Original Link: https://www.anandtech.com/show/3049

I don't drink coffee

by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 4, 2004 10:34 PM EST


I'm not a fan of Starbucks; I don't hate them because of the hippy fight-the-corporation ideals, I just don't like coffee and I frankly think all of their other drinks are disgusting. That being said, I do have one reason to visit them occasionally: the almond toffee bar.

It's overpriced at $1.75, but I dig it (hmm that doesn't sound like me, how about "I like it", ahh better). If you haven't tried one I'd suggest it.

Being that it is 10PM I'm pretty surprised that it's around 80F in my house right now. Out of principle I have issues with turning on the A/C being that it was snowing just a week ago. I have the windows open but there is a significant lack of breeze. Apparently the moon is not doing a good job of working gravity or however that is supposed to work according to long lost physics I learned years ago.

Physics has actually always intrigued me, I guess that's why I always want to know how stuff works. I personally find how stuff works in space and the universe quite interesting and I can always appreciate a very good physics guy/gal explaining an incredibly complex phenomenon to me on the simplest of terms. It's just funny that we can learn about findings on Mars from CNN and it's presented in an incredibly simple manner; if you just based all of your physics knowledge off of what we learn in the news you'd think we sent a little machine up in the air and got back some emails from it telling us what's up. The fact that such complex science can be shared with the mass public and explained extremely well by some very intelligent folks to reporters amazes me.

A lot is wrong with our society but it truly astounds me when proclaimed optimists are nothing but pessimistic about what we as humans have done. Understand what is wrong with the world and assume responsibility for what we have done and contributed to, but don't forget some of the truly amazing things that have happened as the result of hard work. We've got two little things roaming around a different planet right now trying to learn more about it and us as well. It's ok to think and recognize that we're capable of doing good things as well as looking at all the bad in the world.

I've truly redefined the world rambling with this blog; I have this habit of just speaking what comes to mind when it comes to mind...and I have the horrendously bad habit of not reading over what I write (I don't like reading over things I've read) so I hope there was some coherence to this blog.

There is still work to be done and thus I must get back to it. I've got to get up early to hit the road to NY so I'm hoping this won't be a late night.

Take care and thanks for listening to me babble :)

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