2/14/2023
While listening to bits of a classic Car Talk episode today on the podcast player of my personal preference, I noted that their conversation switched away from not necessarily automobile care and maintenance to coffee. Cappucino in the early-to-mid 1990s, I believe. This was a recurring theme for them a bit as was the occasional reference to cigar-smoking.
But coffee. Click & Clack most likely maybe were off-air prior to the latte gaining its current engulfing and encompassing renown. Definitely, I'd hazard a further and far safer guess, prior to the latte art of today's social media posts. I hate latte art. I particularly hate latte art which pushes the envelope beyond stupid hearts or idiotic tulips to include things like matcha to make foliage on foamy dumb trees.
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION there are two additions and two condiments which should be all that is allowed on coffee/espresso drinks. Also, to hell with the slippery slope of latte art writ large. Nevertheless, whole milk or cream and sugar. Milk substitutes should be reserved for the truly lactose intolerant only, may God have mercy on their souls.
Sugar should be simple, honest table sugar. Allowable condiments: cocoa powder and cinnamon. Said condiments should be used both rarely and sparingly. Interestingly enough, pizza has its own set of parallel rules. Those being that additions (toppings) should be limited to pepperoni and anchovies, with condiments being the rarest of treats of crushed red pepper and parmesan cheese.
Another thought for the day is a thing I saw that came courtesy of one Willem Defoe "I always like this idea of trying to fail. Try to make a bad painting. Try to act badly. Try to be lousy in that scene. It's interesting." This both makes sense of Spider-Man and gives me the seed of an idea for future writings.
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Smoking: Cavendish/cigar butts in Old German Clay
Reading: A Very Short Story by Ernest Hemingway
Smoking: Cavendish/cigar butts in Old German Clay
Reading: A Very Short Story by Ernest Hemingway
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