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So You Want My Job: Stay-at-Home Dad

So You Want My Job: Stay-at-Home Dad

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men about their jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.

When one thinks of stay-at-home parents, it’s almost always the mom that comes to mind. The number of stay-at-home dads is on the rise though; they now make up just under 20% of parents who don’t work…

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H. Upmann Yarguera Cigar Review – Video

H. Upmann Yarguera Cigar Review – Video

H. Upmann Yarguera Cigar Review – Cigar Advisor Review Panel For H. Upmann fans, it’s literally a whole new breed of cigar: Yarguera, made with a Honduras-grown 1960’s Cuban hybrid. And while it may be hard to pronounce (and hard to spell – there’s no umlaut key on this keyboard), this new Upmann has already received…

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FDA Now Checking Import Documentation At Customs

FDA Now Checking Import Documentation At Customs

If you are an importer of tobacco, you’d better have all your necessary compliance documents ready for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at customs. Failure to do so could result in a serious holdup, meaning that manufacturers and importers will have to wait until the FDA agents are satisfied with the documentation before it releases the cigars to its rightful owners. Source: Cigar Aficianado

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Etihad Airways Combines Cigars and First-Class Flying

Etihad Airways Combines Cigars and First-Class Flying

First-class flying is all about comfort—boarding before the rest of the passengers, enjoying a far better seat and being pampered with drinks, food and service not found in other parts of the plane. But Etihad Airways has something extra for that level of service—first-class cigars. Source: Cigar Aficianado

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Podcast #224: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things

Podcast #224: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things

Why do smart people do dumb things?

This is one of the many questions my guest has explored during his writing career. Malcolm Gladwell is a writer…

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Trump Loses Points But Retains Lead Over Clinton In New Presidential Poll

Trump Loses Points But Retains Lead Over Clinton In New Presidential Poll

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lost a small amount of ground to Democrat Hillary Clinton in the most recent Cigar Aficionado presidential poll—the first conducted since both parties officially chose their presidential candidates—but Trump remains a commanding favorite among cigar-loving voters. Source: Cigar Aficianado

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Springbank Local Barley 16yo at The Party Source – Scotch Whsky News Springbank Local Barley 16yr – Springbank Distillery, located in the lesser known area of Campbeltown, is near and dear to our hearts here at The Party Source.

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J.C. Newman Is Bringing Handmade Cigars Back to Ybor City

J.C. Newman Is Bringing Handmade Cigars Back to Ybor City

Premium, handmade cigarmaking is returning to Ybor City. Source: Cigar Aficianado

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Death of a Legend: Carlos Fuente Sr.

Death of a Legend: Carlos Fuente Sr.

Carlos Fuente Sr., the patriarch and longtime chairman of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia., died on Friday night in Tampa, Florida, after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 81 years old, and was surrounded by his family at the time of his death. Source: Cigar Aficianado

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Back in Stock II at K&L California – Whisky News

Back in Stock II at K&L California – Whisky News

Japan

White Oak Akashi Single Malt Whisky (750ml)  $89.99 View

White Oak Distillery Akashi Grain Whisky (750ml) $39.99 View Scotland

2008 Kilchoman Vintage Islay Single Malt Whisky (750ml) $99.99 View

K&L Wine Merchants http://www.klwines.com Phone: (877) KL-WINES (Toll Free 877.559.4637) Email: [email protected] San Francisco, Redwood City, Hollywood CA

Source: Whisky Intelligence.

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6 Tips for Successful & Gentlemanly Online Dating

6 Tips for Successful & Gentlemanly Online Dating

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jordan Zammit. 

Tell someone that you’ve dabbled in online dating and they might give you a look like they’re thinking about which letter of the alphabet would be most appropriate to give you in scarlet. But really, with the dawn of dating websites, Tinder, and the endless cycle of clones that come out almost daily, meeting someone from the internet is as…

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Padilla Launches Two Anniversary Cigars

Padilla Launches Two Anniversary Cigars

Padilla Cigar Co. is celebrating two special dates with a pair of anniversary cigars. The first cigar, simply called Padilla Anniversary, celebrates the company’s 14 years of business. The second smoke, Padilla Anniversary 85th Heberto Padilla, honors the legacy of famed Cuban poet Heberto Padilla, father of brand owner Ernesto Padilla. Source: Cigar Aficianado

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Podcast #223: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and Valiant Ambition

Podcast #223: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and Valiant Ambition

In the history of the American Revolution, two figures stand in stark contrast to each other: George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In the American…

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2016 CA Report: Top Grandfathered Cigars per FDA Cigar Regulations

2016 CA Report: Top Grandfathered Cigars per FDA Cigar Regulations

10 Top Grandfathered Cigars per FDA’s 2016 Cigar Regulations By John Pullo The FDA’s extension of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act over premium cigars becomes official tomorrow (Monday, 8/8/16). All it took for the agency to include cigars under these new rules was to say it “reserved the right” to do so, which…

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Whisky Auction “Our July auction is now LIVE!” – Scotch Whisky News

Whisky Auction “Our July auction is now LIVE!” – Scotch Whisky News

JULY auction is now LIVE!

  Our latest auction is now live and will end on Tuesday 9 August.

This time we have a stunning selection of Italian independent bottlings from Sestante, Samaroli, Silver Seal and Moon Import – look out for the Ardbeg 1973 ‘Islay’ from the Samaroli Fragments of Scotland series.

And don’t miss out on the Japanese whisky, as we have some very rare geisha label…

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Can You Undress in 20 Seconds or Less?

Can You Undress in 20 Seconds or Less?

Saving someone who is drowning is more difficult and dangerous than many people think (heck, even realizing someone is drowning is hard — the signs don’t look like you think they would.) A person who’s drowning can be panicked and clutch, kick, and grab at you as you try to rescue them, dragging you both underwater. And simply carrying someone through the water to safety who isn’t fighting you…

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A.J. Fernadnez, General Cigar Announce Alliance For Hoyo La Amistad

A.J. Fernadnez, General Cigar Announce Alliance For Hoyo La Amistad

General Cigar has collaborated with cigarmaker and tobacco grower A.J. Fernandez to help create the Hoyo La Amistad—perhaps the most full-bodied Hoyo de Monterrey to ever hit the market. Source: Cigar Aficianado

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