Neanderpundit

Dammit, I miss smoking. I miss having that comforting pack of smokes in my shirt pocket. I miss carrying a Zippo, the Man’s way to light a smoke. And by the way, fill that bastard with leaded gas, you sonofabitch, don’t go putting any unleaded bullshit in it. I miss standing in the wind, lit smoke hanging out of the corner of my mouth, raking leaves. Hell, I even miss being out of breath. I miss having the reek of tobacco on my clothes, the fumes in my car. I miss sitting back at the end of a meal, putting my feet on the table, and lighting up. I miss flipping my butts into a fireplace. I miss the way I felt first thing in the morning, lighting that first smoke, sucking it back while I waited for the energy to put feet to floor. I miss rolling my own- the ritual of opening the pouch, folding up the edge of the paper, sprinkling in just the right amount of Drum, rolling up the paper and sealing it, and lighting up. I miss keeping those roaches on the fireplace mantel and putting them in a pipe at the end of the day, remembering each moment of the day as I smoked that last smoke.

I don’t miss the 4 bucks plus a pack,twenty times a week, and as I’m a cheap bastard, I’ll deal with it. But, still.

Anyone who has been around me in the hours following consumption of my Deer chili, or Linus the Dip, (an evil, addictive concoction eaten on tortilla chips which tastes like more) or even (in my case) califlower soup, knows not to stand downwind of me. I can clear a room, and in one case, cleared a building. Gyros and onion rings cause me to fart like the burning brakes on a semi. The worst, of course, is Deer meat tacos with homemade salsa verde. So after having eaten a bucketload of that, one would imagine that the seat of my jeans would be about the most toxic place on the surface of the planet.
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As soon as Blogrolling catches up, there will be a new blog in the roll, namely “tip jar”, an interesting perspective on world events, especially as they pertain to the problem of Islam.
I especially lik this entry:

For the “every other faith is subject to ridicule except Islam” file, we can add (courtesy of CNN):

Go. Read. Leave some comments. The Sightseer seems like he has his head out of his ass but he’s shouting into a rainbarrel. Leave some comments and give him something to do.