Yesterday, my friend and I drove to Waco to visit the Dr. Pepper museum. It’s worth a stop if you ever happen to be driving by, but it’s not really worth traveling any distance to (like I did). The museum had neat old cans. Some old swag. Old machines. After trying the nasty hot Dr [...]
I wrote a thing earlier this week on a minefield: The V2/Swedish Match controversy of bacteria levels, aka bacteriagate. You see, no matter how nonsensical it may seem, to ad the word -gate to anything means scandal. Here’s a little history. A corrupt president once broke into a hotel to get a blow job from [...]
Often, meetings can take longer than you expect. Especially at my job. When a manager says “stop by when you get a chance,” it could be 30 seconds or an hour. Everybody, it seems, loves to talk on and on — despite that (or perhaps because) their message is simple. Even something as innocuous as [...]
So I have about a dozen things to write about. Late last week, I got Kardus 2010. This is high on my list of topics, but I’ll hold off until tomorrow. I also finally got my fingers on Camel Robust. I also want to talk about that — even though it’s like soooo Summer 2010. [...]
I’m going to begin a conversation with Jeff Stier, a dude who was “the Associate Director of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) from 1997-2010,” according to his website. Jeff first got my attention (and admiration) with articles like this, and he has been only snus advocate I know of that has talked [...]
Now that I have read the first half of the Ephemeris magazine, I feel comfortable saying that it’s not what I thought it would be. It’s way cooler, actually. I thought I would be the comic relief in a fairly strait-laced magazine. Instead my story, called “Snus Needs Supermodels” is about as strait-laced as it [...]
On Tuesday, I went to see the Deftones play in Downtown Austin. While I was down there, I spotted the General Bus. It was kind of interesting. On the bus were three chicks at computers. I sat down with one of them. She asked, “Have you heard of General Snus?” “Yes,” I said. “Do you [...]
Well I survived my trip to California. I ended up getting a cold the day I flew out and was sick until the day before I left. Made for a somewhat shitty vacation, but it was nice to see the family. Went to a wedding. Most interesting part was that I had pico de gallo [...]
I’m headed out of town for about a week. Going to California. It’s funny that I briefly considered ordering snus there because the snus taxes are lower. Imagine that, buying tobacco in California is cheaper than Texas. In fact, at the beginning of September, smokeless taxes went up again here in Texas. Now it’s $1.13 [...]
Every time I make a guess about something involving snus, I’m wrong. At the end of this blog where I talk about Ettan getting the star formation, I theorize that G-Rape has to be the next star. Wrong. Swedish Match sent out an email today saying that it will be General Mint and Wintergreen, effective [...]
