tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post1932982680501872889..comments2024-02-11T15:29:31.409-05:00Comments on Richard's Pretension: “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea, but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” --Abraham LincolnRichard Bellushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-89740874794238306052012-09-21T14:47:35.675-04:002012-09-21T14:47:35.675-04:00"When in doubt about motive, assume something..."When in doubt about motive, assume something creepy" is probably a sound dictum by and large.<br /><br />Fun film. Even 40 years ago where (sans commentary) would you have aired something like this?Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-1266573349988581572012-09-21T10:07:14.224-04:002012-09-21T10:07:14.224-04:00Well when Starbucks made it's big appearance i...Well when Starbucks made it's big appearance in the mid 90s, it certainly was a major hangout. But not by the young and hip, more like the folks trying to recaptures their memories of the whole Beat scene. A Starbucks opened next the video store I worked at. It wasn't too bad, because it made the store smell like coffee (instead of Thai food, which we had previous to that). But there was a group of middle aged men always hanging out in front of the store, drinking coffee, watching all the ladies walk by. I guess I was a bit jealous. I'm working most of the day and these clowns were sitting around for just as long doing nothing. But I never understood why they loved that particular store so much and how they could spend hours sitting in front of it. It had to have been watching all the hot young moms picking up their dry cleaning. :)<br /><br />And to answer your burning question, "What is Coffee?" here is a short film with commentary all about it.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVkusuvTdHwRoman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.com