coffee, Iran, Toyota

Though I'd talk about coffee this morning. I have had my own blend for more years than I can count. I (obviously) put it in the excellent category. Reason for my choice of lead things to talk about is that Consumer Reports doesn't have much to say that is good about the coffees commercially available. My blend, by the way, is 6 oz Italian, 6 oz Viennese Roast, and 2 oz Sumatra. Yum. Years ago a specialty food chain carried my mix as Captain Ev's Blend. My 15 minutes of fame, I guess.

In other news, seems Iran has announced a rocket launch into space carrying a mouse, two turtles and some worms. I wonder what the worms do. Mouse - captain, Turtles - flight engineer and copilot. Worms ??? The Iranian press is mum on the purpose of the flight, except to say that it will put a satellite into orbit next year.

Toyota has new problems: seems the Prius is in trouble because of its brakes. Hari-Kari time for CEO Toyoda-san? Seems Wozniak of Apple has declared that the problem is not with the pedals, but a software problem - but, noone at Toyota will listen to him. Wonder if the problem he describes could be solved with every Toyota getting an IPad on the dashboard?

today

Life has come to a standstill for me. No apparent direction forward. Only reminiscing about the past. Not good for my mental health, I guess. Anyway, I made a pot of my special blend coffee and that makes the world better - maybe. My coffee blend consists of 6 oz Italian roast, 6 oz Viennese roast and 2 oz Sumatra. lI buy whole bean and grind just before brewing. I have used this blend for about 30 years. How time flies when we enjoy a good cup of coffee ;}). I make some awesome scones to go with the brew also. They are relatively simple to throw together and are great with blueberries folded in. If anyone wants the recipe, just ask.