Making The NFL Great Again…

…Well, It Never Stopped Being Great, But There’s A Few Things That Would Make It Better

It’s week three in the NFL so we should probably talk about the things that are bugging us after two weeks. It’ll be therapeutic. I’m here to help.

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Fur. Feathers. Fins.

Fun Facts: Animals

Life is mostly about the pursuit of knowledge and, therefore, the collection of fun facts. All my fun facts were harvested personally…They started as a physical book purchase from Amazon, then moved to a Kindle download where I bookmarked them by hand; at the conclusion of a book they were transcribed into a Snoopy Moleskine, and finally, they appear here for your personal wonderment.
  • Albatross spend 95% of their lives over open oceans; wandering albatross have the longest wingspan of all birds, 12 feet tip to tip; they can fly four million miles over a lifetime.
  • The sperm whale that attacked and sunk the whaling ship Essex in 1820 (the real world Moby Dick) was an 85 foot long male, weighing 80 tons with a 20 foot wide tail.
  • Penguins can cool their stomachs (using them like little refrigerators) to a temperature that slows digestion, they can therefore regurgitate and eat the same food over the course of days.

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Cigar Dudes In History

The Old Glory Society is a gentlemen’s cigar club that exists, not only in the physical world, but in your mind. In the Society’s formative years, I served as lead propagandist and I still write words about cigars and the groovy, historic vibe that surrounds them under the Society’s sacred banner.

Cigar Salutations From The Old Glory Society

Today’s lesson, my leaf-toking brethren is about two gentlemen you may have, quite literally, had your lips around recently. The dudes of whom I speak are Henry Clay and Simon Bolivar. Today, each has his name wrapped around various tobacco concoctions, but in their day, both of these cigar idols were potent political moguls and leaders of men. Read more