Coffee...

In the past I've never been much of a coffee drinker. With that being said Ashley and I were recently given a coffee maker for a bridal shower present. I was instantly intrigued by this contraption and immediatly set about discovering the workings of this amazing device. I am now happy to say that I drink at least two cups of coffee when I wake up be it in the morning (ugh, but the java helps) or in the early afternoon (more my cup of coffee wink wink see what I did there?) So I must praise this truly great machine. The best thing about the machine is that fact that it came with an insulated carafe(coffee pot, whatever.) Ashely's work requires her to be up much earlier than I and so I usually brew a pot for her in the morning. Now for the incredible part. When I eventually stumble out of bed I pour a cup for myself from the same pot and it is still hot. What will modern science think of next? The other neat function is that if I so desire a cup of coffee before the brew cycle is finished I can just take out the pot and pour one without getting coffee all over my counter, that's right it has an interupt function how cool is that. Now I can't wait to try out my new toaster that also cooks an egg and warms up my breakfast meat so I can make my own Egg McMuffin that's right I said screw you McDonalds and your damn copyright.

RIP George Carlin

I'm not exactly what you would call a morning person. I am also not much of a t.v. news person, I prefer to read the newspaper. However, since I will be moving in about 2 and half months I have canceled my until I get settled in a new place. So imagine my shock when I got to work yesterday and heard that George Carlin had passed away. As you may have noticed from my profile I am a bookseller at a major bookstore. Where I'm going with this is that I'm puzzled and slightly outraged over the fact that I didn't have one customer come up to me and ask about any of George Carlin's books. I did, however, have about five people ask for those crappy Tim Russert's books. Don't get me wrong I'm sorry that Tim Russert passed away I don't wish that on anyone's family. It's just that his books were never really that popular to begin with. Then all of sudden people want to read them. Hmm coincedence maybe. He dies two days before father's day and everyone that comes up to me says "I just thought it would be a really great father's day present." Really?! then how come I maybe sold one copy a week for the whole month before he died. This brings me back to George Carlin. I understand that usually a comedian's books are not really huge sellers, Steve Colbert and John Stewart aside. But here is a man who in my opinion did more for the american culture while making fun of it than Tim Russert ever did by writing a biography about his father. If you are going to satisfy your morbid curiosity(sp.) then broaden your horizons there are a bunch of people who have died recently and a good portion of them have put out some kind of media be it movies, music, or books. So Rest In Peace George Carlin where ever the FUCK you are!

I just wanted to be popular...

So now it begins. I at one time said that I would never read, write, or support blogs. But, as you can see I am in fact writing one. Unfortunately I can not promise that this will become in any way interesting or poignant(sp?). Hell, I'm nowhere near even a good writer (I have failed college english 4 times!). What I will try to do is keep my rants limited and speak or rather write from the heart. So in keeping with that note I will keep this initial posting short. More to come later