Gotta ♥ Starbucks.

I had to chuckle today at the hullabaloo over Sarah Palin’s reference to a Sbx (yeah, I know, she said Quote of the Day and blew it and should have said, “The Way I  See It… number… blah, blah, blah – and should not have blundered the word: help when she used the word: support).  So, she got the #287 cup… ‘sure glad she didn’t bungle the number of States in the US or something silly like that.

You know which cup I got?  Yep……………. it’s the same #280 I’ve gotten many times.  How is that possible?  I’ve gotten that #280 cup in Seattle, in Snohomish, in Portland, in Spokane, at SeaTac and probably other places, too.   Just a few days ago, Kathryn came home with a yummy, grandé extra-hot mocha — she was actually laughing when she handed it to me.  Yes, it was #280.  I nearly crumbled… but I was revived by the delicious brew.

I don’t even know how many times I’ve gotten that #280 cup.  I’m telling you, it’s a conspiracy.  In the last four or five years I’ve developed a nagging and sometimes debilitating inferiority complex – and no, I’m not kidding, and so when I get the cup — that number two-eighty cup, I start to think someone’s arranging it. It’s ironic — almost humourous.  Almost.

I’ve never gotten #287.  I’m glad, actually — and not just bcz I think Ms. Albright was way off.

My cup?  Quote #280?

Yes… you’re reading it right.  It says:

You can learn a lot more from listening than you can from talking…”