Dickey Betts made it to 64 today. Happy Birthday Brother! A Blue Sky over him and everyone forever. Only 10 non-shoping days till Festivus……….Yours in Peace…….R.L.

How dare they not differentiate between blends?!

I want my Holiday Blend free of any silly religious-type beans.

Keep your goddamn gods out of my solstice festival.

Hey Tbogg!

Dig the new digs…one small comment if I may. I’m not sure if I like all the one line posts with the Read More button. Too many clicks to read a post…I know it saves space, but perhaps the powers-that-be could design it so the remainder of the post expands when you click on Read More, instead of opening up a new page?

Don’t mean to pick nits…but I hate having to click on links when I don’t have to.

Keep up the snark and don’t forget to floss!

Peace

Save those precious pixels, and
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Does this mean I can’t have decaf if I’m not a Mormon?

That’s exactly what it means. You can keep the baby jeebus company.

Giuliani, McCain, and Double Decaf Romney Blend on offer at Guantanabuck’s.

Actually, the McCain blend is a little weaker than the other two, but for real fun try a shot of Tancresso. You’ll be up all night, with a rifle in your hand.

What’s TBogg doin here? A pleasant surprise.

De-caf for mormons. He actually said that..

There’s no point in coffee when its decaffinated.
There’s no point in beer when its non-alcoholic.

He shoulda just left the ‘M’ out and said ‘De-caf for morons’
These products are USELESS ! Who buys this shit?!?!

Jeez, I like the smell of weed but I actually don’t want to get high.. I wish I can smoke non-THC weed..

I like popping pills, but I don’t like the affects. I wish I could pop non-medical pills.

I don’t get it. I. Do not. Get it.

Cancercures, i’m with you there. I want my coffee nasty and black, I want it to make my heart goose step around my chest in excitement. I want to see the caffeine rise to the surface, ready to assault my nervous system. What is the point with decaf? Nobody, I mean nobody, is seriously drinking that shit for the flavor. And don’t even get me started on the morons (or mormons, perhaps?) that cook up some grotesque frankenbrew with their “half decaf, half cappucino, skim milk, no froth” crap.

But what I’ve always wanted to know is this: what do they do with all the caffeine they pull out of the beans to make decaf? I’d sprinkle it on top of my cereal and get a double-dose without even trying… happiness.

thingwarbler, I think I love you.

We also have a de-caf version (green packaging) for Mormons.”

Sort of like the TVP “fakin’ bacon” for Jews–for those who like the idea of abiding by the letter of the law while trashing its spirit.

If you get the “Christmas” blend and close your eyes when you drink it, you can smell Bill O’Reilly’s falafel.

I’m with Aquilegia @ 3. I mean, we’re not together or anything, I just agree that the new format gets tedious to have to click so many times to read a few posts. It’s fine if a post is fairly long, but Tbogg’s seem to all require a “read more” click after only once sentence or even a partial sentence.

Emptywheel gives us a bit more of each post before requiring a click through, so it looks like the blogger gets to decide how much to show before the click. Is it possible to allow some posts that aren’t very long to just be shown on the front page entirely, and only split up ones that exceed a certain number of words?

These products are USELESS ! Who buys this shit?!?!

Well, I drink a lot of decaf because I love coffee and have been told by my doctor to seriously reduce my caffeine intake due to the sudden onset of high blood pressure.

I’m sorry if this makes me a moron in your eyes, but I guess continuing to live is for some reason more important than your opinion of me.

I would still never touch nonalcoholic beer, though - stroke be damned.

Does the “Holiday” blend work on all holidays? Will it give you a nice caffeine buzz on President’s Day, Saturnalia, Eid al Fitr, Simchat Torah, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels? ‘Cause if they only sell it in December, it’s not a full-service “Holiday” blend. It’s a “cashing-in-on-the-shopping-season” blend.

Hey Cancercures, some people are medically prohibited from drinking caffeinated beverages. My father-in-law, for example, who after 60 years of drinking strong black coffee was advised after his quadruple bypass that he should no longer drink the stuff. The heart attack probably had nothing to do with the caffeine and more to do with the 2+ pack a day habit for 60 years, but 60 years is a long time to do something, then quit. He did give up the smokes, but the coffee was too much. He drinks decaf for the most part, regular on occasion, but can’t go without his steaming hot bevvy.

Actually the Christmas blend is packaged as both Holiday blend andWinter blend. The alternative packaging is blue and that sort of links it to Hanukkah. As a non-observant Jew, I appreciate it as I appreciate Starbucks making a Hanukkah mug each year to go along with the Christmas mugs. I buy both which I guess makes me a corporatist fool.

Linda

Only 4? Small town guy.

That does it. Now, I have to get a vomit-proof monitor.

I am, unfortunately, excessively caffeine sensitive. i know, I know, its a sad thing, but I try to soldier on.

However, if you knew me, you’d know why my friends are very, very happy that I don’t indulge in a sweet caffeine binge on a regular basis; hyper-as-hell doesn’t improve when you add rocket fuel from $tarbucks to the mix.

it was freezing 54 degrees here

Sissy. Did you have to put a jacket on?

Today in beautiful downtown Ottawa, it’s a brisk -14 (-22 with the wind chill factored in). For all you non-metric heathens, that works out to be -8 …

Last week the smooth and robust mrs tbogg and I stopped into Starbucks…

Well, that was your first mistake. Don’t they have Peet’s in San Diego?

Last I heard, they dump it into Puget Sound and it fucks up all the fish. Maybe Lotsabucks has gotten greener since then.

Well, that was your first mistake. Don’t they have Peet’s in San Diego?

Why yes! There are three. Their dark-roast espresso grinds are so full-bodied that you can get high just breathing the air at peet’s during the morning rush. Consequently, it’s rumored that the La Jolla branch has been declared a Mormon-free zone.

Well, I’ve got some artificially flavored BaconSalt in my kitchen that’s actually certified as kosher. That just seems wrong somehow.

Bonus!

Damn straight it’s wrong! If you’re gonna sin, sin big! Every morning the “Whole Paycheck Market” near us puts out a breakfast spread, replete with organic applewood smoked bacon. And about once a week I get a container full for bacon sandwiches, salad toppings, etc. I’m half Italian, and put myself through school doing catering. For me, Kosher is a non-cuisine.