Hi I stumbled over your blog and was encouraged by your material on GC and the sexuality issue. I am part of the Scottish Episcopal Church - we share the Seabury history - and we have our own struggles with the issue. I was glad to see somebody trying to work it out with compassion - rather than setting up caricature positions on a win or lose basis.

Kind regards +David

Have you ever tried one of those "engergy drinks?" I did a few weeks back, at lunch. Spent the afternoon able to focus on tasks for somewhere between 2 and 10 seconds. I finally gave up and went to the gym to run, and probably set a speed record (if not world, at least for me). I felt like Barry Allen, ready to vibrate through solid materials.

Never again.

Your post reminded me of the dialogue of a couple on the movie Airplane: THe wife's inner dialogue after her husband orders a second cup of coffee "That's funny Jim never has a second cup at home."

Every Sunday on WGBH classics movies play, THe Philadelphia Story was on last week.

Heh. Been there, done that ;)

Since we often buy coffee beans for home at Starbucks, SBC, Whole Foods, etc... I've taken to grinding a half-n-half mix of regular & decaf so I can drink a goodly amt and not start vibrating uncontrollably.

While I cannot doubt the veracity of your experience at Peet's, I have to tell you it was "all in your head" because, in fact, the darker the roast of coffee, the less caffeine it contains. Thus, if you want a potent hit, you are better off with Folgers or Maxwell House than Starbucks or Peets. Now, espresso. . . that's another story.



Sincerely, the-coffee-goddess-gone-deacon