I get a little jealous some Tuesday nights. The guys are at the table having great conversations with the Discord Community. I’m shoveling coal into the steam engine. I don’t always get to go up front and see where the train is headed. Smoke and Steel Episode 068 is where I told the crew about […]
The One Where We Make the Pilgrimage to Louisiana – Smoke and Steel Episode 073
The first thing we did after landing in Louisiana was find a po’boy. Kyle from the LA Cigar Collective had texted Eric asking him to bring a sandwich back to the shop, and “bring daddy a sandwich” instantly became the running joke of the trip. Then Eric got to the counter and had no idea […]
Smoke and Steel Episode 067: The One Where a Buddy Swapped Opus X for Duffel Bags
Episode 67 felt different before anyone even lit a cigar. Mark wasn’t in the chair for the first time in longer than any of us could remember. The garage felt a little off without him needling somebody in the first thirty seconds. We’ve been doing this the same way for years now, sitting around this […]
Smoke and Steel Episode 066: The One Where Bruce Went to His Car for a Smoking Jacket
Every Tuesday night, the crew shows up in my garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. We’ve been doing that for years. We just weren’t recording it. When we finally turned the cameras on, nothing changed. Episode 66 started with an empty list. Eric had spent the whole day dreading it. We lit up anyway. Thirty-six minutes in, […]
Smoke and Steel Episode 065: The One Where the Opus X ReXilient Debate Got Personal
Tuesday nights in my garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania don’t usually go as planned. We light up, we talk, and whatever comes up comes up. Episode 65 wandered from blind cigars to lighter reviews to a debate none of us expected to have this deep. That last one is why I’m writing this post. The Opus […]