Last night, because I was watching the basketball game, I got a little out of sync with my usual routine and was quite amused to realize who noticed it first ... M-F, when I get home from work, I fix dinner right away, then in cleaning up, push the scraps into the dog bowl ... I add the dog food, moisten it a bit, then while the dog eats, I get a cigar from my humidor and light it while she eats ... the dog then takes me on a walk while I smoke the cigar ... last night I lit up without feeding her, then stood outside the patio door, watching the last of the game, fed the dog as it ended before going on our walk ... I realized the dog had been quite confused by her lack of food while I lit up and I got thinking about the very fixed nature of my routine ... day to day, it is almost exactly the same plus on weekends, I add a morning cigar while reading the paper and often add one as I watch my son's ballgame (he's on a team in an adult men's league that plays on college fields in the area) ... are the rest of you in pretty fixed patterns as well, or are some of you more random in your smoking? And, if you're like me, why do you suppose we are so ritualistic ??