We're callin' Happy Hour early today, mainly coz we're in something very much like a pissy mood. And, contrary to popular opinion, drinking DOES help at times like these... if only to mellow out our crotchety old self. There's a reason "Attitude Adjustment Hour" is another euphemism for afternoon imbibing. A GOOD reason.
Another reason... as if I really needed one... is we received this beauty in today's mail:
That's a box of CAO Italia Novellas, whose main claim to fame is they feature Italian tobaccos. That's a new one on me, because all the big manufacturers always tout their "Cuban seed tobacco," "finest Honduran tobaccos," shade grown Connecticut tobaccos, and so on and so forth. But Eye-Talian? Never heard that before. We did a bit o' research before we popped for these guys, which were featured as Cigar.com's "special of the week" recently. The guys who write inner-net cigar reviews generally gave these sticks a thumbs-up and that was enough for me.
...pissy mood.
ReplyDeleteI can relate. Wondering about having a drink or 2 or more to alleviate the pissiness.
Because getting pissed sure beats being pissed.
Hope it was/is a nice Happy Hour Buck.
wv: porwaym - which is what I'd have if I did get pissed as I have about zero tolerance for alcohol. Pity really.
"Pissy mood." There appears to be an epidemic.
ReplyDeleteHope your attitude adjusts.
In fact, may our collective attitude adjust. I think I hear a cocktail calling . . . .
Finally got back into the swing this weekend...had more than one beer and two cigars. First cigars I had in almost a year! They were good!
ReplyDeleteJust dang. You'd be a poor influence on me.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the brew...whatcha got there? I could zoom in, photo enhance and then Google-search, but I'm too lazy.
Don't take this the wrong way, but sometimes you remind me of when I read Hannibal Lecter novels. They're not the same as the movies, they go into g-r-e-a-t detail about the spices, wines and seasonings, the countries from whence they came, et al. That poor fellow whose brain was cooked in pieces while he was still alive, the butter that coated his frontal lobes was Flemish. Flemish. I figured that was a twelfth-century concept, didn't know there still was such a thing.
Kris and Moogie: We snapped out of it by the time we finished our second beer; the rest was gravy. I hope you found a way out, as well. ;-)
ReplyDeleteMushy: Good to hear you're back in the swing of things.
Regarding the brew...whatcha got there?
It's a Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse, the beer of choice. Of late. It IS summer, yanno? And I assume you're speaking highly of my attention to detail. ;-)
Italian tobacco. For some reason I remember that goofy song they used to play on AFN around 1980. Itsa not so bad, itsa nice a place, ah shutup a youface.
ReplyDeleteHere it is in all of it's cheesy glory. Heaven help us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs
Once again, the box is lovely. I've been in a pissy mood myself lately. Maybe it was the family reunion or maybe it was hormonal or maybe it was the Coors Light rather than the good stuff, which Toby refused to buy for the relatives.
ReplyDeleteKris and Moogie: We snapped out of it by the time we finished our second beer; the rest was gravy. I hope you found a way out, as well. ;-)
ReplyDeleteIndeed my pissy mood lifted last night. A glass of 4 year old Cabernet Sauvignon and pizza can do that for a girl.
That and - it's my birthday today. Don't mean to threadjack or pimp my birthday but...it is my birthday. The Oracle showered me with gifts, my friends have all stepped up with wishes and unexpected gifts.
It's early and already the day is pretty damn good. Shooting tonite and a burger afterwards - pissy mood be gone!
Anon: Heh. That was good and thank you for it. I can see why AFN would play that song a lot, it would fit in a supremely ironic way in most places one heard AFN. There ARE exceptions, of course... like most of Europe and FEN in Japan. But elsewhere? Not so much. I'm lookin' at YOU, Korea and Turkey.
ReplyDeleteLou: I'm almost always amazed and pleased at the presentation value cigars have. It seems like a great deal of thought goes into the design of the boxes and such.
Coors Light? Coors-frickin'-Light? Aiiieee. Now THAT is a marriage testing event if I EVER heard one. I could understand... MAYBE... if there were some people at the reunion you wanted to irritate. But I'd have a personal cooler full of drinkable beer stashed somewhere. You're a much better person than I if Toby made you drink that oh-so-lightly hop-flavored Rocky Mountain spring water. Gah.
Happy Birthday, Kris! We were commenting together but separately...
ReplyDeleteIt was more like Toby did not want to waste good beer on my relatives when they are perfectly happy with the other stuff. But if he had brought the good beer, you can bet there would have been some diving into our cooler by my cousins.
ReplyDeleteMust have been something about the day, cause I was in said mood most of yesterday, myself.
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