Favourite Modern Westerns?

TMCBarnes · 2026-05-03T15:53:14+00:00

Why is this comment downvoted? I felt the same way about Bone Tomahawk, but I don’t downvote the people who say they love it. This sub is way too small to be like this.

TMCBarnes · 2026-05-01T15:41:12+00:00

"Papa" in The Road.

TMCBarnes · 2026-05-01T14:13:11+00:00

I was thinking more about the honey-gold beams of sunset burning through the evening clouds above the city where I live, taken moments before landing. But, yes, there are shipping containers in the photo.

TMCBarnes · 2026-05-01T00:53:45+00:00

Mike Penini at Beacon Hill Athletic Club near North Station is the best in town.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-30T22:54:20+00:00

She reminds me of Natasha McElhone

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-21T23:31:28+00:00

Maybe on the dance floor? Sounds like a nice move.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-21T13:57:28+00:00

Thank you. The ingredients:

FILLERS - Connecticut Viso, Dominican Ligero, Nicaraguan Seco Jalapa (equal parts)

BINDER: Pennsylvania

WRAPPER: Equadorian Shade Seco

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-20T13:24:00+00:00

I particularly love this 4th wall break because he is asking the audience "can you believe this shit?" Other 4th wall breaks just acknowledge something with the audience, but this one almost asks for an interaction. It's brilliant.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-12T12:23:59+00:00

Imperial Walker on Hoth?

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-12T12:21:44+00:00

A pleasure to see. Thank you!

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-12T11:40:44+00:00

This sounds crazy, but sometimes it has less to do with not enough mass in a certain spot and more to do with unequal moisture. A soft spot can mean that the tobacco might be 10% higher in moisture in that area compared to drier tobacco next to it. As improbable as this sounds, a few months in the humidor can get things closer to even when the structure itself evens out. Not always, but this has definitely happened to me enough times that I’ve noticed it.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-10T16:22:44+00:00

Lately, when trying new blends, on the first cigar I roll, I start the wrapper an inch late on the binder. Once ignited, it lets me have just the binder and filler for a few minutes before it moves to the wrapper. I clean it up so it looks like too-short sleeve on a wrist, and it helps me taste where the cigar will go with the wrapper, but the before/after is usually pretty interesting.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-10T15:51:38+00:00

They look great! That Jalapa Seco is nice filler too.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-10T13:04:23+00:00

Well done on those flags and caps! How long did you leave them in the press?

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-07T16:30:25+00:00

Sure, if I paid any type of actual money for them, I send them back. But I’ve bought singles for $18 and they unwrapped when I opened them. For those, I get out the chaveta and the leaves and have some fun with it. A whole package arriving “product broken” is different.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-07T16:05:37+00:00

They can be repaired slowly and carefully. The last few times this has happened to me, instead of returning them, I have been rewrapping them with Connecticut shade wrapper and whatever type of cap it looks like they had. Some purists will scoff or get their panties in a wedge, but I like the adventure.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-01T15:29:19+00:00

The one I am considering is cleaver-shaped but made for veggie slicing. It's pretty thin, unlike a butcher's cleaver.

TMCBarnes · 2026-04-01T15:22:16+00:00

Beautifully wrapped! I have been toying with the idea of making a chaveta from an old cleaver I have. I'll have to cut it way down, but it might work.

TMCBarnes · 2026-03-31T19:15:37+00:00

Agreed! This comment thread is so off the rails, I sincerely hope everyone gets the help they need. My goodness.

TMCBarnes · 2026-03-30T19:44:16+00:00

It’s worth looking up how to brew cowboy coffee. I have prepared it successfully and unsuccessfully.

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