Last night I sat down for an hour and had a nice chat with Shadow. I hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I did writing this. 
[emodx] People on Cigar Pass know you as Shadow. For the record, what is your name?
[Shadow] Bill Orlando
[emodx] So why did you choose the handle Shadow?
[Shadow] I started collecting the old pulp magazines that were written in the 30's and 40's featuring The Shadow when I was in high school. When I started posting on the Internet I need a nickname and decided to us that.
[emodx] So for those of us who don't know who the Shadow character is (like me), who is the Shadow?
[Shadow] The Shadow was in reality Lamont Cranston who used the guise of The Shadow to combat crime. The character used an army of agents and the latest scientific gadgets to assist him fight crime. The Shadow was used as a guide to create Batman several years later for the comics
[emodx] Ahhhh... living out your childhood comic book dreams...
[emodx] So recently you retired from Civil Service, what are you doing to keep busy? Any road trips planned yet?
[Shadow] Right now I'm enjoying not doing much of anything, doing some projects around the house. I am working part-time at my local cigar shop. Been doing some local travel and seeing friends. I'm planning on attending the Land of Lincoln Herf in the fall and probably some other herfs.
[emodx] Finally catching up on the honey-do-list huh?
[emodx] Must be nice to work in a cigar store. Smoke and talk about cigars all day long
[Shadow] Great part-time job. Smoke cigars and drink coffee and sell the same.
[Shadow] Yeah. It really piled up over the last year since I wasn't able to do much with the bum knee.
[emodx] Old war wound?
[emodx] Speaking of Herfs, how many do you attend each year?
[Shadow] About six or seven.
[emodx] Wow, that is pretty amazing.
[emodx] Besides Cigar Pass, what other BB’s are you an active member of?
[Shadow] I'm also a member of the Cigar Weekly, MBCL and the Village Idiots boards.
[emodx] I have seen you over at CW...there are a lot of knowledgeable people over there.
[Shadow] Great group of folks there. I just celebrated my sixth anniversary there.
[emodx] Wow...now that's a milestone!
[emodx] Right now, what cigar can you not smoke enough of?
[Shadow] Bolivar Coronas Gigante, excellent cigar with great flavor
[emodx] Recent production?
[Shadow] 2001
[emodx] I hear you have quite a cigar collection. So give us the dirt on it, inquiring minds wanna know…
[Shadow] I currently have 10 desktop humidors, two 150-quart coolers, two fifty-six quart coolers, one forty-quart cooler and four-gallon Tupperware containers
[emodx] So, you have a closet full, plus some...lol
[Shadow] Pretty much!
[emodx] Besides cigars, do you have any other hobbies?
[Shadow] Home brewing and gardening. I'm starting to learn more about cooking something other than spaghetti sauce also.
[emodx] mmmmm....beer....What's your favorite brew?
[Shadow] I enjoy the darker beers. Stouts, porters and brown ales.
[Shadow] I make an Oatmeal Stout that is fantastic!
[emodx] In your opinion, what is the best brown ale and best stout commercially available?
[Shadow] Best ale would be Bass. Best stout would be Samuel Smith's Imperial Russian Stout.
[emodx] I love Samuel Smith beer! But I definitely prefer the Nutbrown over Bass
[emodx] For the record, are you a registered Democrat, Republican, or Independent?
[Shadow] Republican.
[emodx] Do you think the President will be reelected?
[Shadow] Yes. The Democrats are in such disarray and the only thing they can agree on is their pure hatred for the President
[emodx] Well I am a registered Democrat and I think President Bush is getting re-elected
[emodx] Hear of any good jokes lately?
[Shadow] Yes, but nothing that is clean enough for CP!
[emodx] Well let's hear it, I'll edit it out later. ;-)
[Shadow] Guy is at a bar with his buddies, and he is getting rip-roaring drunk. Well he got so drunk that he threw up on his shirt. He told his buddy that his wife was going to kill him when he gets home for throwing up on himself. His buddy told him to put a $20 bill in his shirt pocket and when he got home tell his wife some drunk had thrown up on him, and that the guy gave him twenty bucks to clean the shirt. The drunk thought this was a great idea and decided to stay for a few more drinks. Well later on he got home and his wife was waiting for him. She told him. "Well look at you, all stinking drunk and you threw up on yourself!" The drunk says, " Madam, a drunk walked by me as I was going to the bathroom an he threw up on ME!" "He gave me twenty dollars to get my shirt cleaned and put it in my pocket." The wife reaches in the shirt pocket and told the drunk, "There's forty dollars in here. The drunk said, "Yeah, he $h!t in my pants too!"
[emodx] Bwahahaha
[Shadow] Think Rod would let that by?
[emodx] Sounds like some of the drunks in Key West.
[emodx] Sure, change $h!t to crap.
[Shadow] Crap just doesn't have the same ring. LOL
[emodx] Or the same smell
[Shadow] LOL
[emodx] Well thanks for the time brother, in closing describe the Shadow to the members of CP in 3 sentences…
[Shadow] A very easy-going fella unless you make me mad, by doing or saying something stupid. A person who enjoys life and its pleasures. And a person who is looking forward to growing old with his wife and family.
[emodx] Bill, thank you for sitting and chatting with me. I look forward to sharing a cigar with you again.
[Shadow] I'll be looking forward to that bro. Take care.
[emodx] People on Cigar Pass know you as Shadow. For the record, what is your name?
[Shadow] Bill Orlando
[emodx] So why did you choose the handle Shadow?
[Shadow] I started collecting the old pulp magazines that were written in the 30's and 40's featuring The Shadow when I was in high school. When I started posting on the Internet I need a nickname and decided to us that.
[emodx] So for those of us who don't know who the Shadow character is (like me), who is the Shadow?
[Shadow] The Shadow was in reality Lamont Cranston who used the guise of The Shadow to combat crime. The character used an army of agents and the latest scientific gadgets to assist him fight crime. The Shadow was used as a guide to create Batman several years later for the comics
[emodx] Ahhhh... living out your childhood comic book dreams...
[emodx] So recently you retired from Civil Service, what are you doing to keep busy? Any road trips planned yet?
[Shadow] Right now I'm enjoying not doing much of anything, doing some projects around the house. I am working part-time at my local cigar shop. Been doing some local travel and seeing friends. I'm planning on attending the Land of Lincoln Herf in the fall and probably some other herfs.
[emodx] Finally catching up on the honey-do-list huh?
[emodx] Must be nice to work in a cigar store. Smoke and talk about cigars all day long
[Shadow] Great part-time job. Smoke cigars and drink coffee and sell the same.
[Shadow] Yeah. It really piled up over the last year since I wasn't able to do much with the bum knee.
[emodx] Old war wound?
[emodx] Speaking of Herfs, how many do you attend each year?
[Shadow] About six or seven.
[emodx] Wow, that is pretty amazing.
[emodx] Besides Cigar Pass, what other BB’s are you an active member of?
[Shadow] I'm also a member of the Cigar Weekly, MBCL and the Village Idiots boards.
[emodx] I have seen you over at CW...there are a lot of knowledgeable people over there.
[Shadow] Great group of folks there. I just celebrated my sixth anniversary there.
[emodx] Wow...now that's a milestone!
[emodx] Right now, what cigar can you not smoke enough of?
[Shadow] Bolivar Coronas Gigante, excellent cigar with great flavor
[emodx] Recent production?
[Shadow] 2001
[emodx] I hear you have quite a cigar collection. So give us the dirt on it, inquiring minds wanna know…
[Shadow] I currently have 10 desktop humidors, two 150-quart coolers, two fifty-six quart coolers, one forty-quart cooler and four-gallon Tupperware containers
[emodx] So, you have a closet full, plus some...lol
[Shadow] Pretty much!
[emodx] Besides cigars, do you have any other hobbies?
[Shadow] Home brewing and gardening. I'm starting to learn more about cooking something other than spaghetti sauce also.
[emodx] mmmmm....beer....What's your favorite brew?
[Shadow] I enjoy the darker beers. Stouts, porters and brown ales.
[Shadow] I make an Oatmeal Stout that is fantastic!
[emodx] In your opinion, what is the best brown ale and best stout commercially available?
[Shadow] Best ale would be Bass. Best stout would be Samuel Smith's Imperial Russian Stout.
[emodx] I love Samuel Smith beer! But I definitely prefer the Nutbrown over Bass
[emodx] For the record, are you a registered Democrat, Republican, or Independent?
[Shadow] Republican.
[emodx] Do you think the President will be reelected?
[Shadow] Yes. The Democrats are in such disarray and the only thing they can agree on is their pure hatred for the President
[emodx] Well I am a registered Democrat and I think President Bush is getting re-elected
[emodx] Hear of any good jokes lately?
[Shadow] Yes, but nothing that is clean enough for CP!
[emodx] Well let's hear it, I'll edit it out later. ;-)
[Shadow] Guy is at a bar with his buddies, and he is getting rip-roaring drunk. Well he got so drunk that he threw up on his shirt. He told his buddy that his wife was going to kill him when he gets home for throwing up on himself. His buddy told him to put a $20 bill in his shirt pocket and when he got home tell his wife some drunk had thrown up on him, and that the guy gave him twenty bucks to clean the shirt. The drunk thought this was a great idea and decided to stay for a few more drinks. Well later on he got home and his wife was waiting for him. She told him. "Well look at you, all stinking drunk and you threw up on yourself!" The drunk says, " Madam, a drunk walked by me as I was going to the bathroom an he threw up on ME!" "He gave me twenty dollars to get my shirt cleaned and put it in my pocket." The wife reaches in the shirt pocket and told the drunk, "There's forty dollars in here. The drunk said, "Yeah, he $h!t in my pants too!"
[emodx] Bwahahaha
[Shadow] Think Rod would let that by?
[emodx] Sounds like some of the drunks in Key West.
[emodx] Sure, change $h!t to crap.
[Shadow] Crap just doesn't have the same ring. LOL
[emodx] Or the same smell
[Shadow] LOL
[emodx] Well thanks for the time brother, in closing describe the Shadow to the members of CP in 3 sentences…
[Shadow] A very easy-going fella unless you make me mad, by doing or saying something stupid. A person who enjoys life and its pleasures. And a person who is looking forward to growing old with his wife and family.
[emodx] Bill, thank you for sitting and chatting with me. I look forward to sharing a cigar with you again.
[Shadow] I'll be looking forward to that bro. Take care.
