76.
April 29, 2026. The report card. 76 free subscribers. Zero paid. One comp I gave away because the work deserved a reader. That one does not count and I am not counting it. Zero + 6 Months Six months ago…
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Smoke What Ya Like
Like and Watch the video. Let’s build up the community and break all records for viewership this year. 𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋 Community First A message to all, you don’t have to be a cigar smoker to be a part of the community.…
Dressed Like Confidence
The AI got the injury update right. Then it told me Ronald Acuña was called up to replace Francisco Lindor on the Mets. Acuña isn’t a Met. He was traded. Same thread. Same confidence. One right, one wrong. No change…
Two Things Left
Fifteen years. That is how long this room sat dark and dingy while I walked past it every day. Not because I couldn’t fix it. Because I hadn’t started. I started. Two things left. A Money Tree. A side table…
I Lost The Plot. The Cat Did Not.
The Gear Was Ready. I Was Not. It started clean. OBS open, Elgato MK II plugged in, Behringer XM8500 on the desk. The gear was ready. Then I touched the filter settings. That was my first mistake. There is a…
Tatuaje Sextooth | TBD Schedule
The review schedule for our new lineup is currently To Be Determined. Smoke what you want on April 26, 2026. We will be kicking this list off on a Sunday, May 2 at 7:15pm Eastern, our normal time. Stay tuned…
The Thing You’re Not Saying
There is a moment I have watched happen dozens of times over 30 years. Someone smart. Someone principled. Someone who told you exactly where their line was. And then the moment came. And they stepped over it. And said nothing.…
$500 Sitting On My Desk. I Used the $19 One.
You have 47 tabs open. Twelve are AI tools. Three are gear reviews. Zero of them are a Substack Live you actually started. I started doing lives on Thursdays. Did one yesterday. No script. No agenda. Just talking for 20…
Substack: The Brutal Truth I Wish I Knew Sooner
My Substack is new:: After losing a 10,000-subscriber YouTube channel, I thought starting over on Substack would be easy. I was wrong. In this video, I’m pulling back the curtain on the “Brutal Truth” of transitioning from video to…
Face Palm Million-Dollar Content Strategy
Sunday. 7:15pm Eastern. Live. Monday. 7:15pm Eastern. Archive published. I have done this every week for a decade on iROBUSTO, a cigar show I run with two other people. Same time. Same day. Every week. Before Substack existed. Before anyone…