhill, Arcadia, and gloating.
66.
NASTY, HOT, TWIGGY, BIZARRE, NAUSEATING
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/09/nasty-hot-twiggy-bizarre-nauseating.html
The mystery-meat of tobaccos.
67.
HOBBIT SMOKE - VIRGINIA WOODS
Friday, October 02, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/10/hobbit-smoke-virginia-woods.html
Virginia Woods by McClelland.
68.
WHATEVER WILL BE
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/10/whatever-will-be.html
Thirty five years ago, trip to Middelburg by train.
69.
NASTY SMELLY SCOTS
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/11/nasty-smelly-scots.html
Ugly people in kilts.
70.
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Friday, November 06, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/11/musical-interlude.html
Opera.
71.
NO PANTIES LEFT BEHIND
Friday, December 04, 2009
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2009/12/no-panties-left-behind.html
Balkan Sobranie, mushrooms, and no sex at all. Just move along now, nothing to see here.
72.
PIPE SMOKING FOR YOUNG LADIES
Thursday, January 07, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/01/pipe-smoking-for-young-ladies.html
Nice Cantonese-American girls and a review of Samuel Gawith's St. James Flake. Which is a very good choice, if you are a nice Cantonese-American girl who is thinking of taking up smoking.
73.
ENNERDALE FLAKE
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/01/ennerdale-flake.html
In which the word 'dubious' never once appears.
74.
OPEN MOUTHED PLEASURES
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/01/open-mouthed-pleasures.html
The misspent youth revisited.
75.
TOBACCO COMPANIES, TOBACCO BLENDS
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/02/tobacco-companies-tobacco-blends.html
Dunhill, Rattrays, Samuel Gawith, Gawith Hogarth, Murrays, Germain, Balkan Sobranie. Plus GLPease, Cornell & Diehl, McClelland.
The Balkan Sobranie Mixture is described in brief, suggestions for blending a Balkan mixture are given.
76.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-do-you-feel.html
Drinking with a rabbi and a cossack slut.
77.
THREE OAKS
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/04/three-oaks.html
Three Oaks - McClelland and Ted Gage. A truly excellent blend. My significant other might disagree. I am still smoking in the kitchen.
78.
SMELL MY FINGERS!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/04/smell-my-fingers.html
This is what Jerusalem should smell like.
79.
TEMPTING YOUTH
Thursday, May 06, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/05/tempting-youth.html
Helping a young gentleman buy a pipe.
80.
CLEAN WHOLESOME HABITS ONLY!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/07/clean-wholesome-habits-only.html
What type of pipe tobacco should a Cantonese girl smoke? Well, that depends on what kind of person she is.
81.
LIGHTHEADED AND THINKING OF RODENTS
Friday, July 30, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/07/lightheaded-and-thinking-of-rodents.html
The flavouring added to 1792 Flake - tonquin oil. Which contains Coumarin.
It is not good for you. But it is very good.
82.
REAL LUMBERJACK
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/08/real-lumberjack.html
Introduction to a Lakeland abortion. Actually damned fine stuff.
Though I may be the only person with that opinion.
83.
IF IT SMELLS LIKE UNDERWEAR ...
Monday, August 09, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/08/if-it-smells-like-underwear_09.html
Well, what do odd aromatics smell like to you?
84.
STINKING RICH
Monday, August 16, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/08/stinking-rich.html
Hoarding pipe tobacco.
85.
STICK THIS IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT
Friday, August 20, 2010
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/08/stick-this-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it.html
Deranged tobacconist chases away patrons. And suggestions about where you can better spend your money. Internet vendors!
[My long-time relationship with Savage Kitten changed. We ceased being lovers, but we remained friends and apartment mates. Once you've known someone so long (over two decades), you do not want them out of your life. And we trust each other. It took months to start recovering, hence the gap between the previous post and the next.]
86.
PIPE SMOKING LADIES
Sunday, February 13, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/02/pipe-smoking-ladies.html
Some people look for love in all the wrong places. Here, for instance.
87.
DOMINICAN GLORY MADURO - GOOD FOR THE MIDDLE OF WINTER
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/02/dominican-glory-maduro-good-for-middle.html
A flake with cigar leaf by McClelland.
88.
A BIT ABOUT PIPE REPAIR
Sunday, March 12, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/03/bit-about-pipe-repair.html
Shan't mention the name of this lousy craftsman, but you've probably all seen the damage he does. Unfortunately, there aren't many alternatives.
89.
BLAKENEY'S BEST
Sunday, March 27, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/03/blakeneys-best.html
Four McClelland tobaccos reviewed.
90.
TEENAGE PIPE SMOKERS
Thursday, March 31, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/03/teenage-pipe-smokers.html
An internet fetish fêted.
91.
OVERWHELMINGLY PUTRID
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/05/overwhelmingly-putrid.html
Clan Pipe Tobacco by Theodorus Niemeyer, reviewed as favourably as possible.
92.
ALWAYS SMELLS LIKE PIPE
Saturday, May 28, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/05/always-smells-like-pipe.html
Personal perfumes, separately remembered. Yours too.
93.
DRUCQUER & SONS LTD - A BERKELEY INSTITUTION
Sunday, June 19, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/06/drucquer-sons-ltd-berkeley-institution.html
Drucquer & Sons in Berkeley, Blend 805, Greg Pease, Robert Rex.
94.
GRACEFULLY FUMING
Monday, June 27, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/06/gracefully-fuming.html
Young ladies and the charming smells of pipe tobacco. Soggy cardboard?
95.
TOTORO DREAMING
Thursday, June 30, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/06/totoro-dreaming.html.
Sharing a desk with a troll.
96.
HELLO KITTY SMOKING TOBACCO
Thursday, July 07, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/07/hello-kitty-smoking-tobacco.html
What would Hello Kitty Pipe Tobacco smell like?
Probably shredded non-smoker, with a top-dressing of fruit.
97.
BALKAN SOBRANIE
Friday, July 01, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/07/balkan-sobranie.html
A quick descriptive guide to the main Balkan Sobranie White Mixture posts, with a note on blending.
98.
THE FRIENDLY COMPANY OF FELLOW SMOKERS
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/07/friendly-company-of-fellow-smokers.html
Good sound advice for someone intending to get married. And why your life will go from bad to worse.
99.
THE PIPESMOKING POET: WILLEM GODSCHALK VAN FOCQUENBROCH
Sunday, July 10, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/07/pipesmoking-poet-willem-godschalk-van.html
Holland's famous poet pipesmoker: Godschalk van Focquenbroch.
100.
WILDERNESS: A BLEND FOR FOREST CREATURES
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/07/wilderness-blend-for-forest-creatures.html
Fred Hanna's fine mixture of Latakia, Turkish, and Virginia. Full and creamy.
Very well balanced, a harmonious blend.
101.
TRIPLE PLAY, BY G. L. PEASE - PLUG FROM THE NEW WORLD SERIES
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/08/triple-play-by-g-l-pease-plug-from-new.html
One of Greg's plug tobaccos which provides a full-bodied but extremely enjoyable smoke.
Suitable for big butch men, or small fierce wildcats.
Fresh-faced juveniles might want to dabble carefully.
102.
SOLOMON'S PRESBYTERIAN MIXTURE BY PLANTA
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/08/solomons-presbyterian-mixture-by-planta.html
Another review of Presbyterian, three years after my first description of that product. If you smoke this, your wife will hate you.
But you probably won't mind, obviously her tastes are odd.
Turkish (Macedonian), and Latakia, on top of Virginias.
103.
HARMONIOUS DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Friday, August 5, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/08/harmonious-domestic-relations.html
How to deal with allergic people. And a darn good example for teenage girls, which they would do well to heed.
104.
JACKNIFE PLUG, BY G. L. PEASE - ROWBOATS, ROPE, TAR PAPER, AND A GUN
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/08/jacknife-plug-by-g-l-pease-rowboats.html
GLPease's Jacknife Plug. Excellent stuff.
105.
ST. BRUNO FLAKE AND THE IRRITATING EGG
Thursday, August 25, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/08/st-bruno-flake-and-irritating-egg.html
A British classic reviewed. What your favourite uncle probably smelled like, if he didn't smoke Balkan Sobranie.
106.
BLUE MOUNTAIN PIPE TOBACCO
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/08/blue-mountain-pipe-tobacco.html
Review of McClelland's translation of the old Balkan Sobranie Mixture 759 (black label).
107.
FIT PIPE TOBACCO FOR SEXUAL DEVIANTS AND BUNNY RABBIT MURDERERS
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/09/fit-pipe-tobacco-for-sexual-deviants.html
Perfumed perversions: Grousemoor, Sherlock Holmes, DaVinci, and Blue Note. The latter two induce spontaneous abortions in sensitive folks.
Even those who lack a womb.
108.
YENIDJE
Thursday, September 08, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/09/yenidje.html
What is Yenidje? Besides legendary? Balkan Sobranie's most lauded ingredient.
109.
ARCADIA - MCCLELLAND
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/09/arcadia-mcclelland.html
Review of Arcadia by McClelland. Naturally, also mention of Craven A.
And the term 'gavniyok'.
110.
BALKAN SOBRANIE IS BACK
Sunday, October 02, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/balkan-sobranie-is-back.html
The return of a beloved pipe tobacco heralded.
111.
BALKAN SOBRANIE 2011 - ARANGO AND GERMAINS
Sunday, October 09, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/balkan-sobranie-2011-arango-and.html
The new version of Balkan Sobranie favourably reviewed.
112.
NICE GIRLS, NASTY TOBACCO, AND PRAWN CURRY!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/nice-girls-nasty-tobacco-and-prawn.html
Possibly a pipe-smoking pervert in Yorkshire.
113.
GERMAIN'S BROWN FLAKE - A WARM WET SUMMER STATE OF THE MIND
Sunday, October 23, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/germains-brown-flake-warm-wet-summer.html
J. F. Germain and Son: Brown Flake. This is very nice.
114.
RATTRAY'S HAL O' THE WYND
Thursday, October 27, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/rattrays-hal-o-wynd.html
Review of Rattray's Hal O'The Wynd, manufactured in Germany.
With a personal reminiscence.
115.
THIS WAY TO A FAIRLY POINTLESS GLOAT-POEM ABOUT BALKAN SOBRANIE PIPE TOBACCO ORIGINAL MIXTURE - AS MADE BY J. F. GERMAIN FOR ARANGO CIGAR COMPANY
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/11/this-way-to-fairly-pointless-gloat-poem.html
A modest bit of gloating. About Balkan Sobranie by Germains and Arango.
116.
THOUGHTS ON SHARING A BLANKY
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/11/thoughts-on-sharing-blanky.html
Hanging out with people who have an alternative life-style.
Cigar smokers!
117.
THE ABORTED FRUITCAKE
Sunday, December 11, 2011
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/12/aborted-fruitcake.html.
Necessarily unkind words about someone else's lamentable taste.
118.
BALKAN SOBRANIE ARTICLE BY G. L. PEASE
Thursday, January 05, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/01/balkan-sobranie-article-by-g-l-pease.html
Greg Pease wrote an article about Balkan Sobranie. Reflections thereon, as well as a brief excursion into age, Latakia, and presently unavailable blending components.
I recommend that you read Greg's article - a link is provided in the post.
119.
TOBACCO IS BETTER THAN JESUS
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/01/tobacco-is-better-than-jesus.html
Response, more or less, to someone who accused me of leading simple minds and vulnerable people to perdition.
120.
FRISIAN PIPE TOBACCO FOR GENTLEMEN - ECHTE FRIESCHE HEEREN BAAI
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/01/frisian-pipe-tobacco-for-gentlemen.html
Echte Friesche Heerenbaai Tabak, the Dutch tobacco trade, and mention of some companies that no longer exist. Frisian tobacco is healthy, because it is good and pure.
121.
CAN I TEMPT YOU?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/01/can-i-tempt-you.html
I am the tobacco pervert. I wish to seduce you with fine Latakia blends.
If you wanted candy instead, you are the wrong little girl. Go away.
122.
INSTRUCTIONS ON RAISING CHILDREN
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/02/instructions-on-raising-children.html
How to make sure your daughter has a happy well-rounded childhood. With tobacco.
123.
I AM A THERMOMETER
Friday, February 3, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-am-thermometer.html
Wimp blogger belly-aches about Rainaud's syndrome.
124.
A FRAGRANCE IN THE MIND
Saturday, February 04, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/02/fragrance-in-mind.html
Smoking a woodsy Latakia mixture in the vicinity of a very nice young lady, many years ago.
125.
ME SMELL GOOD SOME DAY!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/02/me-smell-good-some-day.html
A review, more or less, of Rattray's Marlin Flake. Plus mention of Sam Gawith's St. James Flake.
Both are excellent tobaccos, and though very similar, they are also extremely different.
126.
RATTRAY'S VIRGINIA TOBACCO: OLD GOWRIE, MARLIN FLAKE, BROWN CLUNEE, HAL O' THE WYND
Monday, February 20, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/02/rattrays-virginia-tobacco-old-gowrie.html
Four stellar Virginias reviewed. Favourably.
127.
OLD GOWRIE: PERFECT PIPE TOBACCO FOR BADGERS
Saturday, February 25, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/02/old-gowrie-perfect-pipe-tobacco-for.html
A wonderful afternoon with good tobacco.
128.
THE MANLY SMELL OF CAT VOMIT
Monday, March 12, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/03/manly-smell-of-cat-vomit.html
My all-time favourite aromatics, highly recommended. Trust me.
129.
A FONDNESS FOR MR. GAWITH
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/03/fondness-for-mr-gawith.html
Several lovely flakes described, as well as random and quite irresponsible speculation about the type of woman who is attracted to a man who smokes these fine tobaccos.
In case you were interested.
130.
SMELLING BAD BUT LOOKING INCREDIBLY PRETTY
Thursday, April 05, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/04/smelling-bad-but-looking-incredibly.html
Anticipating the April meeting of the Golden Gate Pipe Club. And, naturally, gloating. Which I do very well.
131.
INVITATION TO LUNCH
Monday, April 09, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/04/invitation-to-lunch.html.
Nudity and reaming. A word of advice.
132.
VOYAGE OF THE GARBAGE SCOW
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/04/voyage-of-garbage-scow.html
Someone else's favourable review of Dunhill Royal Yacht, and an introduction to the fabulous mind of John Offerdahl.
133.
WESSEX RED VIRGINIA FLAKE
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/04/wessex-red-virginia-flake.html
Description, and a favourable review. It's nice.
134.
OPERATIC DESPAIR
Sunday, April 22, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/04/operatic-despair.html
The desconsolation of forgetting one's tobacco. Darkness, despair, and existential angst. There's a moral here, but I'm damned if I can find it.
135.
FUNKY BRITISH FRUITCAKES
Friday, May 4, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/05/funky-british-fruit-cakes.html
A semi-favourable review of McClelland's Honeydew. Plus nasty comments about Sherlock Holmes and other silly people.
136.
ANIMAL FEEDING
Friday, May 25, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/05/animal-feeding.html
Non-furry pipe-smokers just aren't popular.
137.
MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR TOBACCO
Saturday, July 07, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/07/marketing-strategies-for-tobacco.html.
Speculation about tobacco "spokespersons" and advertising gambits.
138.
BALKAN SOBRANIE MIXTURE AND SAMUEL GAWITH'S 'GOLDEN GLOW' BROKEN VIRGINIA FLAKES
Sunday, July 08, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/07/balkan-sobranie-mixture-and-samuel.html.
Smoking an antique, as well as a delightful blonde.
139.
FRAGRANT NIGHT
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/07/fragrant-night.html.
Fairytale involving a badger and a small woman in San Francisco.
Praedilections, and rice porridge.
140.
GREG PEASE REVIEWED - A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING OF HIS OEUVRE
Sunday, July 15, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/07/greg-pease-reviewed-representative.html.
Descriptions and brief reviews of three dozen tobaccos by Greg Pease.
Exceptional: Abingdon, Bohemian Scandal, Jackknife Plug, Key Largo, Lagonda.
Truly outstanding mixtures: Charing Cross, Kensington, Sextant, Westminster.
Please do feel free to disagree at length in comments under that post.
141.
UNNATURAL CHILD BIRTH
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/07/unnatural-child-birth.html.
Musing on the natural superiority of pipe-smokers, as opposed to those horrible heathens with their cheroots.
142.
SMOKING IS DANGEROUS!
Friday, August 10, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/08/smoking-is-dangerous.html.
The hazard of non-smokers described.
143.
THE TOBACCO THAT HELLO KITTY WOULD SMOKE
Sunday, August 12, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-tobacco-that-hello-kitty-would-smoke.html.
As fulsome a review of fruity tobacco (McClelland's Honeydew) as you are likely to ever find. But this tobacco should be smoked as a decent Virginia mixture, rather than huffed like smokers of aromatics are wont to do.
It's only incidentally degenerate.
144.
DORCHESTER - RATHER LIKE DUNBAR BUT NOT
Saturday, August 18, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/08/dorchester-rather-like-dunbar-but-not.html.
A very charming tobacco product that is highly recommended.
145.
FLUFFY BRITISH FRUITS
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/08/fluffy-british-fruits.html.
Review of Germain's Plum Cake Mixture.
An unusual smoke. But not one I regretted.
146.
PLAYING WITH THE CATS
Friday, August 31, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/08/playing-with-cats.html
From revisiting the break-up with Savage Kitten in 2010 to smoke-stimulated memories of Naarden, Valkenswaard, and Amsterdam. The nineteen sixties and seventies. English flakes, Dobie's Foursquare (Blue), Dutch ribbons.
147.
LEAST FAVOURITE FURRY UNCLE
Sunday, September 2, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/09/least-favourite-furry-uncle.html
Mole, Ratty, and Badger were all pipesmokers. Tofu freaks, earth moms, and wheatgerm snarfing nazis, obviously, aren't.
148.
OF COURSE YOU MAY ASK!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/09/of-course-you-may-ask.html
Answering several questions young men ask regarding the mysteries of smoking a pipe. They tried it, it didn't quite rock their world, what is the secret?
149.
THIS PLACE IS A MESS
Sunday, September 30, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/09/this-place-is-mess.html.
Pointers on good house-keeping. Ladies, you need to read this!
150.
PIPE SMOKING LADIES - FLAKE AND DARK TWIST
Friday, October 19, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/10/pipe-smoking-ladies.html
A reincarnated bureaucrat, released from human drudgery, briefly experiencing freedom and a splendid summer before being reposted as ...... a person who will grow up to be a bureaucrat.
151.
HOSPITABLY WARM AND STINKY
Sunday, October 21, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/10/hospitably-warm-and-stinky.html
Intro to three tobacco posts of particular present interest to Belgians, Germans, and Hollanders. Valkenswaard is not mentioned, but dark-haired girls with sparkling eyes are. You are welcome.
152.
OCTOBER 2012 MEETING OF THE GOLDEN GATE PIPE CLUB
Sunday, October 21, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/10/october-2012-meeting-of-golden-gate.html
Super delicious.
153.
I AM YOUR EVIL RELATIVE
Sunday, November 4, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/11/i-am-your-evil-relative.html
As good an argument as any for introducing little children to the pleasure of pipe-tobacco. Life enriching experience!
154.
INCIDENTALLY BARE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Friday, November 30, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/11/incidentally-bare-in-san-francisco.html
Other people are perverts. Not this blogger.
155.
TASTEFUL MATURITY
Sunday, December 9, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/12/tasteful-maturity.html
A few bowls of the final prototype of Navigator (Greg Pease's new offering), which is part of the Old London Series. Red, oranges, yellows, and a touch of Kentucky.
I really wish I had more. But I will have to be patient.
156.
A REFRESHINGLY STRONG CUP OF TEA
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-refreshingly-strong-cup-of-tea.html
How to hide your secret passion from the other person in the house. Especially when that person has a weak sense of smell.......
157.
EVEN MORE REASONS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH EARTH
Sunday, December 16, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/12/even-more-reasons-to-make-contact-with.html
Neurotic cataloguing of empty tins, evidence of recent smoke.
158.
DARKLY GOLDEN MOMENTS
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/12/darkly-golden-moments.html
When elderly ladies dream of pipe-smokers.
159.
HABITS OF THE SOCIAL ANIMAL
Sunday, December 30, 2012
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/12/habits-of-social-animal.html
Nob Hill in winter, bookstores that no longer exist, and the concept of spending time and tea together. Plus greenie-weenies and earthmother repellent.
160.
NAVIGATOR - SMOKING ON THE EDGE OF CHINATOWN
Sunday, January 6, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/01/navigator-smoking-on-edge-of-chinatown.html
A review of Greg Pease's red Virginia compound. As well as suggestions for advertising posters, and the wonderful effects of nicotine.
161.
GENERAL NOTES ON BLENDING TOBACCOS
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/01/general-notes-on-blending-tobaccos.html
Advisable proportions for commonly available leaves.
Nothing surprising, unless you really want to do the Virginia and Perique blend that qualifies as a WMD.
Be restrained. Often less is more.
162.
MANHATTAN AFTERNOON
Thursday, January 17, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/01/manhattan-afternoon.html
Review of a honey-kissed flake by Cornell & Diehl. It's a fine product, and very enjoyable.
163.
WE LIKE STINKY MAN!
Sunday, January 20, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-like-stinky-man.html
The positive reactions of smaller entities to the profoundly decent fragrance of middle-aged gits who smoke pipes.
164.
MY WIFE DIDN'T GAG!
Monday, January 21, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-wife-didnt-gag.html
That which baffles the average anti-tobacco Californian. Who weeps into his sustainably green and never washed revolutionary scarf over the sheer unfairness of it all.
That's okay, little wheat-germ freak. Some more vegan latte?
165.
CAUTIONARY NOTES
Thursday, January 24, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/01/cautionary-notes.html
Lessons from the clean wholesome life.
166.
AN AFFAIR WITH A FUSILIER
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-affair-with-fusilier.html
Dalliance with a tobacco that does not particularly remind me of Bengal Slices.
167.
MR. BADGER HAS A TANTRUM
Friday, February 8, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/02/mr-badger-has-tantrum.html
Excoriating modern society, and praising the habit of smoking a pipe.
168.
HELLO KITTY IN BONDAGE VILE
Saturday, February 9, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/02/hello-kitty-in-bondage-vile.html
Time well-spent at the monthly meeting of the Golden Gate Pipe Club.
169.
OLD HOLLYWOOD
Monday, February 11, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/02/old-hollywood.html
A review of a tobacco produced by Cornell & Diehl. It is a very nice tobacco. If you are so inclined.
170.
BREAKING IN A NEW PIPE
Saturday, February 16, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/02/breaking-in-new-pipe.html
Pipe smoking is a total chick magnet. This article about conditioning your pipe is for the ladies. Pointers, and a bit about Virginias.
171.
A BLAZE OF SMOKE AND THUNDER
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-blaze-of-smoke-and-thunder.html
Excoriating the BBC for being a bunch of quislings in the face of the anti-smokers.
Quote: "...the BBC, in its wisdom, or in thrall to its own addiction – which is to political correctness – has chosen to play down Wilson’s pipe in its five-hour tribute to be shown on BBC Parliament."
172.
BADGER TIME
Thursday, February 28, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/02/badger-time.html
A little bit about one of my own recent blends, that being a pensive mostly Virginia concoction perfect for short furry gentlemen.
173.
A SUITABLE PIPE TOBACCO FOR A WOMAN
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-suitable-pipe-tobacco-for-woman.html
Excoriating fruity funk tobaccos, recommending fine Virginias and Latakia mixtures, and, generally speaking, gibbering wafflegab. Plus a cup of tea.
174.
LAPSANG SOUCHONG TEA AND OTHER TASTES
Friday, March 08, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/03/lapsang-souchong-tea-and-other-tastes.html
In depth mention of a specific tea, terpeneols (or, why Lapsang Souchong resembles a certain tarry tobacco), other teas, and caffeination.
175.
THE WELL-TEMPERED BADGER
Saturday, March 09, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-well-tempered-badger.html
Moralizing poofle.
176.
CALIFORNIA: VAST HERDS OF THUNDERING DO-GOODERS
Sunday, March 10, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/03/california-vast-herds-of-thundering-do.html
Anger at California Assemblyman Marc Levine and his assault on the rights of people to do as they wish in their homes, as well as ire at all the folks who see it as their crusade to force everyone into sheep-like quiescence. Damn them all, and may their relatives have hives in their presence.
177.
A QUESTION OF TASTE
Thursday, March 14, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-question-of-taste.html
Two unsmoked pipes perfect for a young lady. Random forward-looking thoughts about meeting precisely such a person -- in which 'young lady' stands for a mature adult, please understand, though one who is witty as well as springlike -- and brief mention of Leslie Cheung.
One might suspect that I am a pervert, but that would be wrong.
178.
DELICIOUS IRONY
Thursday, April 04, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/04/delicious-irony.html
Smoking three of my own blends. A medium Latakia mixture, a pleasant Virginia compound, and something profoundly old-school. Memories are associated with certain tobacco smells.
179.
BALLS OF PSYCHEDELIC SKUNK FUR
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/04/balls-of-psychedelic-skunk-fur.html
Two television advertisements for British pipe tobacco, plus random waffling and some choice words about California potsmokers.
180.
GUARANTEED WOMAN REPELLANT
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/04/guaranteed-woman-repellant.html
Description of a fine freak by Cornell & Diehl. Latakia, unflavoured black cavendish, and Perique. In that order. If you're married, your wife (or your husband) will quite likely hate this. If you aren't married, this may deepsix your chances of ever reaching that state. Sam's blend. It is good.
181.
BEWARE HER AGGRESSION AND APPETITE!
Thursday, April 18, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/04/beware-her-aggression-and-appetite.html
Pipe smoking, spiders, and Vladimir Nabokov.
182.
TOBACCO IS BENEFICIAL
Sunday, April 21, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/04/tobacco-is-beneficial.html
Asserting that pot is a noxious weed, and all who partake thereof are irredeemably vile. As well as the considered opinion that California Assemblyman Marc Levine (from San Raphael) is a noodge.
If I had pin-striped boxers, I would wear them.
183.
ON THE VIABILITY OF PIPE TOBACCO ENTERPRISES
Sunday, April 21, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/04/on-viability-of-pipe-tobacco-enterprises.html
The tobacco industry as it relates to pipe smokers, what it once was and thoughts about the future, as well as mention of the last tobacconist in
San Francisco, which is actually elsewhere: Telfords, in Mill valley.
If you live near Van Ness Avenue, take the 70 or 80 to Marin. If you work in the Financial District, the 18 will get you there during evening rush hour.
Get off at Seminary Drive and walk past the fast-food joint and the 7-11.
You can smoke there, and there is every reason that you should.
Mr. Marc Levine (a cretin from San Raphael, currently in the California State assembly by mistake) has probably never set foot in the place.
184.
YOUNG LADIES AND THEIR BIG APPETITES
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013_04_01_archive.html
What all women dream of. Steak, cigars, and fine pipe tobacco. Recommendations for your smoke, including cigars, Greg L. Pease's mixtures, and a suitable venue if you're hiding out from the curious noses that might throw a spanner into your works. Plus salad with blue cheese dressing and a spot of sherry.
185.
MEETING OF MIDDLE-AGED PERSONS INVOLVED IN COMBUSTING VEGETABLE MATTER
Friday, May 3, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/05/meeting-of-middle-aged-persons-involved_3.html
Golden Gate Pipe Club meeting, a selection of blends one of which might end up being carrying the club name and stamp of approval if we can ever get our act together bunch of damned anarchists, plus overthrowing the monarchy, and a zesty recipe for Jalapeño Salad, which is a lovely hors d'oeuvre, especially late at night. Goes with Jameson's whiskey.
186.
JUST AN OLD-FASHIONED DEGENERATE
Sunday, May 5, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/05/just-old-fashioned-degenerate.html
Review of Cornell & Diehl's 'Plantation Evening'.
Smoked at un-godly hours.
187.
THE MEERSCHAUM PIPE
Sunday, May 12, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-meerschaum-pipe.html
A porous mineral silicate of magnesia and the inevitable depravity that comes with stuffing tobacco into its orifice.
188.
THE GLOW OF DISCOVERY
Sunday, June 2, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-glow-of-discovery.html
Stepping out with Borkum Riff. No, I am not a desperate degenerate, what made you think that? Some of the over the counter (OTC) blends are actually decent and reliable products, and they keep lots of people on desert islands happy while waiting for the sharks.
189.
BAAI TABAK
Sunday, June 9, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/06/baai-tabak.html
Definition of the quintessential Dutch pipe-tobacco, that being a ribbon-cut Maryland with preferably nothing else added.
190.
LEADING THE YOUNG ASTRAY
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/06/leading-young-astray.html
How nice teenagers should discover the world of tobacco, and subsequently explore cigars, pipe blends, and shags, while enjoying coffee, tea, and mild alcoholic beverages. It's a way of life, and a wonderful learning experience.
191.
ARE PIPE-SMOKERS BETTER LOVERS?
Friday, June 21, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-pipe-smokers-better-lovers.html
Yes.
192.
DATING A PIPESMOKER: USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW BEFOREHAND
Monday, July 1, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/07/dating-pipesmoker-useful-things-to-know.html
Why only women of way above average intelligence and good sense should even try. Collectors of handbags, shoes, and garish make-up, should just be happy with moronic frat-boys.
193.
ST. BRUNO FLAKE - OGDEN'S ANSWER TO YOUR PERVERSE TENDENCIES
Thursday, July 11, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/07/st-bruno-flake-ogdens-answer-to-your.html
Spam, baked beans from a can, plus spongy fried bread. British family life. A howling monkey.
Mildly sweet steam-pressed Virginias with a touch of Kentucky, and an unidentifiable additive.
194.
WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE DO ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT?
Saturday, July 27, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/07/what-do-other-people-do-on-friday-and.html
The temperance and restraint of pipe-smokers, juxtaposed with the riotous misbehaviour of everybody else. In it's own way a recommendation for being a seriously upstanding and admirable person.
I'm a pipe-smoker, I would never lie to you.
Trust me.
195.
FLAKES: A BRIEF PERSONAL INTRODUCTION
Friday, August 9, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/08/flakes-brief-personal-introduction.html
A disquisition on several pressed tobaccos, with some descriptions and recommendations. Gawith, Rattray, Wessex, McClelland, Pease, and Cornell & Diehl.
196.
THAT VICTORIOUS MORNING SMELL
Monday, August 12, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/08/that-victorious-morning-smell.html
Haunted Bookshop by Cornell & Diehl, the disapproval of animals, and posing with a corncob pipe. It's a butch and manly thing.
197.
BRIEF EXCURSION INTO OBSESSIVE EYEBALLS - PIPE RESTORATION
Sunday, August 25, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/08/brief-excursion-into-obsessive-eyeballs.html
Cleaning in detail: stems, salt treatment, buffing. Plus grumbling about the Peterson Sherlock Holmes series.
198.
HOW MANY PIPES DO YOU NEED?
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-many-pipes-do-you-need.html
You always wanted to know the answer to that question, so here it is. Finally, authoritatively, and conclusively.
199.
THE LIFE STYLE OF THE SKUNK
Sunday, September 8, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-life-style-of-skunk.html
The person with whom I live considers me a pervert. Which is incorrect. Undoubtedly you will come to the same conclusion.
200.
DANES, DARKNESS, DEPRAVITY
Thursday, September 12, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/09/danes-darkness-depravity.html
Review of three tobaccos: HH Old Dark Fired, Irish Flake, and Bracken Flake. And remembering the smell of gym clothes that have acquired a funk from being bagged too long.
201.
A SUITABLE FIT FOR A WOMAN
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-suitable-fit-for-woman.html
The perfect woman smokes a pipe. Or loves the smell of good pipe tobacco, irrespective of there being a smoker in her life. As women pipe smokers know, and the world really should.
That's just the way it is.
Links for women.
202.
PARENTAL INFLUENCE
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/09/parental-influence.html
How I started smoking a pipe at age fourteen while living in Valkenswaard, and my parents reactions. Plus authors who were formative influences, and my father's trip to England, during which he left his pipes unguarded in an unlocked desk drawer.
Comoy Blue Ribands, John's Pipe Shop house brands, Petersons.
Coffee and extra tins of something dark and stinky.
Heaven. Sheer teenage heaven.
203.
EXHAUSTED ROOSTER
Thursday, September 19, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/09/exhausted-rooster.html
Blend review of a nice Virginia and Perique flake by Cornell & Diehl in Morganton, North Carolina. I do not have enough, I need to buy more.
204.
TEENAGE SON SMOKING A PIPE
Thursday, September 19, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/09/teenage-son-smoking-pipe.html
The worries of a concerned parent are addressed, with a suggestion about ensuring the happiness and academic excellence of children.
Dunhill and Charatan. Remember that.
205.
BALKAN MIXTURES
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/09/balkan-mixtures.html
A disquisition about the Balkan category, being more or less a companion piece to the essay regarding flake tobaccos, as well as an answer to A. Manno, who sent me a question on the fourth of September.
206.
AUTUMN FRAGRANCE
Monday, October 14, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/10/autumn-fragrance.html
Telegraph Hill, Union Square, and the general impression of rainy days. Two flue-cured compounds by Greg Pease.
207.
GETTING ALL TOUCHY FEELY
Sunday, October 20, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/10/getting-all-touchy-feely.html
The tactile correspondence between ceramics and briar.
208.
RATIONAL CHOICES
Friday, November 1, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/11/rational-choices.html
You too could smell like a grumpy badger. Directions to a pipe store, and suggestions regarding the cost of starting to smoke a pipe. Which, truth be told, I really wish more young ladies would do. Pipes indicate a quirky and intelligent mind, whereas cigarettes rather suggest female depravity. Not that I entirely disapprove of that, but as it is never directed at ME, we really don't need anymore of it in the world.
209.
THREE DAY OLD PUMPKIN PIE
Sunday, November 3, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/11/three-day-old-pumpkin-pie.html
Pipe-smoking carnivorous bill-collector runs with crows.
It's all about the carrion, baby. Roadkill!
210.
A GIRL IN BLACKFACE, A DANE, AND ONE HUNDRED RUTTING GEEKS
Sunday, November 10, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-girl-in-blackface-dane-and-one.html
Meeting of the pipe club. Stokkebye's newest fourth generation blend, two offerings by Greg Pease, and a distressing paucity of matches. Dudes, we need matches, we're desperate. Oh, and Hello Kitty too.
Because pipe smoking is very British, and so is that pussy.
211.
A GOOD INFLUENCE FOR YOUR CHILDREN
Friday, November 15, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-good-influence-for-your-children.html
In which I argue passionately that pipes are a good wholesome habit for young and old, and waggle a cheese plate.
212.
THE OLD CHERRYWOOD
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-old-cherrywood.html
Discourse on cherry-wood pipes, and the firm of Ropp in France, which manufactured such for three generations.
213.
THINK ABOUT THE HANDS
Monday, November 25, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/11/think-about-hands.html
What the digits feel like after cleaning up two Tilsheads, three Charatans, a Preben Holm, an old Larsen, a carved French horn, a Hardcastle, a Dunhill shell, a Sasieni eight-dot, GBD, Savinelli, six Petersons and several no-names, as well as a meerschaum and something made out of Rosewood.
Plus an explanation of the use of bleach for stems.
214.
TEMPERANCE AND SELF-CONTROL
Sunday, December 01, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/12/temperance-and-self-control.html
Fiddling around with pipes while gorillas watch a football game.
215.
MANIFESTING FEMININE INDIVIDUALITY: WOMEN AND BRIAR
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/12/manifesting-feminine-individuality.html
Why women should smoke pipes, and what they should smoke. Pipes are romantic and evocative, and a good reflection on your character.
Plus smoking a pipe is nice.
216.
I'M A GIRL PIPESMOKER
Thursday, December 26, 2013
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2013/12/im-girl-pipesmoker.html
What the female pipesmoker means to the male pipe smoker.
It's a question of values and good habits.
And that's all there is to it.
217.
DRUCQUER'S BLEND 805 AND CULTIVATING A FINE WHITE ASH
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/02/drucquers-blend-805-and-cultivating.html
A woman of Chinese ancestry who liked a particular blend of tobacco from a store at which we both once worked. I miss both her and the tobacco. Fifty percent Latakia, twenty five percent Turkish, and three different Virginias which are no longer available. By the way, she owned a Sasieni sandblast apple that made other pipe afficionados drool.
218.
SWEET FRUIT COMPOTE, FLAKY CRUST, AND OTHER THINGS
Saturday, February 8, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/02/sweet-fruit-compote-flaky-crust-and.html
Accounting of the meeting of the Golden Gate Pipe Club, buttery scones, and a recipe for a lovely preserve. Well, mostly gibbering.
But that shouldn't surprise you.
219.
A PERFECTLY INDULGENT DAY
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-perfectly-indulgent-day.html
Two pipe tobaccos (Peterson's Irish Oak, Comoy's Cask No. 5).
Plus gibbering.
220.
SPUNK-ØT SWEDISH CHICKEN ROLL, P-P-P, AND QUESTION MARKS.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/02/spunk-t-swedish-chicken-roll-p-p-p-and.html
In which intolerant remarks are made about Scandinavians, and an elf reviews Peterson's Perfect Plug, which is a strong tobacco.
221.
BALKAN SOBRANIE - MORE THAN YOU EVER WANTED, BUT NOT THE RECIPE
Sunday, March 2, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/03/balkan-sobranie-more-than-you-ever.html
A posting of dubious benefit. Famous tobaccos, modern blends. A fourteen year-old boy with good pipe-smoking habits, and a young lady who is far too young for me to even consider. Wicked perfume: Cartier, Aoud, Safari.
222.
IT'S A LIFE-STYLE CHOICE
Saturday, March 8, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/03/its-life-style-choice.html
Meeting of the pipe club, assault rifles, and speculation about the mores of those frightful people with cigars. More or less. It's all a blur.
223.
TOBACCO FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Saturday, April 5, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/04/tobacco-for-boys-and-girls.html
You really want your daughter to smoke a pipe. If you smell a whisp of Latakia or Perique escaping from underneath her locked bedroom door, she's probably studying, and in any case is not engaged in risky behaviour with the boy next door. She's got her head screwed on right, and instead of dropping out of junior college to raise a brat, she'll go on to graduate school.
That's what you want, isn't it?
224.
HELLO KITTY BACKPACK
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/04/hello-kitty-backpack.html
It holds up to eight briars, four or five pipe tobaccos, cleaners, tampers, and matches. It is stylish, and says I am not a man to be messed with.
Perfect.
225.
MAN THE BATTLEMENTS!
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/05/man-battlements.html
A minor engineering accident. And bulging tins of tobacco.
226.
SLAVES TO FASHIONABLE DISAPPROVAL
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/06/slaves-to-fashionable-disapproval.html
Sunday, June 29, 2014
In which I aver that I am NOT a geezer, and resoundingly argue in favour of infants, teenagers, married people and single moms, as well as those on in years, taking up pipe smoking to improve their lives and bring world peace.
227.
IT SMELLS LIKE BADGER THERE
Monday, July 14, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/07/it-smells-like-badger-there.html
Yet another post gently advocating that young persons should take up pipe smoking, especially in these modern times, when their depraved peers are killing braincells with drugs and alcohol. Far better that they should smell of Latakia or Perique, than reek of medicinal grade marijuana.
For one thing, it's much better for the memory.
Also a superior life-style choice.
Morally sound, too.
228.
MOTHERLESS MONKEYS AMONG THE CIGAR SMOKERS
Sunday, July 20, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/07/motherless-monkeys-among-cigar-smokers.html
Why it makes more sense to date a pipe-smoker instead.
229.
QUITE NICE WITH A SILLY LABEL
Monday, July 21, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/07/quite-nice-with-silly-label.html
Black House, Blue Mountain.
230.
WELL-MATURED GRAVITAS
Friday, August 8, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/08/well-matured-gravitas.html
Escudo, Marlin Flake, and women with breasts.
Remembering a coot.
231.
BREASTS AND THE AUGUST MEETING OF THE PIPE CLUB
Saturday, August 9, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/08/breasts-and-august-meeting-of-pipe-club.html
If you are going to dump over forty stems in bleach, there are a few precautions. Among them, ventilation, and gloves. Otherwise you risk chlorine poisoning.
232.
THE CITY WHICH SMOKES
Saturday, August 30, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-city-which-smokes.html
Not about pipes and pipe tobacco, except only in passing. But listed, because it explains a lot about smoking, and mentions one of the great old tobacconists.
Piet van Kuyk.
233.
TERMINATING IN A FOUL ODOUR
Sunday, August 31, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/08/terminating-in-foul-odour.html
Maybe I don't know means about women, but I know about Clan Pipe Tobacco, by Theodorus Niemeyer. It makes up for all other failings.
234.
THAT RICH MANLY SMELL, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT!
Monday, September 8, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/09/that-rich-manly-smell-theres-nothing.html
Praise for Erinmore Flake.
235.
A LONGISH DISQUISITION WITH A HINT OF INSANITY
Monday, September 15, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-longish-disquisition-with-hint-of.html
Cleaning pipes, with especial attention to the tarry deposit gunked up on the rim of a sandblast. Plus judging the man who leaves his pipes a mess unfavourably.
236.
ALL YOUR JESUS ARE BELONG TO US!
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/10/all-your-jesus-are-belong-to-us.html
Smoking a pipe in a cigar bar, surrounded by sportsfans, Jesus-freaks, and people who are both. Like many cigar-smokers are.
237.
ARE PIPE SMOKERS DASHING? YES! YES, THEY MOST CERTAINLY ARE!
Friday, October 17, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/10/are-pipe-smokers-dashing-yes-yes-they.html
About the sheer desirability of pipe smokers, as opposed to the loathsome lack of sex appeal of almost everyone else.
238.
BEARDED MEN EMITTING SMELLS
Monday, October 20, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/10/bearded-men-emitting-smells.html
Dunhill tobacco, unmentionable medical procedures, and Arango's Super Balkan.
239.
THERE'S TOXIC WASTE IN MY SWAMP
Monday, November 3, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/11/theres-toxic-waste-in-my-swamp.html
Stogey-chomping psychos, and someone who puts an incredibly nasty fruit tobacco in his pipes.
240.
ARE AROMATIC TOBACCOS LESS MANLY?
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/11/are-aromatic-tobaccos-less-manly.html
The answer to that question is "yes, yes they are".
No naked photographs.
241.
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS
Saturday, November 15, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-march-of-progress.html
Belly-achiing about the disappearance of neighborhood tobacconists.
242.
THE PROFOUND AND SOUL-STIRRING STENCH
Saturday, November 29, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-profound-and-soul-stirring-stench.html
Cleaning Mordechai's pipe, and a bit about Balkan blends.
Mordechai starts the day with Dunhill Nightcap.
243.
SOME OF US ARE MISSING IN ACTION
Sunday, December 7, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/12/some-of-us-are-missing-in-action.html
An account of the meeting of the Golden Gate Pipe Club.
Remembering Dr. George Couris.
244.
JACKKNIFE READY RUBBED -- GUESTPOST BY A HEDGEHOG
Thursday, December 11, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/12/jackknife-ready-rubbed-guestpost-by.html
Quotes from someone else's review. Boffo stuff.
245.
YES, SANTA, WE HAVE A VIRGINIA HERE...
Saturday, December 13, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/12/yes-santa-we-have-virginia-here.html
A friend who moved to Boston inquires about my health. In response, I speak of tobaccos that aren't worth touching, versus some that are actually on the to-do list. Remarkably, given my clean habits, some of them are aromatics.
246.
PERFECTLY CLEAN, AND POSSESSED OF GOOD TASTE
Sunday, December 28, 2014
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2014/12/perfectly-clean-and-possessed-of-good.html
Pipe cleaning, and women who love their briars.
247.
THE VERY IMAGE OF GRAVITAS
Saturday, January 3, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-very-image-of-gravitas.html
Berkeley is no place for civilized people. Bertrand Russell. Cigar smokers and other deviants.
248.
RIDICULOUS EXPECTATIONS
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/01/ridiculous-expectations.html
Post-holiday season wishful thinking. I betray my age.
Miss, would you like to come home with me and view a humongous stockpile of pipe tobacco? There's enough for both of us.
In case society collapses.
249.
DELICIOUS MIDDLE-AGED MAN
Sunday, January 11, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/01/delicious-middle-aged-man.html
Slide rulers, Spilman's Mixture, Fourth Generation 1855, Capstan.
Buckets of tea.
250.
A BIT OF A RANT ABOUT YOU ANTI-SMOKING TYPES
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-bit-of-rant-about-you-anti-smoking.html
World's cutest female cigar aficionado is finally back! Plus when you can and should light up if your apartment mate is a non-smoker.
251.
WE GAD ABOUT EATING LOTUSES!
Saturday, March 14, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/03/we-gad-about-eating-lotuses.html
What goes on at pipe club meetings?
252.
SEEING GREEN
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/03/seeing-green.html
My leg hurts, and anti-smokers bug me.
253.
FEMALE PROTAGONISTS
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/03/female-protagonists.html
Total babe cigar smoker. No, not girlfriend material. But never-the-less, total babe cigar smoker.
I haven't had a date in years.
254.
COME ON OVER TO THE DARK SIDE, THE WATER IS FINE
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/03/come-on-over-to-dark-side-water-is-fine.html
Converting an innocent little cigar smoker to the briar sex cult. Or something like that. It is for your own good.
255.
SOME DANES ARE MEAN BASTARDS
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/05/some-danes-are-mean-bastards.html
A very unfavourable review of something aimed at the drugstore brand pipe smoker. How low can a man sink.
256.
BALKAN SOBRANIE: THE PERFUMED MEMORY
Saturday, May 16, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/05/balkan-sobranie-perfumed-memory.html
Good pipe tobacco and lesbian non-smokers don't mix. Which, for the heterosexual male, is a darn good thing. Keep the tobacco.
257.
MUCH TOO SWEET!
Saturday, May 30, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/05/much-too-sweet.html
Disapproval of aromatic mixtures; "tobacco should never smell like Hello Kitty's underwear". And if you smoke such stuff, you may be beyond redemption.
258.
CIGARS AND PIPES IN HONG KONG: A MISERABLE SITUATION!
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/06/cigars-and-pipes-in-hong-kong-miserable.html
Smoking in Hong Kong is an issue, but there are a few cigar clubs.
259.
WHAT IS LATAKIA TOBACCO? 拉塔基亞煙草是什麼？
Sunday, June 21, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/06/what-is-latakia-tobacco.html
Introduction to Pipe Village, one of the largest internet sites devoted to pipe tobacco and briar. Which is all in Chinese, but never-the-less worth knowing about.
260.
THE COMFORTING COMPANY OF STUFFED MONKEYS
Sunday, July 19, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-comforting-company-of-stuffed.html
A confusing post about my ex-girlfriend, as well as irresponsible speculation about a future girlfriend. Key sentence: "Dang, you old fart, it REEKS of pipe tobacco and dusty books in here! What are you, some kind of boring intellectual?!? A political agitator?!?"
To which the answer is yes. All of the above.
261.
THE FOG OF MEMORY, AND FUR BALLS AT TWILIGHT
Monday, July 27, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-fog-of-memory-and-fur-balls-at.html
Rattray's Black Mallory, five gentlemen smoking, and rampant pigeon sexuality. A hungry raccoon appears.
262.
MIDDLE CLASS DUMB DOWN
Saturday, August 1, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/08/middle-class-dumb-down.html
Some people want spirituality. They should not walk into a tobacco store. The type of spirituality they will get there is not what they wanted.
And Marin County is a strange place.
Picture of a Chinese water pipe.
263.
PENZANCE: A PIPE TOBACCO OF CULT STATURE
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/08/penzance-pipe-tobacco-of-cult-stature.html
In which I speak disrespectfully about people who stockpile much-sought after tobaccos, with scant regard for the normal person, who is not so obsessive about his depravities and peculiarities.
Then I admit that I have some Penzance.
264.
BIG BREASTS ARE UPON US!
Sunday, September 6, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/09/big-breasts-are-upon-us.html
Mention is made of mammaries, yes, but more to the point is a discreet description of the world's cutest cigar smoker.
265.
APPRECIATING MORLEYSSON -- BLENDS BY BOB RUNOWSKI
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/09/appreciating-morleysson-blends-by-bob.html
Several blends by Bob Runowski are described, along with whether they are still available, or have been discontinued by Cornell & Diehl since Laudisi's ghastly influence began. Old-fashioned Burley blends.
We miss Craig Tarler.
266.
VALKENSWAARD IN PREVIOUS TIMES
Saturday, September 12, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/09/valkenswaard-in-previous-times.html
First forays into pipe smoking, but much more about a town in Brabant that made cigars and was a formative memory after I returned to the States. The tobacconist where I bought numerous pouches of Baai Tabak, or tins of Balkan Sobranie and Dunhill mixtures, is still there, and has an ever bigger selection of Dutch cigars, as well as an exceptional range of Cubanos.
Compaenen van Ravenstein: smokers requisites and wine.
267.
YES YOU MAY SMELL MY FINGERS
Sunday, September 13, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/09/yes-you-may-smell-my-fingers.html
The club blend disappeared in a puff of smoke. Not gonna happen. It would have been a rather nice old-fashioned Balkan, but I've lost patience with the company. They are no longer our kind of people.
I have not been inactive since then.
Virginia!
268.
SMOKING IS VERY BAD FOR YOU, OKAY?
Friday, September 25, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/09/smoking-is-very-bad-for-you-okay.html
Everything leading up to a nicotine hangover.
269.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/09/what-you-need-to-know-about.html
It strikes me that if a man has to hide his hobby, or pursue it beyond his wife's ken, there's something almighty f*cked up about their marriage.
Especially if it isn't a perversion or membership in the Klan or the Elks.
But merely an aesthetic and mood-related fondness for briar.
As well as a liking for old-fashioned tobacco.
270.
PIPE SMOKERS AND THEIR SUITABILITY AS COMPANIONS
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/09/pipe-smokers-and-their-suitability-as.html
Praising us, and sneering at men with cigars.
We are very lovable people.
Trust me.
271.
WHEN BRIAR NUTS MINGLE
Sunday, October 11, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/10/when-briar-nuts-mingle.html
I smoke too much, so I had better cut back then.
272.
REPREHENSIBLE TENDENCIES REVEALED
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/10/reprehensible-tendencies-revealed.html
Are pipe smokers like myself capable of exposure to sports without sneering? My guess is 'probably not'.
273.
INDULGING YOUR INNER PERVERT
Thursday, October 22, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/10/indulging-your-inner-pervert.html
Greg Pease has compounded an aromatic (Virginia Cream), about which, without ever having sampled it, I have stuff to say.
274.
GREAT ENGLISHMEN SMOKE VIRGINIAS
Monday, October 26, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/10/great-englishmen-smoke-virginias.html
Tolkien, Bertrand Russell, C. S. Lewis. Good Virginia pipe tobaccos, and a review of Dunhill Ready Rubbed, which is made in Denmark.
275.
A DAY WITH A SUAVE LATINO
Sunday, November 15, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-day-with-suave-latino.html
A slow day at the tobacconists.
Disturbing mental images.
276.
INNIT? INNIT!
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/11/innit-innit.html
It's for the health and prosperity of the country!
This is aimed at the anti-smokers.
277.
IL EST TRÈS DOUCE
Sunday, November 29, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/11/il-est-tres-douce.html
Explaining what a good woman should smoke.
278.
THE INCOHERENT RAMBLINGS OF A MADMAN
Saturday, December 5, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-incoherent-ramblings-of-madman.html
Penzance, neck-beards, slovenliness. Pseudo-intellectual life-style.
279.
SMOKING AS A HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH PROJECT
Sunday, December 6, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/12/smoking-as-high-school-health-project.html
Response to a troll. Smoking is bad for you. At length.
280.
PLANNING MY DEPRAVITY
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/12/planning-my-depravity.html
Segueing from Piedmont Avenue to the present.
Brief essay about smoking, and women.
281.
PIPES, PIPE COLLECTIONS, WOMEN PIPE SMOKERS, AND TOBACCO
Friday, December 18, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/12/pipes-pipe-collections-women-pipe.html
Discussion of the number of pipes a man or woman needs.
Aesthetics, old whiffs, and practicality.
282.
SMELLING A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
Friday, December 25, 2015
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2015/12/smelling-lot-like-christmas.html
Scroogian. Review of a Germain's product.
283.
THE THREE PIECE TOOL
Friday, January 15, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-three-piece-tool.html
First meeting of the year of the Golden Gate Pipe Club. Discussion, philosophers, and a perfectly putrid aromatic. Plus Germain & Son Perique Mixture. MacBarens Dark Twist from 2008. Dunhill Ready Rubbed. McClelland Balkan Blue.
284.
KEEPING YOUR STUFF SPOTLESS
Thursday, January 21, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/01/keeping-your-stuff-spotless.html
A short essay about filthy pipes, plus how you should treat your smoking equipment. Also a mention of a woman who used to work at Drucquers.
One of her pipes was a beautiful sandblasted Sasieni apple, which made men drool. I haven't seen her in years, but I hope she still has it.
285.
WHO WON THE GAME? PEOPLE WITH SHINY ARSES, THAT'S WHO!
Sunday, January 24, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/01/who-won-game-people-with-shiny-arses.html
Enduring football games. With cigar smokers. In Marin. Many of whom are throroughly nasty people with no manners, morals, taste, or even a shred of decency. Pipe smokers who wander about on Superbowl Sunday are all in all very civilized people, with whom having a conversation is a pleasure. Sports, bah. Feh. Humbug.
286.
ENJOYING THE SUPERBOWL
Sunday, February 7, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/02/enjoying-superbowl.html
Critical words about heathens and their habits.
287.
FAQS: ANSWERING TWENTY QUESTIONS
Monday, February 15, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/02/faqs-answering-twenty-questions.html
Not really pipe or tobacco related, but everyone has a list of FAQs.
I would be baffled if anyone was that interested in me.
But, just in case. Tobacco is mentioned.
288.
IT'S FULL OF EELS!
Friday, March 11, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/03/its-full-of-eels.html
Meeting of the pipe club. And afterwards. Do NOT light up an aromatic mixture at The Occidental Cigar Club; management disapproves strongly of such things. As Steve now knows.
289.
YOUR INNER GEEK IS CAUSING TROUBLE
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-inner-geek-is-causing-trouble.html
When I first picked up a pipe I may have been a peculiar teenager.
But I have grown up since then.
290.
DRAMATIC EVENTS
Friday, March 25, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/03/dramatic-events.html
Some pipe smokers attract wild women. Others don't.
291.
SUCH A HORRID CHOCOLATE STENCH!
Saturday, April 16, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/04/such-horrid-chocolate-stench.html
After the monthly meeting of the pipe club we went to a smoking lounge. Thankfully, we had more than just Peter Heinrich's Dark Strong Flake to sustain us. Mr. Post is a perfect host, except when you light something up of which he disapproves. Such as a Kentucky fire-cured leaf and Virginia mixture with a topdressing and very noticeable anethole.
292.
THE TOBACCO FOR A FIT OF EXISTENTIAL ANGST
Sunday, April 24, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-tobacco-for-fit-of-existential-angst.html
Smoking a new product, of which I disapprove.
A black Cavendish named 'Dark Red'.
293.
PIPESMOKERS
Thursday, June 2, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/06/pipesmokers.html
In which the Surgeon General's Report is cited.
Approvingly.
294.
GOVERNMENTAL IDIOCY REGARDING SMOKING
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/07/governmental-idiocy-regarding-smoking.html
A maker of Missouri Meerschaum pipes has worthwhile things to say about the FDA's "deeming regulations".
295.
AROMATIC TOBACCO SICKNESS
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/07/aromatic-tobacco-sickness.html
Cite: "This past Sunday I purchased another tin of Russ Oullette's version of Bengal Slices. Which is, clearly, a topped substance. But I find it quite enjoyable, and fear that the FDA's new regulations will nix it along with many other fine smoking products."
Past-missteps detailed.
296.
THE SEWING PROJECT
Sunday, July 31, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-sewing-project.html
Fresh baby parts.
297.
THE CURMUDGEON'S FRIEND
Monday, August 01, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-curmudgeons-friend.html
A mostly flu-cured blend.
298. THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HATES YOU
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-food-and-drug-administration-hates.html
Bad news for smokers, but on the other hand 20,679 physicians recommend Lucky Strike, because it's toasted.
299.
NOT THE DEGENERATE YOU IMAGINE
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/08/not-degenerate-you-imagine.html
Actually, a rancid old pervert.
300.
YOU SHOULD COME OVER, TONIGHT'S PIPE NIGHT!
Friday, August 12, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/08/you-should-come-over-tonights-pipe-night.html
Kramer is hideous. Marijuana is evil.
301.
AN UNPLEASANT REEK OF RANCID VANILLIN
Monday, August 15, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/08/an-unpleasant-reek-of-rancid-vanillin.html
Tea, smoke, loon, Tolkien.
Capstan. Perique.
302.
THE PERFECT BABY SITTER
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-perfect-baby-sitter.html
Old geezers smoking ten blocks from the care facility, and the horrible tobacco for which Ms. Walters currently has a fondness. The young must be corrupted.
303.
IS THERE A FEMININE SIDE TO THIS?
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/08/is-there-feminine-side-to-this.html
Trolling for dates.
304.
BODACIOUS TATAS
Thursday, September 01, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/09/bodacious-tatas.html
What the best flue-cured tobaccos smell like.
305.
DRUCQUERS: THE PAST SMELLS
Friday, September 16, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/09/drucquers-past-smells.html
Those bygone blends. Royal Ransom, 805, Trafalgar.
And some waffling.
306. SMELL MY FINGERS
Saturday, September 17, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/09/smell-my-fingers.html
The dangerous digits of a smoker.
307.
YOU ARE UNORIGINAL, AND THOSE SHORTS LOOK SILLY!
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/09/you-are-unoriginal-and-those-shorts.html
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Cigar smokers. Evil. Avoid.
308.
WAITING FOR THE APOCALYPSE IN THE PIT OF SCUNGE
Saturday, September 24, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/09/waiting-for-apocalypse-in-pit-of-scunge.html
About the badger, his stockpile of tobaccos, and his pipes.
309.
THREE SHALL BE THE NUMBER ...
Sunday October 1, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/three-shall-be-number.html
Westminster, Navigator, and Kensington.
310.
PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE PERFECT FEMALE PERSON
Sunday October 2, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/please-tell-me-more-about-perfect.html
Marriage is not in the air.
Something else is.
311.
YOUR COMPOST HEAP ES MUY MACHO
Tuesday October 4, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/your-compost-heap-es-muy-macho.html
Words in praise of Mixture 79.
312.
LATE DEW PEARLS MY FUR
Wednesday October 12, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/late-dew-pearls-my-fur.html
On becoming an anti-social pipe-smoker.
313.
THAT'S VERY GANDALF OF YOU
Thursday October 13, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/thats-very-gandalf-of-you.html
You Lord Of The Ring types!
314.
THREE PIPE SMOKERS WALK INTO A BAR ...
Sunday October 16, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/three-pipe-smokers-walk-into-bar.html
Joe from Laudisi, Greg Pease's Regents Flake (very nice), and a meeting of the local pipe club.
315.
LAMENTING A LACK OF SWEETNESS
Monday October 17, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/lamenting-lack-of-sweetness.html
Unfortunately all the bon bons disappeared.
316.
GENDER ROLE BIASES
Tuesday October 18, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/gender-role-biases.html
If Barbie smokes, she smokes crap.
317.
BADGER, CHINATOWN
Wednesday October 19, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/badger-chinatown.html
About smoking a pipe after lunch or tea in a familiar neighborhood.
318.
NASTY SMELLY WEIRDOES
Thursday October 27
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/10/nasty-smelly-weirdoes.html
Operas, Latin Music, and aromatic shite.
319.
OH AUNTIE, YOU ARE SO REFINED!
Sunday November 6, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/11/oh-auntie-you-are-so-refined.html
Snark about Chinese women.
320.
SMOKELY DOKELY, NEIGHBORINO
Tuesday November 15, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/11/smokely-dokely-neighborino.html
Bad temper, cigar smokers, Germain's 1812.
321.
SMELLY SOCIAL ANIMALS
Tuesday November 29, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/11/smelly-social-animals.html
Cigar smokers.
322.
I AM MAGIC!
Saturday December 3, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/12/i-am-magic.html
Hot and fragrant Penang-style Hokkien shrimp noodles in soup, made with dried shrimp, seafood bits (in lieu of shrimp heads), lapcheong (instead of pork ribs), and stalky mustard for crunch. Pinch sugar. Fried shallot and fresh chopped scallion. Yellow noodles. And a sambal: chilies, shallots, garlic, oil.
323.
FEVERED SCOTCH BOTTOMS
Sunday December 4, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/12/fevered-scotch-bottoms.html
Scotland is a thoroughly horrible place.
With many political bastards.
324.
ON THE INTELLECTUAL EQUIVALENCE OF HAGGIS AND MOLTO DOLCE
Tuesday December 6, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/12/on-intellectual-equivalence-of-haggis.html
Some things are disgusting.
325.
IT STICKS OUT AT A JAUNTY ANGLE!
Saturday December 10, 2016
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/12/it-sticks-out-at-jaunty-angle.html
Photos of bulldogs from Greg Pease's collection.
326.
WARMLY COMFORTING WORDS
Tuesday December 20, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2016/12/warmly-comforting-words.html
Pipesmokers in the snow have it hard.
Stop whining, and leave.
327.
I'VE GOT A WHOLE TIN OF IT!
Tuesday January 10, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/01/ive-got-whole-tin-of-it.html
Dunhill Dark Flake, in the rain, in Chinatown.
328.
THE PROPER FEMALE TOUCH
Sunday January 15, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-proper-female-touch.html
Dunhill Ready Rubbed, and Dunhill Dark Flake.
Dangerous women may like pipes.
329.
HOBBIT'S WEED
Tuesday January 17, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/01/hobbits-weed.html
A recipe for the late lamented mixture made by Tewksbury in Denver.
330.
WHEN YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR OWN MISTAKES
Tuesday January 24, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/01/when-you-are-old-enough-to-make-your.html
A sampling of aromatic pipe tobaccos you could smoke on a desert island for a few weeks without going incurably mad.
331.
COMMANDO UNDER THE FLAPPY BIT
Friday February 10, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/02/commando-under-flappy-bit.html
Meeting of the Golden Gate Pipe Club.
Scotch and bloody pipes.
332.
ON THE FEAST OF SACCHARIN SMARM
Tuesday February 14, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/02/on-feast-of-saccharin-smarm.html
What does the pipe-smoking bachelor do on Valentines?
He vociferates.
333.
REVISITING A DISAPPEARED STORE
Tuesday February 28, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/02/revisiting-disappeared-store.html
Remembering Grant's on Market Street.
334.
WOMEN AND PIPE SMOKING
Thursday March 16, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/03/women-and-pipe-smoking.html
More blathering advice for the woman who smokes.
335.
YOUR TOBACCO STINKS AND YOUR BREATH SMELLS LIKE TUNA FISH
Saturday March 18, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/03/your-tobacco-stinks-and-your-breath_18.html
The Saint Patrick's day mistake: Peterson's Founder's Choice.
I am determined to finish the tin.
336.
THE SWEETNESS THAT HAUNTS YOUR DREAMS
Sunday March 19, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-sweetness-that-haunts-your-dreams.html
The final word about Molto Dolce.
It isn't favourable.
337.
A REGRET FOR PAST TEXTS
Tuesday March 21, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-regret-for-past-texts.html
In praise of Dutch American pipe smokers.
Few good words about others.
Sour.
338.
LESS THAN PERFECTLY SOCIALIZED
Sunday April 16, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/04/less-than-perfectly-socialized.html
I spend my days off not offending Cantonese women.
339.
A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO PLEASURE
Tuesday April 18, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-common-sense-approach-to-pleasure.html
A squat bulldog, Comoy shape 331.
340.
HE HAS ALREADY BOUGHT SEVERAL!
Sunday May 7, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/05/he-has-already-bought-several.html
The disappearing Pelican.
341.
THE PROPER TYPE FACE FOR 'WON TON NOODLE SOUP' IS COMIC SANS
Tuesday May 9, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-proper-type-face-for-won-ton-noodle.html
Fonts, Venice, Venezia Pipe Club, Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, and an illustration of a bulldog.
342.
FUZZBALLS IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM
Tuesday May 23, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/05/fuzzballs-in-corner-of-room.html
Leaking from the ear with a tin of Dunhill Nightcap.
343.
STANK MASTER
Wednesday May 24, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/05/stank-master.html
First smoking experiences, plus Maigret, Van Gogh, and Peter Stuyvesant.
344. YOUTHUL SUNDAY PERVERSION
https://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/05/youthful-sunday-perversion.html
Monday May 29, 2017
Tormenting a coworker, ripping wings off kittens.
It's a Molto Dolce kind of day.
My mouth hurts.
345.
SMOKE PURE STUFF
Friday June 16, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/06/smoke-pure-stuff.html
San Francisco will soon outlaw all flavoured tobacco products. Which, naturally, includes much pipe tobacco.
346.
HIDE YOUR FRAGILE SIDE!
Sunday June 18, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/06/hide-your-fragile-side.html
Being sick among the cigar smokers.
347.
A FADING FRAGRANCE
Wednesday June 21, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-fading-fragrance.html
Wandering in Chinatown after tea. Pipe and memories.
The disappearing landscape.
348.
SPECIAL DELIVERY FROM CHINATOWN TO SOUTH CAROLINA
Sunday June 25, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/06/special-delivery-from-chinatown-to.html
Mentioning the peculiarities of food, nudity, and pipe smokers in the rest of the world. Panang Curry!
349.
RANDOM WORDS OF ADVICE
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/06/random-words-of-advice.html
Mansplaining and other splaining. Earthmoms, Hello Kitty, and the number of pipes you need, although there is always one more.
350.
YOUR EYES ARE RED AND YOUR BREATH SMELLS LIKE A MIDDEN
Saturday, July 1, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/07/your-eyes-are-red-and-your-breath.html
Middle aged men taking a leak, and other events at work.
Pipe smokers, cigar smokers, crack smokers.
Futsing with meerschaum.
Penguin.
351.
G. L. PEASE STONEHENGE FLAKE
Sunday, July 2, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/07/g-l-pease-stonehenge-flake.html
Product review.
352.
G. L. PEASE REGENTS FLAKE
Sunday, July 2, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/07/g-l-pease-regents-flake.html
Product review.
353.
FROM PLANTATIONS BETWEEN THE POTOMAC AND THE CHESAPEAKE...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/07/from-plantations-between-potomac-and.html
Janneman: A Netherlandish pipesmoker and ephemerist. In Dutch.
Whom I first encountered on Dutch Pipe Smoker.
Who writes in English.
354.
LOEWE PIPE
Thursday, July 27, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/07/loewe-pipe.html
Something about a famous pipe brand.
355.
YOUR EXCESS WEATHER
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/08/your-excess-weather.html
Stonehenge Flake, hot temperatures elsewhere, and geraniums.
There is NO chocolate in this lovely product.
Despite what some people claim.
They're idiots.
356.
MIDDLE AGED MAN DANDER
Sunday, August 13, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/08/middle-aged-man-dander.html
Ten pipe smokers and a tub of hummus.
A meeting of the pipe club.
357.
THE OBSESSIVE LIST
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-obsessive-list.html
Everybody has a list of the pipe tobaccos all newbies must try. This is mine, with critical comment, because some pipe tobaccos are vile beyond belief.
358.
AND THEN THERE WAS CAKE!
Saturday, October 14, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/10/and-then-there-was-cake_14.html
Review of celebrating yet another birthday, which was yesterday.
October 13. Shan't mention the year.
It's not important.
359.
HARMLESS, CHILD FRIENDLY, AND GLUTEN-FREE
Sunday, October 15, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/10/harmless-child-friendly-and-gluten-free.html
A screed against the frightful puritans who have taken over our world, and are determined to make us all live better and cleaner lives. Some of us still like to smoke, drink, carry on, and miss bath time.
360.
SMELLY PERVS IN MELTED CHEESE
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/10/smelly-pervs-in-melted-cheese.html
"The horrid funk of Hobbit wannabees".
Versus neat little beard.
361.
THE FROG AT THE END OF MY FACE
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-frog-at-end-of-my-face.html
Late night, and a blend I am smoking again.
362.
PIPE SMOKE AND CURIOUS LADIES
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/10/pipe-smoke-and-curious-ladies.html
Answers, recommendations, and frogs.
363.
IT SMELLS LIKE BURNING GOATS
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/11/it-smells-like-burning-goats.html
Late night pub crawl, Latakia tobacco, creosote aroma.
Terpeneols are very important in this essay.
I don't think the bookseller cares.
364.
SUMMER IN AN ORCHARD OF THE MIND
Sunday, November 5, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/11/summer-in-orchard-of-mind.html
A woman taught me more about pipe smoking than anyone else.
I don't know what happened to her and several others.
Last time we met was a long time ago.
365.
SOFT WHITE MUCK BETWEEN THE EARS
Saturday, November 18, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/11/soft-white-muck-between-ears.html
"For a few years I would head over to the cigar bar on a Saturday night to smoke my pipe and enjoy some conversation. But it is very hard to discuss anything except balls when everyone is yowling at the screen and checking their cell-phones, and there are many more people there now, doing precisely and only that."
366.
WHERE TO SMOKE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, November 19, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/11/where-to-smoke-in-san-francisco.html
Smoke here.
367.
REPROBATICAL STIMULI
Sunday, November 19, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/11/reprobatical-stimuli.html
Brief mention of the pipe club.
Four bottles of wine.
368.
MILK TEA IS A GIVEN TODAY, NO MATTER WHAT
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/11/milk-tea-is-given-today-no-matter-what.html
Turkey, neuroses, pipes, and 1-Q.
Which is shitty tobacco.
369.
BUT IT LOOKS STUNNING!
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/12/but-it-looks-stunning.html
Heatfissures, and re-caking. Pipemud.
Please do not hotbox.
370.
ENTHRONED ALONE IN A SPLENDID MESS
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/12/enthroned-alone-in-splendid-mess.html
Day off. What others are doing where they are. Coffee.
Books and stuffed animals.
371.
ZECHBAUER: GOOD STUFF
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/12/zechbauer-good-stuff.html
"Sweet, not dissimilar to Drucquer's Red Lion or the current iteration of Dunhill's Baby's Bottom (BB 1938), pleasant smoking and smooth.
Also spicy, with a nice level of creosote."
And: 'umgebung'.
372.
IT'S FUZZY, AND IT GRUMBLES
Monday, December 25, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/12/its-fuzzy-and-it-grumbles.html
The solitary badger at Christmas.
We weird white people.
373.
THAT SMELL REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING ...
Sunday, December 31, 2017
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2017/12/that-smell-reminds-me-of-something.html
Pipe tobacco with a hint of clove: J. F. Germain's Plum Cake Mixture, Astley's No. 2 Mixture, and Samuel Gawith's Westmorland Mixture.
All three are very fine products.
374.
THE UN-OBSESSED LIFE
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-un-obsessed-life.html
Smoke in the teevee room long after midnight.
Do NOT smoke in front of Miriwa.
Angry security guard.
375.
CANTONESE WOMAN, ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED
Friday, January 5, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/cantonese-woman-angry-and-frustrated.html
She needs a cigar.
376.
IT SMELLS QUIETER AT NIGHT
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/it-smells-quieter-at-night.html
Smoking a pipe quietly by myself late in the evening.
In the downstairs portico of a tavern.
It's raining a bit.
377.
NEED MORE CHOCOLATE, SEND HELP!
Sunday, January 14, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/need-more-chocolate-send-help.html
Pipe club day, little white nipple guy, and the theory of relativity.
378.
LIKE A BIN OF BUTTS
Friday, January 19, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/like-bin-of-butts.html
Telegraph Hill, a tobacco by Greg Pease.
Late night in San Francisco.
Very good indeed.
379.
SMOKING CAUSES SYMPTOMS
Saturday, January 20, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/smoking-causes-symptoms.html
Perfectly reasonable fury at the anti-smokers.
They may cripple me yet.
Rainaud's.
380.
MOSTLY THE VAPERS
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/mostly-vapers.html
Several pipes, a few blends, one invitation.
381.
INSTRUCTIONS ON BECOMING AN UNMARRIAGEABLE TYPE: PIPE SMOKING FOR THE BEGINNER
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/01/instructions-on-becoming-unmarriageable.html
Useful advice, and relatives who will put up with your eccentricity. Plus broccoli-flavoured tofu jerky.
382.
MAKING THE SWITCH
Monday, February 05, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/02/making-switch.html
Comparisons of several GLP fog city blends: Fillmore, Laurel Heights, Lombard, Montgomery, Telegraph Hill. And Stonehenge after that.
383.
THE GREAT RED CAKE PANIC!
Sunday, February 18, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-great-red-cake-panic.html
It's gone, there is no more, your lives are shallow and meaningless.
The beloved McClelland's red cake, No. 5100.
384.
THE SNOWBALL EFFECT
Monday, March 05, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-snowball-effect.html
About the stockpiling of McClelland's blends before they all disappeared, and sneering a little bit at the entire Frog Morton gestalt.
385.
OBSCURATEURS, FOSSILS, AND KVETCHY OLD MEN
Saturday, March 10, 2018
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2018/03/obscurateurs-fossils-and-kvetchy-old-men.html
Speaking sternly to the mourners lamenting the disappearance of McClelland in apocalyptic terms. The poor old dears.
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