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November 16, 2025

First-World Problems...

Is there some sort of cosmic joke I am not privy to? Every single time we clear our leaves for the town's pickup, along comes a delightfully windy fall day to redistribute those carefully corralled leaves.

Every. Single. Time!

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And below the fold is a carefully considered rebuttal to my coffee-cup missive from last week.

I understand the sentimentality of a favorite mug. But, coffee drinking is serious business and should be treated as such.
Pragmatism should outweigh sentiment in this situation. That's why I switched to an insulated mug. However, I purposefully got one that doesn't look like the standard "travel" mug. People who use those are not serious about coffee. They are merely vagabonds.

A good insulated mug will keep coffee hot for nearly 6 hours. This is important, because a regular mug forces you to drink your coffee at a speed decided by the mug. It should be the other way around. And, if you can pace out your consumption you don't drink as much coffee...which is important based on the way I brew it. If the spoon doesn't stand up on its own, the coffee is weak.

-- Posted by: Orson at November 09, 2025 03:55 PM

posted by CBD at 02:00 PM

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However, I purposefully got one that doesn't look like the standard "travel" mug. People who use those are not serious about coffee. They are merely vagabonds. A good insulated mug will keep coffee hot for nearly 6 hours. This is important, because a regular mug forces you to drink your coffee at a speed decided by the mug. It should be the other way around. And, if you can pace out your consumption you don't drink as much coffee...which is important based on the way I brew it. 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