Paul Newman 1925 - 2008

I always thought Paul Newman personified "cool". Not just because of the part he played in Cool Hand Luke, but in all his other famous roles and because he seemed to carry that same demeanor in his off-set life and activities. Just one of those guys who I would always stop and watch if I saw him in the news or in one of his movies on TV.

She Don't Know She's Beautiful

Padilla Cigars' video shoot with Natalie Martinez. Just plain beautiful. Gives us a nice flavor of Miami; the beautiful woman, the cigar, the streets, the music. A nice diversion, I think.

Greensboro Police Don't Like Cigar Robbers

Hawaii Five-O doesn't come close to measuring-up when it comes to the way the Greensboro boys-in-blue went after a guy who robbed the local cigar shop!

We're talking about a helicopter, K-9 units, ladder-climbing cops to check the roofs, and an all-out shut down of local roadways in search of the bad guy. Gotta hand it to the citizenry of lovely Greensboro -- they know how to hire politicians that know how to hire cops! So check out the following news blurb for details and cool pics of the whole story, but I find it comforting to know that when somebody messes with a good ol' cigar shop in the middle of tobacco country, they're in for one heck of a run.

In Greensboro, North Carolina, Officers from three agencies using a helicopter and police dogs spent Thursday afternoon unsuccessfully searching for a man suspected of robbing a cigar store on Alamance Church Road.

The report says that at 11 a.m., Greensboro police responded to an armed robbery at Tobacco World at 1027 Alamance Church Road.
The robber drove off, but someone in the business was able to take down his license plate number.

From that number, police were able to get an address associated with the vehicle, and deputies headed to that neighborhood in an unincorporated area near the city's edge, said Col. T. Randy Powers, with the Guilford County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies confronted the suspect near 1300 Youngs Mill Road, but the man ran away before the deputies could get near him.
Police, deputies, and Highway Patrol troopers cordoned off the area and searched until 3:45 p.m., using police dogs and a Highway Patrol helicopter.

"He could have fit in the one lucky hole (where) we didn't have somebody in fast enough," Powers said.
No one was injured in the robbery.

The bad guys was described as a man as 6 feet tall and slender, with dark hair and wearing jeans and a black shirt.


...anybody in Greensboro fit that description?

...any of the other smoke shops putting up rewards or publicity??

Ex-cop reveals how teaching your teen to smoke cigars can prevent them from smoking weed...

Smoke cigars not weed.

“Ex cop reveals how teaching your teen to smoke cigars can actually prevent them from smoking weed or taking drugs!”


This little gem of a tag line took me to cigarsnotweed.com and was worth the read, just for the entertainment value and even a little "makes you think". John Wingert has a brief article about some things you might consider when trying to keep your teenager off drugs.

AND ON A RELATED NOTE:

Two men in Chattanooga, Tennessee, were arrested after drying marijuana in the microwave of a 7-11 while a police officer was inside. The smell of marijuana soon filled the convenience store. The men told authorities they were on their way to a drug rehabilitation clinic when they stopped to dry their pot.

Ohio Teen Shot Dead After Egging Cars

September 1, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus teenager who was throwing eggs at cars as part of a late-night prank was fatally shot, police said Sunday.
Police said 16-year-old Garrett Burton was with at least one other teenage boy Saturday in the backyard of a home when someone shot him in the head just before 3 a.m. Police have no suspects.
The band at Westland High School, where Burton was a student, played the school's alma mater in memory of him at Saturday night's football game.
Another Columbus teen was killed in an egging incident in December 2006. Fourteen-year-old Danny Crawford was shot after a group of boys he was with threw an egg at a car. No one has been charged in that case.

Suspected Car Thief Gets Caught In Overturned Port-a-Potty

September 1, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. — A suspected car burglar in Tampa made a dirty mistake when he hid out inside a Port-O-Let.
Tampa Police say 22-year-old Lorenzo Earl Knight broke into two cars Saturday. One of the owners fought Knight and chased him to a nearby construction site. Knight tried to hide in the Port-O-Let, but when the victim found him he overturned the toilet, dumping huge amounts of human waste on Knight.
Knight has been charged with auto burglary and possession of burglary tools.

Problem = No cigar involved.