Tom Johansmeyer on June 1st, 2010

Avo is a performer, as anyone who’s met him knows. At a cigar event, last year, he took this literally, claiming a spot behind the keyboard with the band. And yes, Avo can play. Do you have a great shot you want to see as a photo of the day? Send it to us at [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on June 1st, 2010

I guess cigar smokers everywhere are struggling with smoking bans and other limitations. While those of us in the United States lament increased cigar taxes and constraints on where we can puff, lovers of the leaf in North Korea are coping with their own social pressures. Korea Central News Agency, the country’s official “news” outlet, [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on June 1st, 2010

Cigar collectors now have a shot at picking up a rare find. A limited edition cigar, La Gloria Cubana Deliciosos, just hit the market, but you can’t expect it to go without a fight. Only 2,000 of these white jars were made, each containing 25 cigars. The cigars are 5 inches long and have a [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on June 1st, 2010

The mid-term elections are less than six months away, an opportunity for cigar-smoking Americans to make the decisions that will either protect outrights or hasten their demise. From 2007 through 2009, we learned what can happen to our freedom to smoke cigars, as draconian legislation was enacted that hurt small businesses – even in the [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on June 1st, 2010

The notion that there aren’t any secrets on foursquare isn’t exactly new. The whole point is to announce where you are, of course, with the hope of scoring frequency-based bragging rights. Derived from this, we’ve seen applications that signal homes at risk of burglary and developed dreams of location-based marketing, a decade-old objective that finally [...]

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