10 Subjects I'm prepared to truly write about, but instead only have time to comment upon: - Wednesday, April 23rd

1. The Dalai Lama's message on Sunday at Chrysler Arena. Basically: He's happy. Hey... if the Dalai's happy, I'm happy. Simply being there was moving and inspirational. I was glad he clarified that we cant move to the Moon if we destroy this planet. That's a given, right? Be content, love more, work as one.

2. Big Ups to Mighty Good Coffee for the cool article in the Ann Arbor News! Good Job Guys.

3. Speaking of press, I want to thank Steve Gilzow and The Ann Arbor Observer for the Ann Aborite feature in the Observer this month! You made my momma Proud! Also, many thanks to Emily Rippe of Current Magazine for representing and speaking up about Free Speech Coffee. Even though the story ended up not being 100% true (the New Jefferson Market and Cakery decided at the last minute not to carry Roos Roast... perhaps around the same time they decided to be closed on Sundays...) the fact that Current published my logo and wrote the piece counts. So thanks to them.

4. The Private UMS and Friends Coffee Class on Felch last Sunday was a monster (in a good way) thanks to the influence of people I can't at the moment mention, mostly because Roos Roast needs them for further marketing campaigns. It was a great group of people, who not only made the class, but put the D in the backyard Destination space (where I'm currently writing). God, I love this country!

5. The New Roos Roast home digs are so money that I'm filled with gratitude to be living here. The Espresso machine really pulls the heart of the house together, that being the killer kitchen custom built by Cameron Magoon. Cam and his boys worked magic on the ghetto digs and now it's gourmet compound butter. Did I mention this whole neighborhood is pure butter? Aloe Vera Money Butter! When I first moved in, I felt guilty every time I got in my car so now I hardly drive anywhere! I keep trying to reduce my carbon footprint, and in fact there are days at a time when I don't have to get in a motorized vehicle and I'm ripping around on a bike moving beans! Plus I can hear frogs at night, and birds in the morning. So nice.

6. How glad am I that I'm not starting each summer day by A. Running out into the blistering heat and jumping into a brand new Subauru (Any model of new car is possibly one of the more toxic environments available on 4 wheels) B. Pulling it forward for someone who's "Just starting out in the process of buying." C. Watching as they breathe in and say, "Mmmmmm, nothing like that new car smell." D. Saying, "Have a nice drive." E. Returning to the overly AC-ed show room and explaining to my boss why I'm not on the test drive F. Going back to hovering over my phone with the hope of snaking a phone sale in the next 9 hours before G. Going home and getting back up to do it all over again. So as for NOT doing all that, Id say I'm pretty glad!

7. I bought a Roma tomato at whole pay check and it actually tastes real. A sure sign of the season.

8. It's so magical here when the weather turns. The trees are blooming, all the cool birds are singing their hearts out, people are friendly, and everything become a little easier to do because youre not fighting the cold, ice, clouds, and snow.

9. Critical Mass this Friday at 7:00. Sponsored by McCabe Meats and Roos Roast. Meet at North University and State (The corner of the Diag)

10. Finally, this just in from the judges: Drum roll please... (writing that is almost as good as saying it!) The winner of the 2008 Most amazing Pot Hole of the 48103 is.

Huron River Drive! The whole road. And all of Main Street. And most of Seventh from the bad part of Miller to Liberty. And if you happen to be on campus, there are some really great ones that will rip the tires off your rims on many parts of Washtenaw. Good luck missing them.



Thats it for todaysend comments so I can see who's looking at this snapshot of the Roos/coffee life, as your thoughts and further support of Roos Roast are invaluable. Thanks for lovin on the blog, and more importantly, on the coffee!



JRoos

Posted by John at 1:26pm 04/23/08