Cigar smoking 101

I  have only smoked cigarettes once. I never cared for the smell or taste. How then at age 35 did I decide to start smoking cigars? I'm not even sure. My granddad smokes em from time to time. So does this guy:

I think the groundwork was laid by my Father-in-law though. He converted an antique wooden "ice box" into a humidor and that bad boy holds hundreds and hundreds of cigars. He's shared a few of his quality sticks with me (Man that sounds gay in a completely tolerant sort of way). Yet it wasn't until a few months after my last visit with the Colonel that I decided I wanted to be a cigar man. My first purchased cigar was from a convenience store. Okay that thing was nasty. Still I felt that I wanted to continue this pursuit. I went online and order some cigars from bestcigarprices.com. I ordered some Buccaneer Rum Runners.

These guys weren't too expensive and I enjoyed the flavor! They were a mild cigar but it had flavor and no nasty after taste.  After this, I was sold. I asked my wife for cigars and a humidor for Christmas and couldn't wait to get my loot. On Christmas morning, she gave me  a travel humidor and had a cigar genius pick me out about 20 different kinds.

My father-in-law also surprised me with one of his personal desktop humidors which can hold about 100 cigars. Along with a cigar cutter, expensive lighter, and a few other essentials, I was now set to be a cigar man. I just ordered another four or five brands and added them to my humidor so I will be sharing my completely amateur opinions on which cigars I like and don't as the time goes by.