Beware, schmeeware — I’m going!

A kind, thoughtful, oh-so-lovely colleague down in the newsroom just sent out this notice:

Between 10 a.m. and noon, Starbucks is giving away free cups of coffee (no fancy mocha lattes, just coffee).

http://www.starbucks.com/ourcoffees/coffee_break.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1

Enjoy!

I’m betting this is how Brutus and the rest enticed Caesar to head downtown in spite of all the warnings about the Ides of March: "Stuff it, Artemidorus! I’m going for some free House Blend, and if I stop at the Senate afterwards, no big deal."

13 thoughts on “Beware, schmeeware — I’m going!”

Randy E March 15, 2007 at 4:29 pm

House blend? Bring on my Extra Bold Verona! I wish I were like you private business types who can leave during the day.

Brad Warthen March 15, 2007 at 4:36 pm

Yeah, I actually went with Verona when I got there. I just didn’t know what they’d be brewing ahead of time.
And I can leave any time during the day that I can manufacture a stopping place. All I have to do in return is work all day, all night, Mary Ann.
And no, I’m not calling you Mary Ann. It’s an allusion. School teachers should know all about those.

Randy E March 15, 2007 at 10:13 pm

I was poking fun at the business model fits all faction.
Try an extra bold from the French press. That’ll blow your hair back.

Dave March 18, 2007 at 6:50 am

So that’s how they got Caesar. Here’s one for you, how do you get a Harvard student to pay for his own parking tickets? You let him run for Prez 17 years later. That will get those fines paid up pronto. Mr. Clean Obama is a typical liberal hypocrite, but not quite as bad as Two Americas John Edwards.

Randy E March 18, 2007 at 9:20 am

Almost as bad as a congressman overseeing the impeachment of the president for lying about an affair while this same congressman is having an affair.
Or a senator overseeing this impeachment on the grounds of “sex and perjury” (the senator’s words) but then lobbying for the pardon of a white house official convicted of perjury.
Dave’s right, hypocrisy is rampanant.