I'm at the Crossroads-Help me Decide

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by Lear31MX

Do what makes you happy.

No sense in doing it if you're not going to enjoy it.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Katmancross

They want me to review Ugly Coyotes next.

Say no more. What a brilliant opportunity to pull the plug!!!

[Dunkel]

Yep, what Scott said! Send the pack of Ugly Coyotes back with a note saying, "No Thanks!" LOL

Originally Posted by Dunkel

Yep, what Scott said! Send the pack of Ugly Coyotes back with a note saying, "No Thanks!" LOL

He's sending me the non flavored ones. God help him if he sent me a grape flavored cigar to review.
But even the original is sweet with a sweetened cap.
As I look into my crystal ball, I see me writing him and telling him "I hate them...now what?"
Update to follow......

[Eleven]

wwhstd?

Originally Posted by Eleven

wwhstd?

HUH?

[Eleven]

Originally Posted by Katmancross

HUH?

What Would Hunter S. Thompson Do? (besides acid, that is!)

[floydpink]

Gore and hookers? How have I missed these reviews?

Originally Posted by floydpink

Gore and hookers? How have I missed these reviews?

The gore was when I had Mongo the rodent chew my hand off because it was trapped between rocks while hiking, and falling into a ravine, in the Alabao review.
The hookers was a reference to (they changed the word "prostitute" to "strumpets") in the Signature Series by Patel review.

Pretty petty, huh?
I forgot that 8 year old children read my reviews.

[Prefy]

Originally Posted by Katmancross

Where could I set up my own blog and how would I get people to notice it?

If you are serious about setting up your own blog, fire me a PM.

[Superbad]

You can start a blog at Wordpress. I would then get the word out to people like MatthewJMicheal from Toasted foot, he is active here. You can spread the word via twitter and other means... next thing you know... boom tons of traffic, if you have the dedication and quality writing to keep it going, you can be successful.

Originally Posted by Superbad

You can start a blog at Wordpress. I would then get the word out to people like MatthewJMicheal from Toasted foot, he is active here. You can spread the word via twitter and other means... next thing you know... boom tons of traffic, if you have the dedication and quality writing to keep it going, you can be successful.

I have a personal blog at salon.com
http://open.salon.com/blog/katmancross

I guess I could do the same thing at salon with cigar reviews. The blogs that tell readers I have a new review published at Famous gets a lot of hits

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Dunkel

Yep, what Scott said! Send the pack of Ugly Coyotes back with a note saying, "No Thanks!" LOL

Nah, the cigar industry is a very small place. so I would not burn bridges like that. Review them and if you're done, then politely tell them that you're done. Leave on good terms. It's always nice to have a door in the past that will open for you in the future if the paths cross again. These guys all talk, as Pete Johnson puts it, it's more like a fraternity and the competition that exists within a fraternity than it is all out business competition. If you throw these cigars back at the supplier, word will get out.

Originally Posted by T.G

Nah, the cigar industry is a very small place. so I would not burn bridges like that. Review them and if you're done, then politely tell them that you're done. Leave on good terms. It's always nice to have a door in the past that will open for you in the future if the paths cross again. These guys all talk, as Pete Johnson puts it, it's more like a fraternity and the competition that exists within a fraternity than it is all out business competition. If you throw these cigars back at the supplier, word will get out.

I agree. As I posted earlier, if I find the cigars atrocious, I will tell them so and ask them what do we do now? I just can't praise a cigar I don't like.
But this thread could also be my downfall.

[Dunkel]

Originally Posted by T.G

Nah, the cigar industry is a very small place. so I would not burn bridges like that. Review them and if you're done, then politely tell them that you're done. Leave on good terms. It's always nice to have a door in the past that will open for you in the future if the paths cross again. These guys all talk, as Pete Johnson puts it, it's more like a fraternity and the competition that exists within a fraternity than it is all out business competition. If you throw these cigars back at the supplier, word will get out.

I didn't mean it to be a slap in the face. I just meant the idea of smoking an Ugly Coyote would make me say no thanks.

Originally Posted by Dunkel

I didn't mean it to be a slap in the face. I just meant the idea of smoking an Ugly Coyote would make me say no thanks.

Here's the bottom line....I have a Famous catalog in front of me and there are dozens of house brands to be reviewed.
Why pick a liquor store type house brand?
What is to be gained?
Guys that smoke grape flavored cigars are always going to smoke grape flavored cigars.
Do guys that smoke peach flavored cigars read these blog sites? Do they read reviews and blogs on an online cigar store?
Who is my audience?
And who will ever read me again if I write glowingly about it?
I'm so confused.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Katmancross

The gore was when I had Mongo the rodent chew my hand off

Crap, I thought it was about AL Gore.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Dunkel

I didn't mean it to be a slap in the face. I just meant the idea of smoking an Ugly Coyote would make me say no thanks.

Gotcha.

[floydpink]

I still want to know more about the hookers and the gore.

Philip, did a dingo eat your baby?

OK. I think an impasse has been solved. The guys at Famous have been very magnanimous about this whole thing.
They have approved publishing my reviews/stories here for the same cigar being reviewed on their site.
The review here... will be all me. The reviews at Famous will be PC, so nuns can read them.
I just have to write two stories/reviews. No problem.

I'm going to post two reviews/stories on the Review section this morning.
The first one is for La Floridita Fuerte cigars...a house brand. And it is not PC.
I will explain more on that post.

The other will be for Alabao cigars-another house brand. Nothing inappropriate on this one. But it may be more interesting for Beatles fans. Supposedly, this is a true story as told to me by George Martin in 1974 in London.

Thank you Famous!