A Starbuck Moment

I stopped by Starbucks this morning on the way to the office.  I usually get my morning Starbuck coffee fix at Albertson’s.  This morning I had no need to go to the store, so I just stopped at the stand alone Starbucks.  After all, I told myself I have two Starbucks gift cards that I have been given lately.  (I also have a couple of Einstein’s gift cards as well.)

As I started to pay for my brew with the card I just kind of wondered aloud, “I wonder why people give me gift cards instead of inviting me to coffee?”  The cashier heard my rambling and said, “Maybe you are just a difficult person.”  

Hmmmm.  Maybe I am.

Greatest Snow on Earth

     I set my alarm for 5:30 Thursday morning.  When I went to bed it was snowing and Jen had to work Thursday.  That means I have to get enough snow off of the driveway by 6:20 that she can get her car up to the road.  Sure enough, Thursday morning showed about 8 inches of snow.  I went out and fired up the snowblower.  It was awesome!  The snow was the type that gives Utah the title, “greatest snow on earth.”  It was dry, light and fluffy, so light the blower shot it all the way into the street from the bottom of the driveway.
     When Jen came out to go to work I told her it would be a great day to call in sick with the Alta Flu.  Of course she didn’t and we missed a great chance for powder skiing.  We tried to make up for it today.  The skiing was great, but the powder was mostly skied down.  

Walk The Line

I went to see Johnny Cash Friday night.  I figured I would have a front row seat to see ole Johnny sing.  The theater was so crowded, I had an almost front row seat.  But it was primarily to see ole Johnny drink beer and pop pills.  

Joaquin Phoenix  and Reese Witherspoon did an incredible job singing.  The story of one man’s battle and eventual victory over drugs was inspiring.  It would have been even more so if they had been a little more clear about how that victory was achieved.  The only reference to a spiritual victory was one short scene showing June leading Johnny to Church.

One day in 1956, quite by accident rather than design, Johnny Cash and three other young stars, Elvis
Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis were recorded at Sun Records in Memphis while they were just messing around and singing mostly old gospel songs.  The album is called “The Millionaire Quartet.”  I haven’t got it yet, but it might be a good listen.