Tuesday, August 06, 2002


please, don't drink & drive

naturally, as a new yorker -- we tend not to own cars since the subway is so convenient and costs less in a year than many people with SUVs spend on gas in 4 months -- it's no secret that this is how we new york chicks can afford all these fancy clothes -- we don't have to pay car insurance! frankly, it's just alien to our nature as borough-dwellers to spend all that money on something you can't even wear -- i mean, why have a car in new york when you know it will someday be inevitably rammed by a taxi and/or stolen? -- and also as the kind of person who even drinks coffee at the office from a decent porcelain cup because that nasty wax melting from the inside of office paper cups is disgusting, as is the smell of hot styrofoam. . .

what i'm trying to say here is that i was deeply surprised to learn today that drinking coffee while driving causes more accidents than cell phones. both the california highway patrol and insurance companies seem to agree: eating in the car is a terrible distraction and drinking coffee is the worst.

if this comes as news to me, dear readers, it may also come as a shock to you, even those from car cultures who have grown inured to the danger. . .please, instead of sipping your drive-thru sludge in the highway free-for-all, sit down in your local coffeehouse and enjoy quality coffee from a real cup, like a human being. i'm saying this only because i really care. . .

but in other news, a small chocolate mystery has been cleared up. who was cornering the market in cocoa futures last month? a london group, armajaro securities limited, was in fact buying up as much cocoa as it could in order to guarantee supply for its customers during a feared shortage later this year.

fortunately it's a win-win situation for farmers and consumers alike -- with a stable supply of cocoa, which is just 10% of the cost of a chocolate bar -- candy prices won't rise and african growers will benefit from higher prices.

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