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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJuly 31st, 2011
You want to know what’s an abomination? Drinking drive-thru coffee through a tiny hole punched through the aroma-blocking lid of a soggy paper cup. That’s an abomination. I never drink coffee unless I’m sitting down to enjoy it, and I always drink from a proper mug unless there’s no other choice. Starbucks may be an evil empire, but they are always very good at accommodating my request for a ceramic mug. This morning I decided to augment my coffee with an egg, feta and spinach wrap. Yes, it was prepared in a distant kitchen on a distant day, but once it was efficiently microwaved and presented on a proper plate, it appeared passable. The wrap was much too hot to pick up, so I asked for a fork and knife. I was given two flimsy suggestions of plastic eating utensils. When I speared the steaming wrap with the fork, the heat curled the tines like the fingers of a permanently comatose patient. Marriage equality will not be the downfall of Western Civilization. It will be brought down by the steady disappearance of pleasantly useful things.
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jc
July 31st, 2011
i don’t believe the beverage you described can be classified under ‘coffee’. i’d offer you some potent brew from my moka but i think it would get cold before you got here…:(
tim
July 31st, 2011
My god – what a rough life you live. One wonders how you survive on a day to day basis.
cowboy
July 31st, 2011
Melted processed cheese on nachos (especially in movie theaters) has never been a pleasantly useful thing either. Besides being a grand culinary faux pas, it’s even more annoying to hear people chew them.
(aaaah) it felt good to get that off my chest.
Tim
July 31st, 2011
Why not try eating in a diner or breakfast place? Starbucks is still fast food . . .
Ryan
July 31st, 2011
No way! Mugs let the heat escape too fast. Give me a cup any day.
SACnPhilly
August 1st, 2011
Jim,
I love this. You are so right; not only might commercial civilization result in the erosion of all we hold dear, but marriage equality offers LGBT folks the opportunity (and responsibility)to re-connect love and marriage. After all, we know there is more to a committed relationship than calla lilies, lace and a hyphenated last name. Let’s hope our community is up to the task.
Matt
August 1st, 2011
Spot on.
Blair Martin
August 1st, 2011
Starbucks is not an Evil Empire… Starbucks is an ABOMINATION! (Thankfully, they’ve failed in Australia and have closed many outlets because, well, we have gazillions of better places to get a good, cheap cup of coffee…)
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