July 3, 2023 – Almonday 2023

• Brush: Chisel and Hound v19 Fanchurian
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Lite
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
• Lather: Cella – Milano Crema Da Barba
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Behold the Whatsis!

Cella: “smells great, weak performance.” Hopefully those words are rarely (never) said of me.

I have a love/hate relationship with almonds. The smell is great, they often taste great (especially when chocolate covered), but, there comes a time with almonds for me where they will very suddenly shift from excellent to abhorrent and there’s no telling when that moment will come – it just happens. Thankfully, I suppose, because they are a nut for the 1%, we don’t buy them too often so I rarely push my consumption to the brink.

I did dream (have a nightmare?) the other night that I had to have a tooth extracted and now that I remember it they were lifting the tooth up to look for something underneath it. Maybe it was an almond. I don’t know why, nor do I want to relive it – I’ve had a tooth pulled as an adult and it’s horrific. I’ve also had a root canal where I felt the whole thing – so, there’s that.

What does this have to do with shaving with Cella, you ask? Well – almonds, if you’re not careful, will break your teeth. So – be careful out there, fellow shavers. If you thought the only risk in this hobby was financial ruin, think again – there are broken teeth to be had.

Whatsis works well with this – they’re connected by the cookies in my brain. Sugar cookies in Whatsis and Almond cookies are the overwhelming, mouth watering, soul grabbing scent I get from Cella.

To be honest I don’t really understand what makes a good Haiku, but, I like thinking about the scents and connecting them to weird things and hopefully I get better as I go – you know, aiming at nothing will help me get better. I have perused some “high quality” haikus, but, again – I don’t understand what makes them high quality so here we are.

As for u/RedMosquitoMM - what a legend. As a fellow Wisconsinite it brought me great pride to know that I reside within a 2.5 hour radius of such a legend. It can seem, at times, like Wisconsin has a reputation of simpletons; no more. We are home to the reigning LATHER GAMES CHAMPION - thank you, fine sir, for bringing it home. Soon, like the Lombardi Trophy before it, I suspect these games will enshrine this man with a champions Mosquito Trophy as he deserves.

FOF Haiku of the day

Almonds are funny

Can’t milk them but can drink them

Fresh cookies in hand

Edit: I don't know why my Haikus won't stay formatted without the spaces in between, so - let me know if you know.