Bugs: They're Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

We have a couple of Tarmac strips in our little town called Sacramento International Airport, although the "International" part of it may as well have quotes around it. OK, I guess there is a flight to Guadalajara now and again. Not that I have anything against Guadalajara - I mean, who doesn't want to order a drink whose Spanish name translates to Happy Buttocks? (These drinks are served at Los Famosos Equipales. But that's not why I called you here today.

I walk through this "international" airport a few times a month and the Starbucks had a serious fly problem. I apologize in advance for not taking a picture of the large poster made of flypaper, but I promise you, it was gross. But alas, it's gone.

Recently they installed these lights on the walls...

This coincided with the fact that there were no flies. Where could they be? I reached up with my camera and aimed down into the top of the light... 

For further enjoyment, you can click on the picture to enlarge.

Mmmmmm.  Kinda makes you want a Venti Mocha Flypachino about now, doesn't it?


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...And the answer to the trivia question the other day about where the Nanny Goats In Panties banner picture was taken:  Fremont, California. In Coyote Hills Park, near the San Francisco Bay.

Hi Jim, Nice To Meet You. Uh, What's Your Name Again?

Mr MudPuppy and I hit Starbucks almost every night. I mean, why stand in an epic line of impatient commuters shaky from withdrawal during the morning rush hour when you can save all kinds of time getting that caffeine buzz just before you go to bed?

Since we contribute to the national landfill with those daily cups, I started thinking, why not save those little cup sleeves and bring them in for reuse with our nightly jolt? And because we are so forgetful in our middle-age, we leave them right by the door. Like this...



And here we are a week later...



So now we wear them on our wrists. Like Wonder Woman. Deflecting the bullets shot by hovering tree huggers for not living environmentally friendly. They also hang around waiting to antagonize us after we've sailed past the the green reusable grocery bags that we keep on top of the garbage can, next to the garage door.

You know, so we won't forget them...




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Nanny Goats In Panties is continuing to reach out to its global partners in the blogosphere. Dagny Taggart (her nickname) hails all the way from India and has been generous enough to add us to the blog roll on her site Scratch For The Soul. This picture is from her latest entry, Be Yourself. Say, Dagny (aka Scratch Bags), how far away is the nearest Starbucks from you?


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Starbucks Spreads Its Legs for Old Times' Sake

Starbucks is going old school for the Coffee Experience: sex, sex, sex. Pictured at right is my coffee cup today. You can click on it to go a bigger version (that is, if you want to see through the eyes of a mermaid gynecologist). This is the original logo (1971-1987), featuring a split-tailed baubo siren, butt-nekkid, except for the crown. Donning a pose most middle-aged women couldn't attempt without pulling something and winding up at the ER, trying to explain to the nurse that she "fell down the stairs".

The last time this logo graced these cups, angry mothers and feminists protested, telling the company execs that their kids were asking why her legs were spread. So what, in this increasingly protesting, easily offended nation, are they thinking?

Here's what I think they're thinking: CEO Howard Schultz, having recently returned from retirement, is shaking things up. Remember the free coffee the other day? $1.00 cups of coffee before that? Starbucks closed for a few hours one day to "retrain" their baristas. There was talk of getting rid of the breakfast sandwiches. This has to be part of that campaign to bring back the Coffee Experience.

And who the hell am I to talk like I know about such things? Well, let me tell you, nosey. Having read and reviewed a book that was the Fast Food Nation of Starbucks, I learned a little something. You'll see the link for Starbucked in my Book Review section in the sidebar. And next time you'll think twice before questioning my authoritahhhh!

Come Early, Come Often

This early edition of my Tuesday morning post has gone to press now in order to notify y'all that Starbucks is throwing free cups of coffee at their customers tomorrow (Tuesday).

So you know you have to hit one on the way to work, hit another at lunch, and swing by yet another after work, and then for a calming after-dinner drink swing by another because you know, it's like those Starbucks are on every corner. If they were snakes they'd bite you!