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The Philosophy of Fight Club, and Why It?s ok to be a Dude
2009-02-24 21:00:00 “We are a generation of men raised by women…and the last thing we need, is women.” — Tyler Durden I’m one of many men in my family. With only one female child in our line, my sister naturally has always felt a little lonely. There’s me and my two bull-moose younger cousins, my father and his ... More About: Philosophy , Dude , Fight , Club , Fight Club
Top 10 Cigars: #4a & 4b ? Jesus Fuego 777 / El Triunfador
2009-02-24 13:00:00 Ok, so I’m writing this on Sunday afternoon and seriously couldn’t decide. Being completely against indecision, I made said decision to not decide. Confused yet? I am. Sooo anyway. There are two cigars at number four because they both bring something amazing to the palate, but yet I can’t bump either on into my top three. First off ... More About: Jesus , Cigars , Fuego
Top 10 Cigars: #5 ? Gran Habano 3 Siglos (Hon)
2009-02-23 13:00:00 You don’t always have to look to the top end of a producer’s line to find his best cigar. In this case however, you do. Gran Habano is a relative newcomer to the scene, with a Connecticut #1, Habano #3, Corojo #5, and “3 Siglos” lines. The last is a full bodied, triple ligero roller coaster ... More About: Cigars
Coming up this week:
2009-02-21 17:47:00 Say hello to my top five favorite cigars –as of this moment, and watch in amazement as Rick Santelli becomes a revolutionary leader perhaps? Sorry, had to go for one more shameless search results push (sigh). Needless to say it’s been a big week here on the Porch, and we’ll holler at ya next week. Unless ... More About: Week
Top 10 Cigars: #6 ? Trinidad Coloniales (Cuba)
2009-02-20 13:00:00 Coming in at number six in the countdown is a not-so classic Habanos in one of my favorite shapes. Trinidad has only been around since 1998 with the creation of the Fundadores lancero, but this 2003 corona is simply outstanding. There are many other “more classic” cubans that, while great smokes lose a good deal on ... More About: Cuba , Cigars
For Those Interested in this ?Chicago Tea Party?
2009-02-20 04:05:00 Here’s your blueprint for success perhaps? I just finished “Tax Revolt” by Nashville’s own, Phil Valentine. It’s the true story of what real citizens did, and still can do when properly informed. “Tax Revolt” is a truly exciting tale of ordinary Tennesseans who stood up to abusive government when it desperately wanted an state income tax ... More About: Party , Chicago
Obama on Churchill: ?Thanks, No Thanks?
2009-02-20 02:02:00 I don’t know how this slipped by, but after “American Trucker” mentioned it in the previous comment-a-palooza, I thought I’d check it out. Apparently our greatest allies during the attacks on America just got their gift back. The bronze bust of Sir Winston apparently now resides in the British embassy, after staying as part of President ... More About: History , Obama
The Coming Chicago Tea Party
2009-02-19 17:46:00 In a rare moment, CNBC gets a little spicy. I’d love to hear your thoughts. It might be less sensational than you think. More About: Party , Chicago
Chimpan?please!
2009-02-19 14:52:00 Every day Roland S. Martin will utter an idea that makes me want to remove my ear drum with an ice pick. When I come across words he puts on paper, my eyes could quickly become the next target of self-inflicted relief from his absurdity. To date, I have opted for the better choice of ...
Top 10 Cigars: #7 ? Oliva Serie V (Nic)
2009-02-19 13:00:00 Rarely do I buy a cigar by the box. I do in this case. As I type this I learn more about my own tastes, in that this is the second double ligero in my top ten. Who knew? I like traveling alone. I don’t really know why, but the quiet and freedom are refreshing. Years ... More About: Cigars , Serie
Politics update, brought to you by idiots who vote
2009-02-19 03:34:00 Ready for thirty seconds to remind you why we’re all still screwed? This one goes straight back to the founders. Who are they, you ask? It doesn’t really matter. They’re all dead. Just like their vision. Who has time to read when you’re collecting all these promises from on high? Barack Obama, the president, who has tried ... More About: Politics , Idiots , Vote , Update
Top 10 Cigars: #8
2009-02-18 13:00:00 There are times that I’m in the mood for an adventure. There are times I like to know what’s coming. When it’s consistency you’re looking for, look no further than Arturo Fuente’s Chateau Sungrown Cuban Belicoso. It’s in many ways the perfect cigar. The CB isn’t grossly long like it’s double chateau cousins, or a waste ... More About: Cigars
Top 10 Cigars: #9
2009-02-17 13:00:00 Yes, I’m actually going to include a CAO on the list. Usually, I find CAO cigars to not live up to the marketing. Maybe in six months I’ll say the same thing about #9 on the list. Hopefully not, because the CAO LX2 is a pretty fine smoke. Like many of you, I was introduced to ... More About: Cigars
Panacea Cigars now available through AFP? 25% special discount
2009-02-16 15:17:00 Hello friends, I’m pleased to announce that now through the link to the right (”give ‘em a holler), you can now order Panacea Cigars directly, without waiting on your local retailer to pick up on the bandwagon! Just click the image and you’ll be taken directly to Panacea’s store. I highly suggest the maduro robusto. Also, for ... More About: Special , Discount
Top 10 Cigars: #10
2009-02-16 13:00:00 Ready to kick it off with a surprise? No, this isn’t going to be a list of Cuban pretense, but I had to include this at number ten if anything for shock value. I discovered Jose La Piedra a few weeks ago from a friend, and let me tell you, for a great Cuban smoke (in ... More About: Cigars
The Top 10 Cigars Countdown
2009-02-15 18:51:00 Many of you ask from time to time about my favorite cigars, and while I’m happy to give my opinion the answers are tough to come by. There are so many great smokes out there at the present time that to rank them would take some time to focus and consider many facets of the ... More About: Cigars , Countdown
You had me at ?We?re F&@ked.?
2009-02-13 15:36:00 Enjoy thoroughly as John Stewart breaks down the latest Obama press conference.
Love is
2009-02-11 16:13:00 ?Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.?- 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 I think I have a lot to learn.
Trauma
2009-02-10 23:24:00 In case you haven’t seen it, this is really, really funny. At least it was when I saw it all happen. How to traumatize your kid. More About: Trauma
I know? I can?t get enough?
2009-02-06 18:41:00 It’s like watching a school yard fight. _________ You have to be at least 35 years old to be president of the United States. There’s no age limit for SEC head football coaches. Maybe there should be. Lane Kiffin, after all, is only 33. Going on 13. You have to wonder what a true professional like new UT assistant Eddie Gran ...
Lance Thompson: ?I?m a Douche?
2009-02-06 15:32:00 Taking cues from Lane Kiffin, former Alabama ass. coach and now Tennessee windbag Lance Thompson spewed off at the mouth after national signing day. After being thrashed in the rankings (but yet still claiming some form of odd dominance…helloooooo Iranian army), Thompson declared the following: “(Saban) ain’t getting any more of my (recruits). For his sake I ...
Final Reminder: AFP Live
2009-02-05 21:51:00 AFP Live , tonight at 8:30 ct on Stickam. Click the tab above for more information. See you then! More About: Final , Reminder
Lane Kiffin: ?I am a real boy!?
2009-02-05 21:06:00 College football’s signing day has come and gone and it only took this fan about five seconds to remember why I love the game. It’s also taken an entire conference about the same amount of time to realize something else. Lane Kiffin makes it easy to hate Tennessee again. Last year was almost no fun. Hating that ... More About: Real
Ok?Socialism yet?
2009-02-05 13:00:00 When many folks saw my “Got Socialism ” stickers back during the campaign they were confused. I’ve now come to understand why. I truly believe that folks today have no problem with socialism because we’re so far removed from the Communist threat that many simply don’t know how evil the Socialist mindset can be. Is this socialism? Obama ... More About: Economy
A Call for the Third Reconstruction
2008-12-29 17:50:00 I really, really would love to hear your thoughts about this. No, there's no bias against the South in America. If only we low-taxers would listen to liberalia. They could certainly save us from ourselves."Today the division is no longer between slave and free states, or agrarian and industrial states, but between two models of industrial society -- the Northern model, based on adequate public service funding and taxation and unionization, and the Southern model, based on low-tax, low-service government and low-wage, non-unionized, easily exploited labor. If the industrial North and the industrial South compete for global capital investment, then the industrial South is likely to prevail, because Northern advantages in the form of a skilled workforce and superior public services are unlikely to overcome the South's advantages of low wages and low taxes and state and local tax subsidies. The result, sooner or later, will be the Southernization of the North and Midwest, as states in... More About: Call , Reconstruction
'Tis The Season
2008-12-25 15:04:00 I began thinking about this subject because of a post on another site. "To Santa, or not to Santa?" That was the question.Religion plays no role at all in our decision to remove Santa from our Christmases, instead our adamant insistence on being politically correct* takes precedence. I'm just not wild about the precedent the Santa story teaches our children. How would we truly simplify this Christmas legend for our kids and people from other cultures?This one night a year, if you're fortunate enough to receive the vague and arbitrary distinction of the "Nice List," Santa Claus will invade your house by defying all the laws of physics when sliding down the chimney, thus effectively committing a class "A" felony as he breaks into your home.Furthermore, your child must coax this wildly obese figure, with the most unhealthy of cookies and drinks, so that he will be more than generous with his gift selection. Bribing a fat person with food? That is the ultimate stereotype that I wish ... More About: Season
Book Review: "Field of Blood"
2008-12-22 15:49:00 Thomas Nelson publishers once again was kind enough to offer yours truly the opportunity to review a work for publishing, and this time the book was Field of Blood , by Eric Wilson.This supernatural, quasi-fantasy fictional tale of an Eastern European girl follows Gina Lazarescu across two continents in a quest to discover her past, and the essence of who she really is. While some of the more religious among us might quiver a little at a work like this, I found it to be enthralling. Think Anne Rice meets Left Behind, without the agenda.However fictional, I believe Wilson might have discovered more truth through this book than he bargained for, and honestly it forced me to confront a lot of what I believed about the supernatural and spiritual warfare.It also brought me to face some intense personal issues, and deal with them. The impact of this story will go deeper than most would imagine. I can't wait for the next two.Read it today!See the rest at www.AnAmericanFrontPorch.com More About: Book Review , Review , Book
A Better Perspective
2008-12-20 20:29:00 By Ray Melick -- Birmingham News Auburn didn't just pick a white football coach, Gene Chizik, over a black football coach, Turner Gill.Auburn picked a coach with a worse resume than just about anybody Athletics Director Jay Jacobs interviewed - white, black, or green.That fact seems to have been lost in the midst of this national conversation about the lack of opportunity for blacks as head football coaches at the college level.Not that the lack of opportunity isn't important. It is very important. It defies logic that of the thousands of young black athletes who have grown up playing and watching football, so few have been considered qualified for the opportunity to lead a college program.It is embarrassing that college football lags so far behind in this issue. Last year, roughly 25 percent of college basketball coaches were minorities. In the NFL, nearly one-fourth of the head coaches are minorities.And yet at the highest level of college coaching, the 66 members of the BCS con... More About: Perspective
Racism, Football, and Cold Hard Cash
More articles from this author:2008-12-16 15:07:00 Hailing from the great State of Alabama, I'm no stranger to sneers.I'm proud of my heritage, and always will be. The deep South is home to me. There's a little touch of family and history in everything you touch down here. No justification is necessary. We're not perfect people, and while we've over time had our George Wallaces, other places have had Mayor Daily.I believe sometimes that subconsciously some in the media feel that they have a "race quota." That is, anytime a black person south of Ohio loses out to a white person in anything, it must be because of race and they feel compelled to beat the horse. Lost to many is the complex nature of humanity, and its many perspectives. Too many times to those not connected it must simply boil down to good old fashioned, ignorant, southern hatred.I feel sometimes that I default to the opposite extreme and turn a blind eye to imperfection as well, and a recent rumbling in college football has helped to keep me honest.I remember my fa... More About: Football , Cold , Racism , Hard , Cash 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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