A Virtual Hobby Store and Coffee Haus

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Glad that the watering down of Maker's Mark is supposed to be temporary...hoping that it really is.

(Update Feb. 21: The company changed their minds. I will find a link to post on this later.) :-)

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Coffee :-)

Arcadia Cafe. Ames,Iowa. I love their amazing cheesecake...it is fluffy and not brick-like (like so many other cheesecakes are.) I have been meaning to try their "Alarm Clock" as someone asked me to report back to them on how it tastes...orange juice with caramel and cold-brewed coffee will be an adventure. (Thank you to the owners for helping the Asylum Tent at the very last Cornerstone Festival.)

-----Sweet Maria's. Excellent source of info for home roasting or a home barista setup. I have recommended this site to a lot of people and I think it is one of the first sites that any serious home roaster will mention.
-----Coffee Drinkers Anonymous. A Flickr group.
-----Reusable coffee mugs...look like paper...porcelain.
-----Gravity Coffee
-----Bean Town Coffee House and Bakery. Sierra Madre, CA.
-----Royal Coffee.
-----Joffrey's Coffee & Tea Company. At one of the libraries we go to, we enjoy Jamaican Me Crazy (Arabica,caramel,vanilla and coffee liqueur). Husband and I actually got to be a part of the beta testing of Jamaican Me Crazy. :-)
-----Martinez Fine Coffees. They have Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffees! There is also the award-winning "Don Giovanni's Espresso Bellissimo" which is a blend of 9 arabica coffees! :-)
-----Kona Lisa Coffee. 100% pure Kona estate coffee. Those who know me in real life, will smile that the place they are grown is called "Cornerstone Farms." :-)
-----Green Mountain Coffee
-----CoffeeGeek.com
-----Barista Exchange. "The world's premiere online community for the specialty coffee industry." I have been a member almost since it started. :-)
-----Coffee Review. "The World's Leading Coffee Buying Guide."

Wisconsin:
-----Mother Fool's Coffeehouse. Madison.
-----Barnabas Christian Coffeehouse. Chippewa Falls.
-----Cup O Joy. Green Bay.

"The Scale of Starbucks"
"In 2008, Starbucks announced it now offers 87,000 drink combinations."

-----"Is Your Morning Coffee Run Making You Fat?"
(Thanks to Calvin Lee of Mayhem Studios for the link).

Working on another "100 Things About Me."

---If I feel strongly about something I post to Facebook, I will "like" my own status.
---I am a fan of CVS. All those little extra sales bring smiles into our lives (free candy canes, a Barnes & Noble card for my Mother at Christmas and a three dollar credit for my birthday are the things I can think of on top of my head). Super nice cashiers and they don't mind at all that pretty much everyone in their lines is couponing, etc.
---Christine Ha, the (astounding) blind chef on Master Chef USA, Season 3 makes me cry. I identify with her as I fear for my eyesight.
---I am afraid of acupuncture. The invent of laser acupuncture certainly did not make me any more at ease with ever trying it.
---I really, really enjoy listening to the birds chirping outside in the morning. I wish I knew more about how to identify the many birds that fly around our house.
---I believe in the Golden Rule and wish everyone else did. I do not like people that show no respect for others...especially when you have been only respectful and nice to them.
---I am a fan of the name "Sebastian." I have never met anyone who actually had this name.
---I think it would be great if a lot more cities had tours by double decker bus. I saw a photo of a wedding that took place on the top of a double decker bus...the bride looked so happy and like she was having so much fun.
---I have a Jackie Chan poster about not smoking. I wish more "hero" celebrities would do posters like this.
---I think baby dolphins are beautiful.
---I often capitalize words like "Mother and "Husband" for obvious reasons.
---One thing I love about "copycat recipes" is they usually don't include all the chemicals and preservatives of the original.
---I will never eat anything tartare. I will also not be eating carpacchio.
---Sometimes I really, really like macaroni and cheese from a box. Well I guess...not totally. Instead of the butter, I use a ton of shredded cheese.
---I wish that someone would start selling Kobe steaks at the grocery.
---I get annoyed by Twitter parties where people must be there only to win prizes and no one interacts with me.
---I have never been to a Jamba Juice. I found some copycat recipes that I would like to try...a lot of them call for pineapple sherbet which might be hard to find here.
---I do not like when hotels put the coffee machine in the bathroom.
---I am of the firm belief that some men should not wear suits....even when "required." It makes some men look way too stern.
---The only oysters I have ever tasted have been at Oriental buffets.
---I detest wasting my time on movies with no surprises.
---I am often interested in things made with huckleberries.
---I like finding flavors of candy cane that I haven't tried. Currently, I would really like to try huckleberry.
---Sometimes I feel that wars keep more people from dying. I wish alternatives were (peacefully) fought for. War is a sign of at least one irrational party.
---At least at home, I am really good at playing game shows like "Jeopardy," "Cash Cab," and "Wheel of Fortune."
---I have never seen an episode of "Mad Men" and I never watched a full episode of "Lost."

Quotations.....
I would like all my favorite quotes to be read at my funeral.

"Lawns are an abomination that we inherited from the Tudors who played a lot of croquet."

"Saying you shouldn't be sad because someone else has it worse, is like saying you shouldn't be happy because someone else has it better."
-Source unknown

“Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.”
-George Orwell

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.
Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass”
“We’re not raising grass” Dad would reply, “We’re raising boys”
- Harmon Killebrew

"Since rabbits can’t eat chocolate, the Easter Bunny is sort of like a lactose intolerant pizza delivery guy."

-@Joel Ingersoll

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
-Audrey Hepburn

"He who fights against monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you stare persistently into an abyss, the abyss also stares into you."
-Nietzsche

"What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind." ~Cleveland Amory

‎"Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind"

-Bruce Lee

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."

-Mother Teresa

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."

-Albert Einstein

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

-Socrates

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

-James Dean

"I think every woman should have a blowtorch."

-Julia Child

I actually quoted this at Thanksgiving this year. We were talking bout what kind of torches were best for cooking. :-)

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

-Zig Ziglar

"you, you could be anywhere

somewhere, so far from here

wherever you are, like a fallin' star

come back to planet earth, burn out with me"

-Terra Firma Cowboy Blues by Alabama 3

(Listen FREE)

"It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear."

-Douglas Adams

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."

-Douglas Adams

‎"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison."

- W C Fields

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."

- W C Fields

"There is possibility in every difficulty."

- Albert Einstein

"He not busy being born is busy dying."

-Bob Dylan

"When we were children we used to think that when we grew up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

"I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day."

-Douglas Adams

(Yes, I know what interview this quote was from...it still gives me something to think about.)

"A mother understands what a child does not say."

-Jewish proverb

"I've...seen...things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire, off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those...moments will be lost... in time...like, tears in rain. Time to die"
-End scene, Blade Runner (1981)

Abbey Road Crossing Webcam
It is a busy intersection and, during the daytime, there are so many people trying to imitate the scene from the Beatles record cover. I think I saw the same person lie down in the middle of the road twice.
Is lying down in the middle of the road with some risk from oncoming cars the new Chinese Fire Drill? I guess part of the showmanship is doing a springy pushup to get off the ground quickly. I saw a young man do it here recently...only he came a lot closer to being hit by a car.

I love seeing all the double-decker buses. :-)

We Liked It

-----Barbecue Chicken Pizza with a garlic crust. From Jet's. I am so looking forward to experiencing this again and have some smiles planned to go with the experience. :-)
-----Sparkling Kiwi Lemonade. We will put a little less sugar in next time. The kiwi ice cubes look pretty and are pleasantly fragrant.
-----Sauteed Fruits. Excellent with steak. Made me wish I had a glass of red wine.
-----Thinly sliced roast beef topped with a mixture of a large tablespoon of sour cream horse radish, a cup of sour cream and grated onion on a baguette.
-----Magnum Ice Cream Bars. Right now, I want to try the mint.

Mystic Mead-Wildflower Blend

Not Forgotten....Zahra.

The remains of a 10-year-old girl from North Carolina named Zahra Clare Baker have been found. Her body was dismembered and spread over more than one location. I have read that it was also a possibility that Zahra was raped by two men at some point during whatever happened. The case is now (obviously) being treated as a homicide. A relative has said that Zahra died of natural causes and that the couple panicked (due to immigration status)and dismembered/disposed of Zahra. :-(

---North Carolina students collect toys in Zahra Baker's memory.
---There have been no arrests in this case (yet). The investigation is ongoing.

July 2012---It is possible that her skull has been found.

On My Bucket List:

-----See the Australian War Memorial. -----See sunrise over the Sea of Galilee with my family.
-----Go on a Autumn photography walk in Central Park.
-----See the flowers of a caper bush in person. Somewhere here in the States...maybe Hawaii.
-----Buy a good set of bells (for playing music). They could be expensive.
-----Take a surfing lesson at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon. Someday my wave will come. :-)
-----See tortoises on the Galapagos Islands. A place I have wanted to go since childhood. Hopefully, no other species will be extinct by the time I get there.
-----Visit Acadia National Park. See the Peregrines.
-----See the Titanic Memorial
-----Ride in a blimp.
-----Taking photographs in Paris: Dîner en Blanc, Place de la Concorde, and the view under the Eiffel Tower.
-----Visit the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.
-----See a rainbow in Ireland.
One cool rainbow moment from my life already....being at a friend's pizza party and a rainbow stopped at Eric Clayton's vehicle (yes, the singer).
-----Run the Walt Disney World Marathon.I am hoping a couple of our friends and their little one will come with us...both for the park visit and the race.
-----Run the Grand Canyon Marathon.

Some of these goals will be difficult to achieve...I am opposed to TSA pat-downs and the radiation of scanning.

Crazy and weird.....

----- Some Christmas burglars left a thank-you note!
-----Hotel in France that lets people experience what it is like to be a hamster. I wonder if they ever went through with the plans for a hotel to simulate being in the uterus.
-----Bra that doubles as two gas masks.
-----The "M.R.S Degree"
-----"You're a green one,Mr Grinch." Yes, this came from my weird imagination. Now, I need to expand on this little lyric that I have been singing for several years. This should be fun.
-----When "#AbortionClinicPlaylistSongs" was trending on Twitter
-----Things I want to STOP.

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E-mail: iamthebluestbutterfly AT yahoo.com

-----My Amazon Wishlist

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---My Blog Disclosure Policy...it's a good thing to have.

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Shameless Lions
Writing Circle.

My lion is named Nin....inspired by the band Nine-Inch Nails.

King?
By “The Bluest Butterfly”

I was here.
Did you love me?
Or bow to Fear?
My spirit roams past this stone.
Looks so like myself.
A monument.
They still stare.
Nails that kept others out.
Nails that trapped me in.
I ruled & roamed.
King of All Except Myself

Update: The Shameless Lions have effectively disbanded but I still love to go back and read the work produced. I also like to talk to my friends and their lions.

A Virtual Hobby Store and Coffee Haus

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Building a new blogroll :-)

Eureka!!! I have found sites worth a look.(rebuilding this blogroll)

Coffee :-)

TEA :-)

art.....

Music.....

WINE,spirits, etc.

I and a loved one have a debate over this...the Lord helping those who help themselves.

Working on another "100 Things About Me."

Sounds Yummy

Quotations.....I would like all my favorite quotes to be read at my funeral.

Glad I wouldn't be selected as a contestant on this show.....though the prize was awesome.

Just Don't Sneeze on the Book. :-)

Cancer Watch

Leaving this up. :-)

Smoking

Lunch Blogs

Not Forgotten.....Taylor Behl.

We Liked It

On the Fence.....

My Blog Spark.....

A Fun Week

Kiva

The Celebratory Society

Book Clubs I Belong To....

I PARTICIPATE EVERY YEAR

Not Forgotten....Zahra.

On My Bucket List:

Charity:Water

Misc.

Crazy and weird.....

Auntie's Beads

Contacts!Contacts!Contacts!

Backyard Chickens

Disclosure is cool.

Not Forgotten.....Pat O'Hagan.

Eateries on my "Maybe List"

Spiders.....

:-) Disclosure

Pages

Neat

Not Forgotten

Disclosure is cool.

Yes...there is a copyright.

Subscribe :-)

This Blog is Hopping.....

where i get my news.....

Blog Archive

Eureka!!! I have found sites worth a look.
(rebuilding this blogroll)

I and a loved one have a debate over this...
the Lord helping those who help themselves.

Quotations.....
I would like all my favorite quotes to be read at my funeral.

Glad I wouldn't be selected as a contestant on this show.....
though the prize was awesome.

Contacts!
Contacts!
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