「A Passion for Pipes」Blog by Neill Archer Roan

LeslieNg

这是我最近常常看的一个十分精彩的烟斗博客。

博主 Neill Archer Roan 很喜欢抽烟斗这是我们都可以想得到的，并不稀奇；而这个博客主要吸引我的地方是 Neill 的眼光相当毒，这较难得 (这可能多少和他从事音乐产业的工作有些关系)。在这个博客，他会点评一支他收下来的烟斗，或者说说最近发现的一家很有味道的斗店的见闻，又或者介绍炒更做斗柜赚钱买斗的穷美工及其作品等等。所有这些，都写得挺随意的，但总能以审美为主要视角入木三分旁征博引地将评语说到点上，说到刀口上；非常感性诗意而又不会过于浪漫悲情酸臭；带一点点市井智慧，但绝不流于市侩。他不随大流，很有自己的独特见解，而且写得非常幽默好玩，能紧紧抓住读者想像力、很帅很有创造性并带点儿优皮的写法，读起来比射精还爽，使人欲罢不能。

随手举个例子，在点评一支 Bj&#246;rn Bengtsson 的牛头犬时，他说道：“…… Taken together, the piece conveys a certain humor, stubbornness, and beauty. If Katherine Hepburn were a bulldog, this is what she would look like.” (总的来看，这支斗传递出某种幽默、固执以及美感，要是凱瑟琳·赫本<不是奧黛麗·赫本哦>是一支牛头犬烟斗的话，那她就会长成这模样。)

另外 Neill 偶尔会点评一下美国那边的各个烟斗论坛，或者议论议论对反吸烟运动的切身感受等等和烟斗有关的事情，都很好玩。

我是从 archives 从头读起的，读完一篇又一篇，困了，还是不自觉地点 "NEXT" ...

即使在美国，目前知道这个博客的人好像还不是太多，在此很推荐英文好的朋友不要错过。


http://www.apassionforpipes.com/

优游铁观音

自认为英文水平已经达到或超过了义务教育之小学毕业，借助于英文翻译软件也来读一下啦。
活到老，学到老嘛。
谢村长提供。

LeslieNg

看来主持烟斗论坛甚至博客都是不容易的，「A Passion for Pipes」不玩了，多可惜：

http://www.apassionforpipes.com/ ... ear_Readers%2C.html

Neill 写道：

Dear Readers,

Wednesday, April 22, 2009



This will be my last post. For A Passion for Pipes to exist, some passion inside me must exist to drive the content. There isn’t any.

Over the last several years I have devoted thousands of hours in researching and writing about pipes, especially North American artisans, who I developed a special interest in and a collection around. I have since received comments and messages that indicate that my work here is no longer appreciated by many of the artisans whose work I championed.

To those of you who have been loyal readers, thank you. Your comments, email messages, encouragement and support have been much appreciated. The dialogue between us and among you was so interesting to me. I will always cherish my time reading what you wrote.

It’s amazing that this blog generated thousands of readers. Based on your emails and notes, a number of you were moved to buy pipes and grow your collections based on what you read. That was the point - to create a place where the community of collectors could engage with one another and engage with the work. I’m glad that happened.

In candor, this is not a place where the politics of the community will tolerate critical dialogue. I’m not particularly interested in limiting my own writing to gushing about this or that artisan. In an environment of constant praise, praise means very little.

There are some amazing people working as pipe artisans to be sure. They deserve your support and admiration. I wish you and them well.


这件事证明：有人的地方就有江湖，不驾驭这帮孙子，就被这帮孙子活活逼死，古今中外都是如此。美国人应该多读中国明史，学习中国人的斗争技巧经验，不断提高斗争水平及心理承受能力，虚心研究「烟斗村」八年长寿秘诀，在不伤廉不伤道的前提下谁敢耍奸使坏就把他枭首示众并将尸体长期吊放在耻辱柱上，通过善用媒体的加害能力及合理伤害权来实现自己的美好理想。严惩首恶，并确信胁从的观望的胆小的统统得了斯德哥尔摩症候，深刻体现媒体的价值与霸权，否则绝不罢休（坏蛋太多就分批整死、秋后算账，复利计算）。

我发现有可比性的不少国内外雪茄、红酒、红木、钢笔、烟斗论坛，站长都太他妈的弱势了，整得自己像个傻逼似的。有空来「烟斗村」看看啊 ...

teddy

村長的確夠硬
尤其認證制度,可以把顧意搗亂的濾除
不過應該花村長不少時間看有的沒的文,辛苦了
村長加油!

LeslieNg

哈哈，我也凑热闹跑去开导敏感脆弱的美国人了，好事的村友快去看啊。喜欢读这个博客的朋友，也请去给他打打气吧——他改变主意复出最好，不行的话也算义气写了个悼词。


Leslie Ng
Oh Neill, you must have been a Four in Enneagram ;-P

Seriously, you have done a terrific job over the years, and I'm a loyal reader and have been encouraging Chinese pipe smokers to come join you. This really is bad news for all of us.

I can fully understand your position, as the webmaster of PipeVillage.org for the past 8 years, and I'm dealing with Chinese ;-) I can say I've "been there while almost done that" for many times. What I learned was, there're a lot to learn and get over with, during the course of hosting a popular pipe site / blog. The chief enemy has always been your own self. Tune up your ego, come back again, and express yourself in your own manner, do make some critical comments every now and then (though with caution) and bust the bastards when you really want / need to.

Ever remember you complaining, in one of your past entries, that pipe smokers nowadays are too sincere, too gentlemanly, to stand out?
Friday, April 24, 2009 - 03:56 PM



Leslie Ng
In the movie, Righteous Kill, there's a statement put by Robert De Niro (Al Pacino, actually ...) as follows:

"Most people respect the badge, everyone respects the gun."

I think it's very correct when it comes to fine-tuning webmaster-psychology.  This was the reason that you felt you couldn't get through another day as the host of A Passion for Pipes, I also believed.

For instance, recently I've been busy tearing down a major American tobacco blender, C&D, in my turf, for good reasons. Guess what? This has done a significant impact in the entire Chinese pipe smoking community-Most of my folks felt it a stigma taking, holding, or smoking a tin of C&D, and many of them were thinking about returning the sealed tobaccos they're still holding, to their local tobacconists! I deem it a great cause, and great fun, simultaneously.

That's one of the secretes to survive long, both for myself and for my pipe portal.
Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 04:52 AM

teddy

報告村長,我原想響應一下去留個言
但是我的英文就會聽跟讀,說英文就滿口閩南腔
寫就免了,最近寫個像樣的文只有20年前...
另外就是我不認識那作者
我還在讀pipes.org討論串階段
不過村長嚴格歸嚴格
但我看"太紧张了，下手要快 Luciano"這串文
顯示出村長的器度
一般討論區恐怕管理員會先鎖,怕得罪人
雖然我是菜鳥,絕不是拍馬屁
是真的配服村長能把持自己創村原則,經營這村這麼久

LeslieNg

老兄谬赞了 愧不敢当

jt

I am also very sorry and surprised at this sudden turn of events.  
I have not even finished reading all his postings on the blog.  Always thought there will be more time.  

http://www.smokersforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=64614&page=3

[ 本帖最后由 jcats 于 2009-5-18 16:54 编辑 ]

LeslieNg

在第二个 comment，咱算是欺负美国人欺负到他们家门口了，C&amp;D 那老头子要是知趣的话就乖乖装做看不到 (估计很难，肯定有一堆好事的人不停好心告诉他那个难缠的中国人 Leslie Ng 跑到美国来在你老人家头上撒尿了，然后给他网址为证 )，否则俺再花半天工夫将 那篇毁 C&amp;D 的文章 精心翻译润色成英文，像当年蒙古人一样打到他娘的英语世界去!

对了，在那边这样的语境下提起扯下 C&amp;D 的事情，绝大多数悲愤交加的读者都会下意识地将 逼 Neill 关掉博客、Neill 很不爽但又不好意思骂的忘恩负义的坏蛋与 C&amp;D 不自觉等同起来，一颗药丸起码达到三颗的效果