Good Day Breakfast Cafe, Chiang Mai, Thailand 11:15 AMIt’s a Good Day to Carry OnI have to take the leap sometime. Why not today? I was really planning for an exciting and grand relaunch of CoffeeHouseBlog.com. Instead, it’s going to start with just this little peep. Or I’m afraid it might never happen. Reality.“It only took one word – […]
Continue readingMy extremely learned friend, Adrian Gagnon, put me onto this letter. If you’re going to slay someone, slay them the way Mr. Johnson did — with eloquence, wit, sarcasm, facetiousness, and a finely-honed and venom-laced blade. - DJK Samuel Johnson’s letter to Lord Chesterfield(7th February 1755) To The Right Honourable The Earl Of ChesterfieldMy Lord,I […]
Continue readingOctober 25, 2024 - Post-dated There are a million other things I should be doing right now. How often these days do you feel that way? Today, with all that I need/should/must/ought to do to get our apartment cleaned out, cars sold and stored, and on and on, the last thing I should be doing […]
Continue readingCoffee@Works, Incheon International Airport, Seoul, Korea 3:22 AM Meet Ali, The Happy Komodo Adventurer I’m confronted with the question, “How open am I, really, to meeting strangers?” I don’t think I’m good at it. Others might say I am. But I meet others who I think are way better at meeting strangers and establishing rapport […]
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