Please meet us out under the bainnoyendt tree – you're welcome to join our tea ceremony. We've known tea for centuries as the Silk Road did venture to pass by our humble abodes, we steep and we brew it, we treat it like gold, we maintain traditions preserved by our old and sage-like grandparents who live with us still, we'll never allow them old-folks-homes to fill. First comes some tea tasting, that is how we start, then follow fine pastries and dried figs and tarts, whereupon we fill all the teacups again and toast to the majestic Goddesses Ten. Try any and all of the wonderful flavors from spicy to earthy to ones that are savory, ones that make sleepy and those that are bland, ones that enliven the lymphatic glands. Some teas are quite bitter and others are strong, they keep up the drinker all day and night long, they're used by ship-captains and people on watch, they gain with time flavor, like any good scotch. So come when you're ready to sit back and chill, we've many more cups atop saucers to fill, this is one decision you won't soon regret, hold onto your ponies – you've seen nothing yet.
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10 July 2014
08 August 2012
forgotten memories rediscovered
Opening just one of those dusty boxes that had been shoved against the rear wall of the lower garage when grandma Nell passed away more than ten years ago, Ila Guerze-Rozen, forty-something mother of two children under the age of 6 years, rediscovered items that triggered long-forgotten memories. “Oh my word, these are pictures of Roberto and Juan, my brothers, from when we were just children,” the petite brunette said while wiping tears from her brimming eyes. “I had forgotten that we traveled so much back then. Look at little Juanito crying in the arms of that mascot that resembles a bipedal rodent, whose name rhymes with Sticky Blouse.”
Since none of the other boxes contained sentimental treasures nearly as emotionally-moving as the contents of the first box, so Mrs. Guerze-Rozen threw them out following a merely cursory pawing-through. After a bit more shuffling and a thorough sweeping, Ila stood back to look at the fruit of her labor, a clean, out-of-the-way area where she might sew, mend, darn, and sit quietly with a nice cup of tea and ruminate on her station in life.
While in the process of putting away her cleaning implements, Ila started upright, bolting to her new sitting area and tearing into the box of treasures, searching for something she had seen earlier but not recognized until bending over to pick up the smaller, blue dust-pan, which had itself triggered within her an odd but powerful sense-memory by falling from her hand and coming to rest at a peculiar angle against the closet's back wall. Picking carefully at the corner of a small wooden box, an item that she had previously overlooked, she pulled away a strip of paper tape concealing the sliding cover to a small hidden compartment. The secret drawer was empty except for a slip of yellowed paper upon which was written – in the large, boxy letters of a child – a simple message, that being, “Love.” With a smile as wide as the Rio Grande and a heart buoyed with sheer joy, Mrs. Guerze-Rozen shifted her weed stash to the hidden compartment, slid its little door shut, reapplied the paper tape, and went upstairs to wake her children from their afternoon naps.
場黑麥 mentiri factorem fecit
Since none of the other boxes contained sentimental treasures nearly as emotionally-moving as the contents of the first box, so Mrs. Guerze-Rozen threw them out following a merely cursory pawing-through. After a bit more shuffling and a thorough sweeping, Ila stood back to look at the fruit of her labor, a clean, out-of-the-way area where she might sew, mend, darn, and sit quietly with a nice cup of tea and ruminate on her station in life.
While in the process of putting away her cleaning implements, Ila started upright, bolting to her new sitting area and tearing into the box of treasures, searching for something she had seen earlier but not recognized until bending over to pick up the smaller, blue dust-pan, which had itself triggered within her an odd but powerful sense-memory by falling from her hand and coming to rest at a peculiar angle against the closet's back wall. Picking carefully at the corner of a small wooden box, an item that she had previously overlooked, she pulled away a strip of paper tape concealing the sliding cover to a small hidden compartment. The secret drawer was empty except for a slip of yellowed paper upon which was written – in the large, boxy letters of a child – a simple message, that being, “Love.” With a smile as wide as the Rio Grande and a heart buoyed with sheer joy, Mrs. Guerze-Rozen shifted her weed stash to the hidden compartment, slid its little door shut, reapplied the paper tape, and went upstairs to wake her children from their afternoon naps.
場黑麥 mentiri factorem fecit
11 May 2011
war on drugs - caffeine
The Momentary Courier of Newsiness
08MAY2011
Des Moines.
In their ongoing efforts to eradicate the distribution of deadly drugs throughout America, federal agents today raided the Sippy House, a coffee shop in a quiet neighborhood of Des Moines. After receiving a tip from an unnamed source concerned that children were being served drugs at the Sippy House, members of the ATF moved in just after the establishment opened at 8:30 am.
"I was walking by on my way to get a bagel," said longtime Des Moines resident Enrique Sanchez, 39, "when I saw armed men clad in black and carrying automatic weapons kicking down the back door to the Sippy House." Agents confirm they have secured large amounts of caffeine in various forms, including finely and coarsely ground coffees, and teas neatly packed in small pouches that, agents said, facilitate the quick and efficient delivery and distribution of this drug. "We have seized all manner of this dangerous substance, including coffee beans coated in chocolate, and chocolate bars laced with caffeine," said Sergeant Allen T. Samuelson III, the commander of the raid, in an interview at the scene. "Caffeine is a drug," Samuelson continued, "and we need to make sure the American people cannot access this or any other drug."
Georgette Bristol-Schmidt, age 11, was waiting to be taken into state custody after her mother, Henrietta, was charged with child endangerment and corruption of a minor for buying a small iced latte that she then handed to her preteen daughter. "I was tired this morning," Georgette said, "so Mommy bought me a coffee. I'm not tired now, and the nice police lady said I'm going to a nice place with nice people."
Similar raids are taking place across the country. The Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms, which is conducting these raids in conjuncture with the Centers for Disease Control and the Drug Enforcement Agency, said in an online statement, "No longer will Americans be exposed to drugs or stimulants of any kind. We are shutting down all caffeine distribution centers, all alcohol distribution centers, all nicotine distribution centers, any and all establishments that make drugs of any form available to the addict. We're just getting warmed up - you ain't seen nothing yet."
The Committee for the Defense of Liberty in America, which according to its website was established, "To guarantee that all Americans, in accordance with the Declaration of Independence, can now and forever more Pursue their Happiness as they see best fit, so long as they are not restricting others from pursuing their Happiness in any way, shape, or form," did not officially respond to the widespread actions of the aforementioned federal agencies.
"I didn't realize caffeine was a drug," Sanchez said. "I guess it's good that our government is protecting us from any and all substances that might cause us harm, or elevate our minds. I, for one, welcome the police state."
James J. Jameson is a reporter for The Momentary Courier of Newsiness
(This non-news article is satirical. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. None of the statements attributed to the various federal agents are intended to be taken as factual statements. This is a joke, in more ways than one.)
08MAY2011
Des Moines.
In their ongoing efforts to eradicate the distribution of deadly drugs throughout America, federal agents today raided the Sippy House, a coffee shop in a quiet neighborhood of Des Moines. After receiving a tip from an unnamed source concerned that children were being served drugs at the Sippy House, members of the ATF moved in just after the establishment opened at 8:30 am.
"I was walking by on my way to get a bagel," said longtime Des Moines resident Enrique Sanchez, 39, "when I saw armed men clad in black and carrying automatic weapons kicking down the back door to the Sippy House." Agents confirm they have secured large amounts of caffeine in various forms, including finely and coarsely ground coffees, and teas neatly packed in small pouches that, agents said, facilitate the quick and efficient delivery and distribution of this drug. "We have seized all manner of this dangerous substance, including coffee beans coated in chocolate, and chocolate bars laced with caffeine," said Sergeant Allen T. Samuelson III, the commander of the raid, in an interview at the scene. "Caffeine is a drug," Samuelson continued, "and we need to make sure the American people cannot access this or any other drug."
Georgette Bristol-Schmidt, age 11, was waiting to be taken into state custody after her mother, Henrietta, was charged with child endangerment and corruption of a minor for buying a small iced latte that she then handed to her preteen daughter. "I was tired this morning," Georgette said, "so Mommy bought me a coffee. I'm not tired now, and the nice police lady said I'm going to a nice place with nice people."
Similar raids are taking place across the country. The Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms, which is conducting these raids in conjuncture with the Centers for Disease Control and the Drug Enforcement Agency, said in an online statement, "No longer will Americans be exposed to drugs or stimulants of any kind. We are shutting down all caffeine distribution centers, all alcohol distribution centers, all nicotine distribution centers, any and all establishments that make drugs of any form available to the addict. We're just getting warmed up - you ain't seen nothing yet."
The Committee for the Defense of Liberty in America, which according to its website was established, "To guarantee that all Americans, in accordance with the Declaration of Independence, can now and forever more Pursue their Happiness as they see best fit, so long as they are not restricting others from pursuing their Happiness in any way, shape, or form," did not officially respond to the widespread actions of the aforementioned federal agencies.
"I didn't realize caffeine was a drug," Sanchez said. "I guess it's good that our government is protecting us from any and all substances that might cause us harm, or elevate our minds. I, for one, welcome the police state."
James J. Jameson is a reporter for The Momentary Courier of Newsiness
(This non-news article is satirical. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. None of the statements attributed to the various federal agents are intended to be taken as factual statements. This is a joke, in more ways than one.)
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