{"id":888,"date":"2020-08-13T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=888"},"modified":"2020-08-13T13:46:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:46:19","slug":"smoke-and-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=888","title":{"rendered":"Smoke and Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lighter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lighter.png 500w, https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lighter-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lighter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lighter-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>A lit Zippo lighter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a calendar year, I might consume a maximum of five cigars. My wife considers this a crime and a personal attack on her olfactory nerve, but that is far from my intent. I can&#8217;t really say that I have a strong palette. As with most things, I am a dilettante at best. But there is something peaceful in a good cigar. And I only get the good ones. How do I know that they&#8217;re good? Because people whom I trust to know these things say that they are. I usually pair it with my go-to bourbon and make an evening of it by the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is something meditative to the consumption of such a sinful item. It can take two hours properly enjoy a cigar.  And those hours are usually silent. I could use that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, the weight of the current reality is pushing the buttons of everyone I know. The New Normal isn&#8217;t pleasant. Everyone feels trapped. So we reach for things that might have some level of comfort associated with them. I don&#8217;t know that anything really helps in the long run, but every year is made of days that we must survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, Perdomo Lot 23 are quite nice. Hat tip to my buddy Joe for that one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a calendar year, I might consume a maximum of five cigars. My wife considers this a crime and a personal attack on her olfactory nerve, but that is far from my intent. I can&#8217;t really say that I have &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=888\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}