Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Pretty sure Benjamin Franklin said something like that, too.
I’m not going to spin some fiction about how I never order coffee from this chain or anything like that…truth is, last time I did that was yesterday morning.
But when I do, I don’t have this problem, there isn’t anyone in front of me in line. I just opened the place, first customer.
Once in a great while, I may have to go there in the middle of the day, and then — yeah. I can definitely see it. These people are obnoxious. I often get the impression that being a spectacle is the point. If they order the perfect cup and nobody sees them do it, it’s a fail, and if everybody sees them ordering but they don’t get the coffee, that’s a success. I’m probably not too far wrong with that one.
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I only go to that place when travelling and I want to know I’m going to get some decent tasting coffee.
Of course, the only thing I ever order is black — usually something central american if they’ve advertised that’s what it is.
I’m a patient man, too. My mama taught me to wait my turn and I do. Guess I haven’t seen much of the showboating — or maybe I wouldn’t know it if I saw it since coffee, to me, just has coffee in it.
I like it like I like my whiskey. Only no ice. Come to think of it, I do the whiskey with no ice a lot, too.
- philmon | 09/22/2014 @ 05:41My step-father used to address this particular chain as “Burntbucks” and he was right on both the subtle and the obvious. They have no blend that the don’t overroast, and the damage to the wallet is far greater than that on the palate. If by some chance I find myself neither at home nor work, I’ll partake from another large, unmentioned chain that has served billions. If I can’t get a McFood of some sort, at least I can pay a reasonable price for my warmed toilet swill.
- P_Ang | 09/22/2014 @ 10:09