Kenya AA…

I always drank coffee just for the caffeine, but I wanted to cut down on the cream and sugar. So when I’d order the brew of the day, whatever it was, I started taking a sip before drowning it in other flavors.

Buuuut, then I’d go ahead and dump some stuff in it, because I still didn’t like the taste. Until one day, I got a cup and took a sip… and another sip… and decided that THIS cup didn’t need a bunch of stuff in it.

Now I pretty much never add stuff to my coffee( I’ve learned what origins and roasts I like, so I can stay away from coffee I don’t like - and if it’s nasty, it still gets the cream and sugar treatment…

Because life’s too short to drink nasty coffee.

I thought that the camera-work in The Bear was really good.

Not OP, but the joke is fixable - when death asks the cat IF they have any lives left - and if so, how many - the cat says “nein”.

Still awkward, but at least grammatically correct!

There’s a great artist that sells stuff at our local ren-faire; I bought a fridge magnet that says “I saw thee, and thought my day unwell.” It’s illuminated like an old manuscript and depicts a slim greyhound tossing his cookies.

Or like Foghorn Leghorn said, “nice kid, but about as sharp as a sackful of wet mice!”

Damn! Not OP but thanks for taking the time to bang all that out. That DOES sound exhausting! As the only person in my community still masking today, thanks for going to those efforts to keep your friends and loved ones safe. You rock!

Bark at the moon - Ozzy

Bat out of hell - Meatloaf, for the spoken-word intro

High-speed rail