Cigars + Beer + World Domination=

I went down to Ellery's house again this week, left on Wednesday and returned on Friday. Now I have been accused on "gushing" over my nieces and nephew in the past, so I shall not bore anyone with those details. Instead I shall talk on the joy that a nine inch cigar and a game board can bring.

Yes, I did say a nine inch cigar, the biggest cigar I have ever smoked. It was called a "Hemmingway", like the author, and the box that it was sitting in at the store resembled a book. It cost $15. First, allow me to explain why I would pay that kind of money for a cigar. I made a rather foolish bet with my brother and lost, meaning that I had to buy him an expensive cigar, and since I was buying him one, I figure he couldn't smoke one alone, so I of course ended up with one. Now, one sign of a good cigar is getting buzzed before you've even smoked a quarter of it, and this was a good cigar.

Of course a cigar is not enough to make an entire evening(although it could come pretty close) we also had good beer. And, to top it all off we were playing Risk, that old game of world domination. This killer combination created good times for all involved, although the first night was better since the second night we had much cheaper cigars(ones from Rite-Aid), but two out of the three elements ain't bad.

If there is a better way to spend an evening other than beer, Risk, and cigars, I sure don't know about it.