Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Peets - the new Starbucks? Please say no.
I'm on the Peet's email list because (1) I'm a freak and (2) I'm always wondering when I might place an order to have shipped to me.
Today I got an email about a new product line: bottled teas they are selling in select stores:
I know things can't stay the same forever, and they probably shouldn't, but I remember when I worked there forever ago (1996-1997) the menu was still in Italian and we never used fake flavoring. It was all natch to the point that we had to hand-mix chocolate syrup (from ground cocoa powder) that was barely sweet at all. It was important never to serve super-sweet drinks.
People were ridiculous and pretentious about the coffee and the tea, but in my opinion they totally deserved to be. I'm still a loyal Peet's fan... just worried my precious Peet's may go the way of the bottled frappuccino.
Today I got an email about a new product line: bottled teas they are selling in select stores:
I know things can't stay the same forever, and they probably shouldn't, but I remember when I worked there forever ago (1996-1997) the menu was still in Italian and we never used fake flavoring. It was all natch to the point that we had to hand-mix chocolate syrup (from ground cocoa powder) that was barely sweet at all. It was important never to serve super-sweet drinks.
People were ridiculous and pretentious about the coffee and the tea, but in my opinion they totally deserved to be. I'm still a loyal Peet's fan... just worried my precious Peet's may go the way of the bottled frappuccino.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Please, sweet baby Jesus, stop the freak show
Anyone else disturbed at this "outpouring of love" over Michael Jackson? He didn't have a face and he was a child molester. I say good riddance.
The insanity is reaching heights no one thought possible (note the guy in drag(?) playing the damsel in distress):
At least the fact that nearly every goddamn TV station is parsing every single aspect of his life 24 hours per day gives me a reason to keep the TV turned off. Mother Eff.
The insanity is reaching heights no one thought possible (note the guy in drag(?) playing the damsel in distress):
At least the fact that nearly every goddamn TV station is parsing every single aspect of his life 24 hours per day gives me a reason to keep the TV turned off. Mother Eff.
"Change"? "Hope"?
Indefinite detention goes against our fundamental American beliefs. It is shameful that we are continuing to do this even if the threat from these detainees is real.
Our founding fathers supported freedom and liberty - enshrining those values in our Bill of Rights - despite the risk involved in giving people "too much" freedom. As a country I thought we abandoned the Bush era perspective where national security trumped civil liberties?
I'm sure there will be more court battles and Supreme Court decisions, most certainly placing limitations on Obama. Time will tell.
Our founding fathers supported freedom and liberty - enshrining those values in our Bill of Rights - despite the risk involved in giving people "too much" freedom. As a country I thought we abandoned the Bush era perspective where national security trumped civil liberties?
I'm sure there will be more court battles and Supreme Court decisions, most certainly placing limitations on Obama. Time will tell.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
True Blood
Delicious. I love this show already.
One of the characters said "you're dumber than a box of hair!" - They had to hear that one from Suzie!!
One of the characters said "you're dumber than a box of hair!" - They had to hear that one from Suzie!!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Happy June!
Summer is here (it's 100+ degrees daily now) and it's looking to be a good one.
I finished all five seasons of The Wire and plan to go back and re-watch them again. If you haven't seen The Wire, check out this video with the show's creator, David Simon. They show some clips from the show but nothing too revealing plot-wise.
Since finishing The Wire, I started reading the Harry Potter series (2 down, 5 to go) and watching True Blood - which I already love. Wowsa, vampires are HOT. I can almost tolerate the Southern accents because this show is already so good (I've only seen 2 episodes).
Today is the first installment of the David Lynch Interview Project, an online video series with new episodes released every three days for a year.
Last but not least, I'm going to start writing about places to chow in Phoenix (since I can't talk about my job, other than saying that I love it, which I do). Such post forthcoming!
I finished all five seasons of The Wire and plan to go back and re-watch them again. If you haven't seen The Wire, check out this video with the show's creator, David Simon. They show some clips from the show but nothing too revealing plot-wise.
Since finishing The Wire, I started reading the Harry Potter series (2 down, 5 to go) and watching True Blood - which I already love. Wowsa, vampires are HOT. I can almost tolerate the Southern accents because this show is already so good (I've only seen 2 episodes).
Today is the first installment of the David Lynch Interview Project, an online video series with new episodes released every three days for a year.
Last but not least, I'm going to start writing about places to chow in Phoenix (since I can't talk about my job, other than saying that I love it, which I do). Such post forthcoming!
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