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Coffee Drive-Thru Line

Whenever I see one of those giant lines at a coffee drive-thru in the morning, I always wonder why someone would choose to do that every day. Is it to save time by not having to make coffee? Is it because the coffee tastes better than if they made it themselves? I agree that sometimes it is worthwhile to pay a professional—but for coffee? I can make excellent coffee at home in minutes with a mug, a funnel and filter, and a coffee grinder and some beans. I can also make a week's worth for the cost of one purchased at a coffee shop. I can only guess that the attraction is not having to make it yourself and having enough time to sit in your car waiting for your coffee so you can text your friends or post a twitter about waiting in line for your coffee.

State Rep. Garofalo Apologizes for NBA Tweet

So here is the Tweet, Rep. Pat Garofalo @PatGarofalo Follow Let's be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime 6:33 PM - 9 Mar 2014 Is it worthy of the publicity? Is it worthy of an an apology ? Is it really a racist statement? Probably not. For those who choose to make this a racist thing, there have been one or two or even three players who were not African-American in the NBA . I know this even though I would probably not notice if the entire NBA folded tomorrow. As far as street crime, I watch the news and keep an eye out for who is causing trouble in my own neighborhood and my eyewitness accounts could never be "tweeted." But then I don't use Twitter . I also don't believe that certain groups are being systematically discriminated against on a wide scale in 2014 the way they may have been in 1960. I think that when more of a certain demographic are...

Tweet Contained "a racial slur"

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