Interesting- and thanks for the pointers.
Sounds to me like he's saying something more along the lines of giving anything at least half-an-inch's chance (I know, not saying much) before discounting it, as opposed to how they might review the stuff they like enough to put in their 'best-of-the-year pile'. In the same way, if a movie reviewer acknowledged sometimes walking out early on a POS rom-com, I wouldn't be suspicious that the reviewer's year-end top 20 contained movies s/he had only seen the first 15 minutes of.
Am I defending Cigar Aficionado?
On an entirely OT note, I'm loving Halfwheel so far, Brooks!
