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Category Archives: Cup of Coffee
The “Cup of Coffee” is the daily post where the Citizens are free to chat about whatever they want. Topics that prove sufficiently popular often migrate to their own, dedicated post.
August 19, 2017: Twitter
I've never been a huge tweeter, but man, this presidency has been great for Twitter.
August 18, 2017: Graduation Day
On this day in 1963, James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi. Celebrate that important milestone in our history and reflect on how far we have come, and how far we still have to go.
August 17, 2017: No Place for Hate
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.
16 August 2017: That’s All Right
Forty years ago today, Elvis left the building for good. Seems like the rampant conspiracy theories about his whereabouts have mostly fallen out of popular circulation. My Memphis friends tell me he's still larger than life downriver.
I've felt ambivalent about Elvis' music most of my life, though in recent years I've come to appreciate his gospel recordings. The early stuff is hit-and-miss; the closer to country, the more I like it, the closer to rock & roll, the more I'd rather listen to Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. I can't abide the movie soundtrack stuff, but find the over-the-top Seventies productions with the TCB Band and J.D. Sumner & the Stamps to be pretty listenable in small-ish doses:
Share your favorite Elvis tune below.
August 15, 2017: Lingering Anger
Yesterday I wrote a CoC about how the 14th is the birthday of the girl who broke my heart in 1999. Somehow, I guess I never scheduled that CoC. But I'm still thinking about it and still wishing I could get that damned date out of my head. And yes, I hear the paradox in that statement.
14 August 2017: Buy? Sell?
Thad Levine told a Twins beat writer the club is pursuing players on the waiver wire with an eye toward adding talent for this season and beyond:
We've already pivoted once in this process, and I think we demonstrated a willingness to respond to the way the team's performing," Levine said. "The team's obviously performing extremely well right now...
That's fine and all, but I hope the front office isn't deluded by a 9-4 start to August, particularly when only one opponent in four had a record above .500. This week's series against Cleveland might force the issue.
August 13, 2017: The Upside
Shortly after the crushing loss last night, I got word that Royce Lewis, new to Class A Cedar Rapids, debuted with a four-hit day.
August 12, 2017: Bulldozed…?
The Twins are taking part in a nickname promotion across the league. One player will be wearing a jersey that says "BULLDOZE." This player is...Hector Santiago.
August 11, 2017: Recovery
I got an unexpected message on FB yesterday from a guy I worked on some TV projects with in Washington. He and I hadn't talked in probably six years; turns out he overcame heroin addiction about eight months ago after battling it for five years.
That world of hard drug addiction seems so far removed from me at this point that it seems more like a movie I saw than my own life; hopefully time will afford him the same feeling.