Happy International Pipe Smoking Day


A shout out to all my pipe smoking brethren

Well, I am a bit ashamed to be the last out of Nathaniel and Van to post on this (I used to be a real blogger, but now my two self-styled "fake blogger" friends beat me to it), but I have to say Happy International Pipe Smoking Day to all fellow pipe smokers out there. And though he is not technically a pipe smoker yet, because he is a pipe owner as of Tuesday night (when I gave him a spare cob of mine) a shout out goes to Eric as well. We'll have to introduce you to the art of actually smoking a pipe here sometime in the near future.

It is unfortunate that pipe smoking is somehow inexplicably thrown in with cigarettes in the culture's hatred of all things tobacco. I can honestly say I'm a better man for smoking a pipe, and were I to do so more often, I would be a better man. Pipe smoking is something I do while reading and pondering a good book, or having a good discussion with friends. People don't sit down to smoke a pipe while mindlessly watching too much TV or fire up a briar at a Britney Spears concert. It is a contemplative and reflective activity, which is a great thing indeed in a culture bent on perpetual distraction.

So whether you pack it in the traditional 3-layer method, or the new fangled Frank method, whether you're a Zippo, butane or just plain old match guy, whether you like your tobac sweet and aromatic or chock full of Latakia, whether its briar, meerschaum or corn cob - let's all fire up a pipe and meditate on what a wonderful gift God gave us in the form of pipes.

Posted: Wed - February 20, 2008 at 09:38 AM | | | | | | |

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