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Coffeehouse observation No. 254

That Dave Brubeck Quartet is just right for the coffeehouse. Oh, yeah!

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Coffeehouse observation No. 253

Just went into my backup coffeehouse – Exotic Java on Ben Holt in Stockton – after being away for two months or so and the barista says to me: “Hey, there, how ya doin’? Still drinking the usual?” Yes, yes, I am. She even walked it over to my table as I was setting up my laptop. Cool! … Oh, and it’s right next door to a tattoo parlor. You can get hyped up on a Red Eye and get a tattoo all in one visit!

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Coffeehouse observation No. 252 – Greening coffee from field to coffeehouses

[I was scanning the job postings hosted by www.treehugger.com when I spotted several blog postings about greening coffee production and coffeehouses. Here are links to those posts. – KM]

Green Suggestions for coffee shops | www.treehugger.com

How to go green: Coffee and tea | planetgreen.com

Birch Coffee: A sustainable community hangout | www.treehugger.com

Growing oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds | www.treehugger.com

Starbucks shareholders reject recycling initiative | www.treehugger.com

Interview: Tony Gale, corporate architect at Starbucks | www.treehugger.com

Green mood lighting for Starbucks! Switching 8,000 stores to LEDs | www.treehugger.com

Starbucks’ farmers discuss the impact of fair trade | www.treehugger.com

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Coffeehouse observation No. 251

The guy sitting next to me in the coffeehouse either has the worst cold known to man — and woman — or he is attempting the mating call of the Mongolian yak! … I am now showering in Purell.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 250

If the guy sitting at the next table is going to make up a song in real time, shouldn’t he at least do it in tune?

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Coffeehouse observation No. 249

Coffee on a rainy morning and watching the Pats. Not a bad way to start a Sunday. I’ve been a Pats fan since I was 8. … And, yes, there was football when I was 8. … I started being a fan just about the time the Pats drafted Jim Plunkett.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 248

You gotta love a coffeehouse open on New Year’s Day! That makes me caffeinated from Day 1 of 2011. Happy Caffeinated New Year!

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Coffeehouse observation No. 247

It seems a bit early, but college students are meandering back to Stockton … and the coffeehouse. (For those of you who do not know, Stockton not only is home to vast home foreclosures, high rates of poverty, crime, and other things not good for you, and the annual Asparagus Festival, but also home to the University of the Pacific, San Joaquin Delta College, a California State University, Stanislaus satellite campus, a private law school, and several business and vocational schools. So there are quite a few college students to go around.)

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Coffeehouse observation No. 246

OK, should I be freaked out? Two — one, two — Seussian Christmas hats in the coffeehouse. And they are between me and the door. I’m dooooooomed! … I wonder if it’s some sort of lodge hat. And if they’ll slip and do the secret handshake in public.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 245

Smoldering jazz inside the coffeehouse and a man standing outside in a fedora and trench coat. … I think I just sat down into a pulp detective novel. And that’s OK with me as long as no one starts shooting up the place with a gat.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 244

Watching the Patriots stomp the Chicago Bears. I would not have thought the first half would have gone quite like this.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 243

OK, it appears as if the coffeehouse staff is going through Pandora’s entire disco collection. And it’s rather large. Rather large. “… Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight …”

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Coffeehouse observation No. 242

There’s an eclectic music selection at the coffeehouse today.  “Peaches” by the Presidents of the U.S.A. was followed by Johnny Cash’s “Will the Circle be Unbroken.” Now, some disco song is playing. See, eclectic.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 241

Decided to hang out at the library today instead of the coffeehouse and now I’m really missing the caffeine and the peace and quiet. Yes, missing the peace and quiet – two kids plopped down at the desk next to me and have been noisy every since. And a guy at another nearby table is talking loudly in his cell phone. The guard is now cutting him off. I had to turn up Green Day’s “Nimrod” just so I can think.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 240

The guy with the Seussian Christmas hat is back!

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Coffeehouse observation No. 239

Crap! Just spilled coffee on myself. That’s like — like — well, it’s like spilling beer. It’s just not done!

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Coffeehouse observation No. 238

I just submitted two applications online during the halftime of the Monday Night Football game. That’s multitasking! … By the way, GO PATS!

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Coffeehouse observation No. 237

I’m doing a little something different tonight. I’m at the coffeehouse watching the Patriots play the Jets on Monday Night Football. Funny, many of the same faces here tonight that are here during the day.

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Coffeehouse observation No. 236

OK, so they’re playing disco music at the coffeehouse today and the two people jamming to it the most are probably the youngest people in the joint. Go figure! Does this mean disco is making a comeback?

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Coffeehouse observation No. 235

They just lighted the propane heater on the coffeehouse patio. That wouldn’t be much of a problem, except the guy who torched it is wearing a Seussian Christmas hat. Something HAS to go wrong.

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