tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post7364143626862997231..comments2023-04-02T00:39:16.640-07:00Comments on Stochasticactus: Git Offa Mah Yard! part xPeter Breslinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15466530226652452872noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-33608356802787734202009-03-15T13:46:00.000-07:002009-03-15T13:46:00.000-07:00Hey Jason—el Pedro is away for a week in the deser...Hey Jason—el Pedro is away for a week in the desert with his cactus friends, but I wanted to let you know: Yeah, he's two months smoke free now. His physical cravings were unexpectedly difficult, stochastically so—i.e. non-linear, i.e. better one day and then worse then next. We put this down to the heinously addictive properties of AS menthols. I'm sure he'll have more to say when he returns; just wanted to update you in the meantime. :o)the unreliable narratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02455924102326229617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-78268867891383971772009-03-15T11:17:00.000-07:002009-03-15T11:17:00.000-07:00I found your blog and this entry after searching G...I found your blog and this entry after searching Google for: "American Spirits Cigarette Controversy" after hearing about some issue that the American Medical Association had with a movie titled, "He's Just Not That In To You" because they display a close up of a bright yellow carton of American Spirits lights. <BR/><BR/>I too by the way am a total American Spirits loyalist. So much so that besides faithfully smoking them for over a decade, I have also been pushing them on my friends who smoke for the last seven years! <BR/><BR/>I mean I even remember how stoked I was one night while watching the Dave Chappelle Show I noticed that Dave was a fellow NAS smoker! Hell I remember when I was out front at Logan Airport in Boston getting in one last smoke before leaving. I was sitting on a bench reading a newspaper and because I was chain smoking I had left my bright blue box of American Spirits sitting out next to me. The next thing I know, this girl in her young 20s comes walking up holding her hand up in the air and proudly announced, "HIGH FIVE!? American Spirit smoker? Then you're fine in my book." I know that story sounds corny as hell, but it's just proof that most NAS smokers were proud of being an alternative smoker who are completely comfortable going up to a total stranger and discussing a brand of smokes. <BR/><BR/>To wrap up my "comment", prior to reading your blog, I had NO IDEA that NAS's were owned by Reynolds American! I must proudly share that one of the main reasons why I started smoking Am.Spirits was because they weren't owned by some gigantic corporation hell bent on doing whatever it took to make money. <BR/><BR/>Now while I am not some bleeding heart hippie, I am a proud native Pacific-Northwesterner (a Portlander to be exact) and I have always felt that NAS catered to many of the values that come along with growing up in Portland, Oregon. <BR/><BR/>Wow, I'm getting way off point here, I guess my problem is after all this time, I have to change smokes I guess. I really don't want to give anymore of my hard earned cash to Reynolds American. What really pisses me off is all the same things that you rant about in your latest post. After all this patting-on-the-back that NAS has been doing and slipping in inserts talking about small farmers and the environment blah blah blah...to be owned by RA, they're just full of total shit! BLAH! <BR/><BR/>Anyways, thanks for the taking the time to read this comment. I know it's hard to! Love the blog, hope you don't mind if I add to my list of blogs that I follow on mine http://inventoryreport.blogspot.com. I'm not what anyone would call a good writer, and I don't always have much time to write, so take it for what it is.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285300061301947415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-1799050671089986582008-09-19T10:31:00.000-07:002008-09-19T10:31:00.000-07:00I know I'm late joining the party here, but I just...I know I'm late joining the party here, but I just have to say: I like the Oxford comma. Ha!liannaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915037729370317600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-63574674021601412492008-08-11T19:57:00.000-07:002008-08-11T19:57:00.000-07:00In the early 90's my cousin, Dirk Hermann, a VP at...In the early 90's my cousin, Dirk Hermann, a VP at R.J. Reynolds, started up the Moonlight Tobacco Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The RJR Tobacco Co. Their goal was to offer a micro-brewed beer version of a smoke ultimately meant to compete with American Spirits. One of their brands was Bee's Honey-toasted tobacco. Mirco brewed smokes??? Give me a break.<BR/><BR/>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DF1F38F930A2575AC0A963958260Moderniconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833699973198908256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33937439.post-81594251352766819552008-08-03T15:31:00.000-07:002008-08-03T15:31:00.000-07:00"Apparently I sometimes embody this character"...?..."<EM>Apparently</EM> I <EM>sometimes</EM> embody this character"...?<BR/><BR/>Gimme a Break! (That'll be the name of <EM>my</EM> new cranky blog series...when/if, that is, I ever have a blog again.)<BR/><BR/>Can't wait for the next installment...this should be a segment on <EM>This American Life!</EM><BR/><BR/>PS: I think you mean <EM>Plains</EM> Indian....the unreliable narratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02455924102326229617noreply@blogger.com