I made the sojourn into campus this morning to have some coffee and talk shop with a colleague. We had an enjoyable discussion for an hour in the recently opened library branch of the global abomination that is Starbuck's . Can someone explain to me. . . Why on earth do cities like Vienna and Rome even need them? I am of two minds here. Starbuck's is handy in a lot of instances. The coffee isn't bad. Somewhat better than what is sold in the competing, campus owned and run Sparty's . And the space in the library, occupied by a branch of Sparty's until early last May, is redesigned, bright, airy, and clean with plenty of new tables, chairs, and outlets for laptop computers, tablets, and recharging phones. All very convenient. Yet it is locally owned, non-corporate cafes that have the character and quirkiness that makes them interesting places in which to kill time, work, and people watch. Why the campus town adjacent to my employer does not have a bette
That includes avoiding Twitter and Facebook and the conceit/arrogance of the assumption that other people are at all interested in one's problems.
ReplyDeleteAnd we're all about conceit and arrogance here at Classic Style for the Average Guy!
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Heinz-Ulrich von B.
That illustration perfectly fits the expression "if looks could kill".
ReplyDeleteExactly. It's how I feel every time someone calls me dude, bro, or tries to fistbump or high five me.
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Heinz-Ulrich von B.
Classic Style for the Average Guy is hardly about conceit and arrogance; quite the contrary, I daresay: it's about try to lift high-fiving, fist-bumping dudes and bros out of the mud. Keep up the good work, sir!
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Heinz-Ulrich von B.