Bill reviews his new Calibri v-cut. They discuss the soon to be available "eco friendly" navigation option in Google maps. They smoke a Crowned Head La Imperiosa Habano Oscuro with some ABK6 VSOP Cognac. www.cigarsliquorandmore.com
They have some Bacardi Solera with a CAO Brazilia. They love this Brazilia and is a regular smoke in their humidor. The Solera is the first try, but like this offering from Bacardi. They lightly touch on cigar dos and don'ts. Just a little fun. Not all encompassing. Some talk about how to re-light a cigar. They like the Bacardi with some fruity, woody, and vanilla flavors. The Brazilia is a medium to full with woody, leathery, and spicy flavors. Both should be tried.
You can get a remote controlled flamethrower and it's legal in most states. They drink the Plantation Black Cask and smoke the Rocky Patel 60th. They also discuss a new product coming that will neutralize alchohol before you absorbe it.
Rare Earth magnets are critical to our defense and in fact most of our products. We need to have a non-China source for rare earths. DOD may be taking some steps to begin again our own rare earth production. There's a little more ranting about licorice.They smoke the Undercrown Shade Grand Toro and drink the 2024 Bookers Springfield batch.
They drink the Knob Creek 12 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey with the La Perla Habana Black Pearl Oro. For some reason they talk about assigning a dog year equivalent to whiskey aging. New work has found a way to create artificial diamonds at atmospheric pressure. Big diamonds. Good looking things. This could be a De Beers killer. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/diamonds-extreme-atmospheric-pressure
They discuss the Formula 1 racing as they drink the Formula 1 inspired whiskey. They mention Monte Carlo, but meant Le Mans. They smoke the Joya Black and drink the Whistle Pig Piggyback Alpha Romeo. Between drinks and smoke they discuss how recently AI has been used to create a new battery, and it worked! https://www.sciencenews.org/article/artificial-intelligence-new-battery
They discuss the recent CRA appeal to the FDA and segue into a discussion about British baristars wearing wigs in this day and age. They also discuss water issues. They smoke the West Tampa Red and drink the Courage & Conviction Cuvee cask finish whiskey.
Darrell and family went to the Providenciales region of Turks and Caicos. They stayed at the Club Med for part of the time and The Grace Bay Suites for the other part. They review the area, Club Med, some restaurants, diving, and general atmosphere. The cigar was a local one, but there was no information on it and the rum was local, but proably acting as a non-distiller producer. Enjoy!
Bill and Darrell discuss self awareness of AI. They disagree. They smoke the New Cuba Corojo with Herman Marshall Dry Country. This is a sweetened tip cigar and Bill discusses it. Bill discusses going to Paris, Texas. Sorry to flat earthers, but we dog the theory in this episode. Since they drink the Dry County, they discuss the dry county policies in Texas and trail off into a discussion of terrible bottles. https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-realizes-being-tested
Bill and Darrell discuss the AI trying to solve thousands upon thousands of trolly decisions and some implecations. Ghost Autonomy announced experiments with ChatGPT to help its software navigate its environment. They ask for 50,000 senarios and compared the results across 4 LLM models. We're concerned and in our concern smoked a 120th Anniversary La Aurora and drank some Lost Irish. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/would-chatbots-make-the-same-driving-decisions-as-us/
In this episode they stick to the discussion of the liquor and cigar. There's some cigar shape and size discussion and some cognac discussion, but they mostly stay to the liquor and cigar this episode. They smoke the Aganorsa Leaf Supreme Leaf and drink the Pierre Ferrand Formula 1840.
Bill, Darrell, and David went to the 7th Annual Whiskey Riot - Dallas. The three discuss the event while smoking the Diesel Wicked and drinking the Benchmark Single Barrel. They also poke a little fun at the Benchmark line while still appreciating it. Julia (tech support) also joins use in our Benchmark enjoyment. https://whiskeyriot.com/dallas-tx
They discuss some cigar and liquor collaborations while smoking the latest collaboration, the EH Taylor Corojo while sipping the EH Taylor Small Batch. They also discuss cornhole, softball, and a cigar mishap.
This discuss the recent news about Neuralink and future implications. They also discuss the straight cut. Bill wants to bring it back to regular use. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/30/neuralink-musk-first-human-brain-chip/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/neuralink-implants-brain-chip-first-human-musk-says-2024-01-29/
They discuss a new company trying to bring to market an enzyme that converts sugar to fiber. We assume we'll use it to finally get the fiber we need in out diet and lose weight. All the while they're enjoying the Abel Exposito 1957 and sip St Cloud Abstrakt. https://www.wired.com/story/startup-sugar-fiber-enzyme-zya/
They discuss more of TPE 2024, discuss cigar cuts briefly, and have a some clips from Robert Caldwell and Matt Booth. They smoke an ADventura Explorer and sip some Balcones 15th Anniversary Cataleja.
They have a bit more discussion about TPE and cover a recent article about a research group who used hemoglobin to make a battery. They smoke a La Gloria Cubana Serie R and sip on the Still Austin Cask strength Bourbon. https://www.iflscience.com/blood-battery-prototype-powered-by-hemoglobin-unveiled-in-world-first-72731
Bill and Darrell sit down with Dave Arlinghaus of Cigar Life Guy. He is a cigar smoker and life insurance purvayor for cigar smokers. He serves the cigar community by connecting cigar smokers with companies that do not charge cigar smokers cigarette smoking prices. https://www.cigarlifeguy.com
NFTs in the cigar and liquor space represent real values. Not just rights to images. They discuss some of the values and offerings. They smoke the Rocky Patel Dark Star and sip the Ironroot Grayson blended bourbon, a blend of 4 Texas distillers. They will have actually already been to TPE when this airs and we'll have lots more content from it coming soon. How NFTs Are Changing the Spirits Industry for the Better https://www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/nfts-spirits-industry Cigars & NFTs: A Breakdown https://cigarworld.com/education/cigars-and-nfts-a-breakdown/ Alcohol Brands Are Getting into the NFT Space. What Does This Mean for Legal Compliance? https://daily.sevenfifty.com/alcohol-beverage-brands-nft-space-legal-compliance/#:~:text=The%20NFT%20is%20essentially%20the%20title%20to%20a,may%20redeem%20the%20NFT%20for%20the%20physical%20item. NFTs And The Future Of The Alcoholic Beverage Industry https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/02/24/nfts-and-the-future-of-the-alcoholic-beverage-industry/?sh=141c92ba2173
We discuss Elon Musk's next move in the area of robotics. We smoke the ADVentura La Llorona and drink the Benchmark Full proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. They continue discussing odd things including weird kid actions and odd mistakes. They briefly discuss housing prices https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/latest-rumblings-elon-musk-may-affect-future-robotics