Bowling With Werewolves

I've been reading the rather off-beat webcomic How to Be a Werewolf for some time now. I enjoy it; it currently features a) an established werewolf pack, bound by werewolf tradition and law; b) a young and unattached female werewolf, who doesn't like it and is avoiding entanglement with the pack; and c) a group of rogue werewolves, ill-trained and ignorant of tradition, who want to recruit b) and will run into serious trouble when they meet up with a).

At any rate, the most recent strip struck me as rather funny. One of the members of a), together with one of b)'s human relatives, is in a fight with c). What I laughed at is the last panel; look at the guy in the lower right. He's the human - and he's doing exactly the right thing.

Caffeination

This morning, I took the bus to visit Goshen Coffee in person for the first time. (I knew the address but didn't know just how far it was; once I got there, I realized that it was walking distance - maybe a mile - and the weather was good enough that I walked home.)

When I went in, I was met by one of the workers. (There seemed to be only two people there, a salesman and a clerk.) At first he was under the impression that I wanted a cup of coffee and tried to direct me to a nearby coffee shop, but once I made it clear that I was there to buy beans, he was all affability. He seemed a bit hippy-ish, to be honest.... He asked me what I liked (Ethiopian and Sumatran, I said) and showed me what they had. I mentioned that their website showed all of their "Secret Stash" blends were sold out; he made a sad face, then brightened. "Oh! We just got a new shipment in from Kenya. I can make you a bag of that, but it won't be labeled. Is that OK?" I agreed to it, and he bustled over to another bin. (I was carrying a bag each of Ethiopia and Sumatra....) (The "Secret Stashes" are more expensive, but very good.)

I also asked about their teas. The selection turned out to be rather small - no Darjeeling, no Oolong - but I bought a box each of Breakfast Blend and Chamomile. At checkout, he explained that they cut about a dollar off the price for in-store purchases, for regular and Secret Stash both, so the total was less by that much, plus the absence of shipping fees - a major gain! This whole purchase cost only a little more than an online order of one regular and one Secret Stash a few months ago.

This afternoon, I had my first good cup of coffee in a couple of weeks. (I've been relying on black tea in the morning.) It was good....