Quote Originally Posted by Mister Moo View Post
If Russ Ouelette is the greastest pipe tobacco blender now alive then why does his Black Mountain/Balkan Sobranie challenge leave me unmoved?
Aside: Russ is a top drawer guy - nothing I could ever say to take away from his great work and supreme generosity.

If pipestud now has 1,000 reviews on tobaccoreviews.com, why do I not agree with 80% of his ratings?

So, I am asking, please please please what isWRONG with me, anyhow?
I'll take on the other two...

I imagine Black Mountain/Balkan Sobranie doesn't do it for you for the same reason Joyce's Ulysses doesn't do it for me. It doesn't matter how good the blender(author) is, or how much people rave about something, there is a subversive side of my unconscious that refuses to go along with what all arrows point to as being a good thing.

As for the reviews...I will never trust anything that comes from someone who assigns themselves a moniker including the word "stud"