Minister Of Mocha

I had another big sporting weekend. I had teams playing in different sports and with different expectations. My wife often reminds me that everyone isn’t as into sports as I am, but bear with me, I’ll try to make this quick. Last year my English football team, Arsenal, started the season out at the bottom…

Over the past several years we have been moving into a “smart home” situation at our house. I began putting in smart speakers which then asked for smart outlets, smart lights, and the like. Walking around our house typically involves someone say “Alexa, turn on…” or “Echo turn off…”. I’m sure I’m not the only…

I spent a day with my mother yesterday. We had tickets to see a play (a “modern” revival of Oklahoma!, but that’s a whole different story…) in LA. Since my wife is still visiting her family in Tennessee I took my mother, figuring she’d enjoy an old classic Rogers & Hammerstein show. The prospect of…

It’s 2022. It’s Starbucks. We have WiFi. This should not be “blog worthy”, but sadly, for me it is. I know, First World Problems, right?!? The thing is, I’ve gotten trained to expect things like free WiFi at public places, so when it’s not there, I get all twisted! My “office” is at our newest…

This weekend I did something I had done 12 times before: I went to see Sammy Hagar in concert. He was my first big arena concert back in the 80’s and has been my favorite singer for decades. “Wait a minute”, you may be thinking. I know, this is still a recovery blog. Indulge me…

I woke up on this Labor Day morning and went about the process of getting ready. For me, “getting ready” means taking a shower, brushing my hair, and getting dressed. My plan for the day was to head down to Starbucks and have coffee while getting some writing done. I have coffee at home and…

When I go to the prison it is just a little over an hour drive each way. I got up on Saturday and got myself ready. I had some coffee and watched a little bit of Premier League from England to get my day started. It was lovely. I noticed that it was almost time…

I had an appointment this morning about an hour and a half from home. I got up early and moved through my morning in order to be on time. Now I’m sitting in the parking lot and realize that I did bad math. I added an extra hour to my travel time. Planning is important…

You may remember that ear worm of a song from the Proclaimers from the late ‘80’s. If you look at it on a map the 500 miles then the 500 more could actually put them in Iceland, depending on which direction they set out. That’s a lot of walking on water! Being back in the…

I was sitting at my local Starbucks. Nothing out of the normal there, right? Something was rotten in the state of Denmark though. The Wi-Fi wasn’t working properly. The front door wouldn’t stay closed so the air conditioning forced it slightly ajar when, in turn, kept the very noisy fly fan on. To top it…