Sunday, August 22, 2004


lost post

i spent about an hour writing a lovely thoughtful post about this:

"go to starbucks, however, and even if their 'fair trade' brew isn't available that day, you can sip your latte in the knowledge that the company does have policies that improve the welfare of growers in the developing world. . . .starbucks is a huge purchaser of coffee worldwide and should be lauded and encouraged to go further by ethical consumers. instead, it is usually one of the first targets for anti-globalization protesters."

and in response to the article, i thoughtfully and eloquently detailed all the pluses and minuses of the mermaid. and i explained why unlike some, i have mixed feelings about that girl.

and i did agree that consumers should be more outraged by the misbehavior of the "big four" -- sara lee, kraft, nestle, p&g (plus probably tchibo) multi-national roasters responsible for the low-quality coffee we see too much of. (think "cans.)

but as i was posting, blogger crashed and all the pretty electrons took their information with them elsewhere. however i am heartened to learn that dr. hawking believes no information is completely lost.

so if anyone is walking around downtown london, or sea-kayaking in patagonia, and my lovely post turns up. . . lemme know. for comfort's sake.

or perhaps thru some sort of gilgul or metempsychosis it will return as a double espresso. . .

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