Saturday, May 19, 2007

Jacobs Field

Too bad the Indians Sucked ass, losing 10-5 to the Cincinnati Reds. The seats were good though.

TomC

Nikki Cox

Nikki Cox (born Nicole Avery Cox on June 2, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress known mostly for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas.

Cox's career as an entertainer started at the age of four, as she appeared as a dancer in several ballet productions and TV specials. She began acting at the age of ten, making appearances in several movies and guest starring on shows such as Baywatch, California Dreams, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Blossom. She also starred in General Hospital from 1993 to 1995.

Her appearances on various TV shows would lead to her first prime-time starring role as Tiffany Malloy on the sitcom Unhappily Ever After, which ran on the WB 1995–1999.

After Unhappily left the airwaves, she would portray former prostitute Taylor Clayton on the sitcom The Norm Show and star as Nikki White in Nikki, a sitcom vehicle that would last for less than two seasons (2000–2002). She currently stars as Mary Connell on the TV drama Las Vegas. On 20 May and 23 May 2005, her Las Vegas character crossed over to NBC's cult-favorite soap opera Passions to coincide with the arrival of two new characters introduced on Las Vegas.

After being romantically linked to Kevin Connolly, who played her brother on Unhappily Ever After, Cox was engaged in 1999 to Bobcat Goldthwait, a comedian more than 15 years her senior, who played the voice of Mr. Floppy, a stuffed bunny, on Unhappily Ever After. She was later linked to her Las Vegas co-star Josh Duhamel. Cox confirmed on the January 2, 2006, edition of the morning talk show Live with Regis and Kelly that she is in a relationship with comedian/actor Jay Mohr. They were married on December 29, 2006 in Los Angeles.

Now she's the model for Sportsbook.com.


TomC

Oliva "O" Oasis Maduro

6" X 52, Maduro

Appearance: Looked pretty, a nice rich dark, almost black wrapper gracing this torpedo. It was a tad toothy and a bit oily (as a lot of the cigars in my humi have been as of late, hit the sweet spot, maybe?). No noticeable blemishes or soft spots.

Pre-Light: This cigar clipped easy and the first prelight draws seemed to be free and easy. This cigar was sweet and had prelight notes of caramel and cinnamon.
Burn/Draw: The first half of this cigar was a dream, the draw was free and easy and the burn was razor straight. It produced massive volumes of tasty smoke and shaped up to be a superlative cigar. Then it happened. Dammit. About the halfway point on this cigar everything went haywire. For no particular reason, the cigar went out. Grrrrr. Okay, so I re lit it. A half inch later, it went out again. WTF?!? Now I am pissed off. I had not been negelecting this cigar one bit, I had smoked it exactly like hundreds of other cigars just like it before, and it kept going out! Sigh, this is bullshit, and its even a bigger bummer cause it was a damn good cigar up to that point. I lit the damn thing one more time, but it was useless, the taste was ruined. So this cigar ended up a tainted, haggard looking waste of my time (see below). What a shame.
Taste: It is almost futile for me to review the flavors of this cigar, as the burn frustrated me so much that it was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. But I will try, at least for the first half of the cigar, until it went out originally. The first half of this cigar was fantastic! Lots and lots of fragrantly sweet, tasty smoke. there were notes of caramel, cinnamon, and honey that danced upon the palate, with a nice note of dark chocolate underneath to keep it from being cloying. Then at the halfway point it all went to shit. Fucker. Well, from what I can ascertain, Oliva did gave this line a thorough makeover since the production of the cigar I had, and so maybe my complaints aren't needed anymore. On top of that I have to note that I have never had issues with the Oliva lines before, and in fact have had many good experiences, so please don't let this post dissuade you from trying them.

Oh Well.

TomC