It has been a long hiatus between posts. Life is like that sometimes. Since my last complaints the weather has finally changed over to Spring for real and smoking out in my backyard after dinner has become a regular occurrence again. Except for the overly wet nature of these weeks and the similar forecasts for next week, I really can't complain.
I am almost out of Jack Knife Plug and will be buying some more along with G. Pease's latest plug as soon as it is available. Meantime I've returned to Exhausted Rooster for a little while. All is well.
The reference in the title of this post is to the fact that my students at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College are holding a student auction next week and I've determined to auction off a pipe smoking tutorial for four students. I'm planning to get Holt's to donate some corn cobs and a couple of ounces of a variety of tobaccos for each student and hold the tutorial, if they allow, at Holt's lounge. I'll teach proper filling, puffing, cleaning and say a few words about the range of tobaccos and send them on their way. I've let the student organizers set the starting bid for this and we'll see what comes of it. Stay tuned.
