January 25, 2006

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.
Frank Zappa






Don't stick your elbow
Out too far
Or it may
Go home
In another car!
Burma Shave



Disguises thinner than a Chicago stripteaser's work clothes.
Russell Baker




COFFEE
part 3 of 23
  • Beethoven who was a coffee lover, was so particular about his coffee that he always counted 60 beans each cup when he prepared his brew.
  • Before roasting, some green coffee beans are stored for years, and experts believe that certain beans improve with age, when stored properly.
  • Before the first French cafe in the late 1700's, coffee was sold by street vendors in Europe, in the Arab fashion. The Arabs were the forerunners of the sidewalk espresso carts of today.
  • Brazil accounts for almost 1/3 of the world's coffee production, producing over 3-1/3 billion pounds of coffee each year.
  • By 1850, the manual coffee grinder found its way to most upper middle class kitchens of the U.S.



    • We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.
    Thomas Huxley



    What We Learned From the Ice Storm of 1998: "Never take your little sister to a shelter." -- 12 year old




    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Washington
    I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
    George Washington



    I push my car around the corner and find out that I am bankrupt. How?



  • Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
  • How do I set a laser printer to stun?
  • No matter where you stand, no matter how far or fast you flee, when it hits the fan, as much as possible will be propelled in your direction, and almost none will be returned to the source.
  • No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.
  • Every day, the hummingbird eats



    • I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.



    A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty