Mornings are a strange time. First, we get to see who survived the night (which is a good thing---unless not everyone did), but (second) we probably didn't get enough sleep, so we wake up tired... (Like that wonderful old song by The Diodes said, "I'm tired of waling up tired...")
And this leads us (you know, ALL of us, as a WHOLE---not a HOLE)...leads us to coffee... That disgusting, bitter, expensive bean, with the associated caffeine. I don't even LIKE coffee, but I look forward to that first cup, every day. My coffee is sugary---because I don't like coffee---but I drink coffee---and when I DON'T have coffee for a few days, I get a nasty, top-and-back-of-my-head skull buster of a headache.
Physiological addiction.
I've given up Nestle products (including Quik chocolate milk, which I drank DAILY for nearly forty years) because the company is dastardly (in a very boring, entirely GREED-based way), and I'm trying to cut out soda-pop---but I'm not giving up sugary coffee---which I really don't like...
Is it Halloween yet???
ZAPPA for President 2020! (Because even a dead musician is a better option than most of the candidates I've seen. I kinda like Bernie, but he might be too futuristic for most folks still. Maybe we can summon Frank Zappa's ghost to run---or simulate his personality with an A.I. program and have that be our candidate. Anyone out there know anything about necromancy or computer voodoo? If so, let me know...)
Coffee, Halloween, and Zappa... These are a few of my favorite things. Thanks for stopping by!!!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)