Remember way back when I started the blahhhgggg? A month and a half ago? Seems like only a couple of weeks to me, though. Time really flies.
In my second post I jotted down some idea of things I intended to share but was in danger of forgetting. Well, it didn't help. I forgot. But now I have re-visited the list in question. Let's give bullet #1 a go, shall we?
The Joys and Dangers of Not Stirring One's Coffee. (also applies to tea.)
I have this idea in my head that several really good, robust cups of coffee are a great meal replacement when I forget to eat breakfast or have worked through lunch. I do not claim this is correct or even healthy, but--when I am getting a bit peckish at the office, sometimes a hot beverage with the right amount of sweet & foam makes the hungry go away.
So, I have been imbibing a markedly increased amount of coffee and tea as of late. This also means I have been adding sweetener and cream-like-non-dairy-product to my beverages too. But in this age of Al-Gore-can-win-an-Oscar-for-scaring-the-shit-out-of-us, I have concluded that it is extremely wasteful to use the seemingly endless pile of little plastic straws, logo-stirrers, and little wooden sticks. I decided to not stir the coffee at all. Just hope that a little "swishing around" will do the trick.
It works. I feel much better about acting-locally, thinking-globally and I still get my coffee. In theory, I am happy. However, occasionally the mix isn't right or I didn't slosh it around enough. When this happens then my last few sips, the dregs if you will, are a coffee/syrup-y/creamer-sludge nightmare.
Yet I still drink it.
I feel good doing my part for Gaia, but I risk getting the diabetes from the un-stirred detritus in the bottom of my cup.
Was this worth the wait? Nah, not for me either. :)
--tomb
5 comments:
Splenda, baby, splenda. You'll still get the sugar taste, but none of the diabetes. :)
Oh, and they make a fat-free half and half (Land-o-Lakes) that tastes amazingly good in coffee AND hot teas, which you will have great access to wonderful hot teas that we do not here. Get the tips!
Oh, and Chai tea (black spice in a bag or leaves, not that sweet liquid kind from Starbucks) is AWESOME with a dash of splenda and cream. mmmmm tasty!
We miss ya~
tom, tommy, tom
put the chemicals in the cup first, add coffee last, instant stirring thanks to gravity and the coriolis effect. yes, i invented this too.
al
still looking forward to the next two promised installments:
Why blogging is like golf.
Odd foreign objects that I have found in my eye.
cheers!
Tommmmb
I find the coffee-meal substitute topic more interesting than the not-stirring topic. I got sick of the stir vs. non-stir thing and just gave up sugar. Saves time, teeth and a tiny piece of the planet. But not seals. Fuck them!
I didn't mean that. Much.
So a seal walks into a bar. The bartended asks "what can I get you?" The seal answers "I'll have anything but Canadian Club."
Bobo Chimpie Pie
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