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I spent the better part of the weekend reworking the website by switching from the Relaxation theme to the new Squible theme. I thought it would be quite simple but oh no, not for me. Now don’t get the impression that it was because of the themes themselves, that was not the case, it’s just […]

February 24-26 2006 — I made some pretty extensive changes to the look of BlankMindBlog last weekend. I want to add a little sticky note that will explain what went where and how you can find it.
I am in the process of tidying up some of the menus and the pages, here and there. I […]

I have been toying with the idea on changing the theme here at BlankMindBlog and as you know the web has a funny way of detouring you, if you let it, on many, many sideroads. I came across this web link that calculated your ranking in the global scheme of wealth.
I’m the 47,854,565 richest […]

Rome wasn’t built in a weekend but I am slowly but surely getting there. The Links page is done, and where I want it to be for now. FeedBack page is up but I’m not so sure I will be keeping it. I have had NO activity there, most of the feedback I get comes […]

Comments are finally working. Search is working. I still need to work on the Links page, I want it to look more refined than what it looks like now.

Comments are not working at this time. I will try to get them fixed over the weekend.

I am getting tired of my sidebar breaking on the blog and started looking into changing the theme of BlankMindBlog. I have used Jowra’s Relaxation theme for over a year or more. It’s time for a change!
I am going to try, Squible, a theme I stumbled upon while surfing the Net and hopefully will stick […]

This is an IMO “One Off” Cigar Review, basically this is a first impression light up only, and I will try to review this cigar as a normal IMO Cigar Review at a later date.
After smoking and reviewing the Quo Vadimus Reserve Robusto almost two weeks ago I was really looking forward to the Quo […]

I do so love my cigars but I have been devoted to photography much longer than I have to smoking cigars. I started photography back in 1976 with a Pentax ME given to me by my mom and dad for Christmas. Over the years I have graduated from 35mm to 6×6, to 4×5 cameras and […]

Sunday evening before I took the kids home, I tossed an El Rey del Mundo Robusto Larga Oscuro in the truck for something to smoke on the way back but I decided to go out to mom and dad’s and wait on their return from a short trip from down state. I let myself into […]

Saturday was a beautiful day, the morning temperature was in the high 60’s and the sky was a deep blue with a few puffy white clouds. We left the house about 9:15am for breakfast at the nearest Huddle House.
We ordered breakfast and as I looked around the diner, I made a startling discovery, I began […]

Some bloggers never rest, not even on the weekend. Cigarfan has posted a review of the Royal Jamaica Gold Belicoso with some history of the original Royal Jamaica cigar and background information on cigar tobacco agriculture in Jamaica.

“This would make an excellent afternoon smoke on the porch with a book or a baseball game in […]

I stopped by Tobacco Cove on my way out to pick up the kids for the weekend and bought a few cigars to smoke and review. I’m listing these in random order. I have already smoked some of these in the past so a review is not that far away.
Gurkha Ancient Warrior Churchill 7″ […]

 
Mark Balentine, owner of Quo Vadimus, Inc. has made a generous offer to BlankMindBlog readers. His offer will include free Priority Mail shipping with every order, 10% discount on all full bundles, and 10% discount on all single sticks.
For information on how to obtain these great deals from Quo Vadimus Inc. click […]

Cigarjack has a post, generated from his answers, from a QuizFarm.com quiz named “Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile II: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in?” So I thought I’d play along and see where I fit into the sci-fi genre…

You scored as Deep Space Nine (Star Trek). You have entered the dark side […]

This is a re-review of the Onyx Reserve Toro. I reviewed this cigar on 12/19/2005 and rated it a 4.0. Because of this low score I stated that I would re-review this stick at a later date.
Some time has passed since I last reviewed this cigar so I thought I would give it another chance […]

This is an IMO “One Off” Cigar Review, basically this is a first impression light up only, and I will try to review this cigar as a normal IMO Cigar Review at a later date.
This weekend I decided to smoke a Quo Vadimus Reserve Robusto cigar after a trip to see my son Zack. It […]

In December I read a post on the WordPress site advising that a new WordPress theme had been built around a soon to be released book titled “Prayers for the Assassin“. The post also offered an additional link for those interested in reading a free, advanced reader’s copy of the book. I sent the […]

This is an IMO “One Off” Cigar Review, basically this is a first impression light up only, and I will try to review this cigar as a normal IMO Cigar Review at a later date.
Patrice and I went over to mom and dad’s for the Super Bowl game on Sunday night. We brought some Buffalo […]

Last Tuesday on the way to drop Ryan off at his girlfriends house, we passed by the Three Lakes and noticed something had been killed on the side of the road, and it looked like a beaver. In the 46 years of roaming around the woods and lakes in this area, I have never seen […]

Last Monday I was rummaging through my humidor looking for a cigar to burn on the patio and decided that I would torch the last C.A.O. Gold Corona that I had left from a recent purchase from ABC Fine Wines & Spirits.
The C.A.O. Gold Corona is a well constructed stick, the wrapper is a light […]

I just can’t stop myself from looking for other cigar review blogs. After a few minutes of searching with Technorati, I found another interesting site named Keepers of the Flame. It appears to be a startup from early January and there are several concise, informative reviews already online. The reviews are well written and many […]

A quite night on the patio with Patrice and a Cohiba Extra Vigoroso XV 645 was what was needed after a turbulent day.
An excerpt from the Cohiba Extra Vigoroso XV 645 website gives a hint to the quality of this fine stick:
In response to the rising demand for fuller-flavored cigars, cigar master Daniel Nuñez set […]

Just as a true South Park dad might do, I neglected to add my two step daughters in the original Fun in South Park post. Thanks for the gentle remainder and the images, Elizabeth.

These images are from the South Park Studio website and the imagination of Elizabeth, who is currently attending FSU, and should be […]

I am in the process of downloading a few podcasts from the DogWatch Social Club as I write this post. After reading over the introductions of the participants and the show notes from the website I hope that the podcasts will be as interesting as the name of the website suggests it could be.
From the […]