Coffee Time

My coffee order of preference breaks down like this:

home brew
Starbucks
local bakery
Tim Horton's
Dunkin Donuts
gas station coffee
Honey Dew
wet dirt
Krispy Kreme

Tim Horton's usually has excellent, friendly service. But the Smith Street Tim Horton's in North Providence continues to set the bar for dumbest employees. I had to repeat everything three times one morning last week.

"Could I get a medium hot french vanilla with just cream and a toasted honey wheat bagel to go?"

"You want an iced coffee?"

"No, hot."

"And that was a hazelnut?"

"No, french vanilla."

"For here?"

"No, to go actually."

'Kevin' was also a mouth breather and paused for about 30 seconds between each question.

He DID know that he was getting off at noon though. That he was sure of.

Daisy came to work with me today. I had her do some filing.




She was well behaved, but she wasn't really that helpful.

I went to Fenway on Tuesday night. It was the best game I ever saw in person.

On a beautiful night for baseball, I saw:

A reunion of the '86 Red Sox team before the game.

Two home runs hit by the good guys.

Manny throw a guy out at the plate.

A woman two rows in front of me pass out.

One of our most promising young arms pitch well in a game that felt much closer than it actually was.

A two minute standing ovation for Pedro between innings. When he popped his head out of the dugout for a wave, I got a little goose bumpy.

For those of you not originally from the New England area, here's everything you need to know about New Hampshire.

I'm going for my master's degree in grilling.

These kabobs came out awesome.

This Settles It...

Season 4 was the definitive season for Jack Bauer kills:


Bauer Count


(plus "Knife to the Spine" gets the nod for best way to kill a bad guy...)