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Espresso Shots 2-15-26

The creative power of walking, agency, brains vs computers, the small web, publishing imperfection, mixtapes, teleporting and why chewing sounds drive you crazy.

Espresso Shots 2-8-26

childhood dreams, remembering what we do, looking for what's true, addicted to being useful, better meetings as secret weapons, and the 500-mile email mystery.

Espresso Shots 02-01-26

Bermuda Triangle mysteries, obscure sorrows, phantom obligation, game theory, internet radio, and why kindness matters now.

Espresso Shots 1-25-26

Velocity and attention becomes a war, habits hinge on the single stick, life insisting on 1x speed and thriving through experiments instead of failures.

Espresso Shots 1-18-26

Defining the problem, curiosity tours, intellectual rigidity, choosing boredom over optimization and valuing time more than money.

When It Falls Over

Resilience isn't built by avoiding failure.

Espresso Shots 1-11-26

Café solitude, gray area magic, the devotion-friction matrix, reinvention on demand, rewilding digital presence, BowieNet's prophetic legacy, atmospheric computing, and the Moylan Arrow's unexpected brilliance.

Espresso Shots 1-4-26

"Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?" — Steven Wright

What Deserves My Attention Now

"So why would you want to go there? -Because I never have. That's why people go places, isn't it?" - Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) in The Truman Show

Espresso Shots 12-28-25

'Coffee – it’s the lifeblood that fuels the dreams of champions!' – Mike Ditka

Espresso Shots 12-21-25

'You did it! Congratulations. World's best cup of coffee. Great job, everybody. It's great to meet you. Hi.' - Will Ferrell as Buddy The Elf

Espresso Shots 12-14-25

"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." - T. S. Eliot

Espresso Shots 12-7-25

"I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee." — Terri Guillemets

Espresso Shots 11-30-25

'Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised. It's got me through the worst of the last three years. I beat the Borg with it.' - Captain Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek Voyager: Hunters)

Espresso Shots 11-23-25

'What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.' - Henry Rollins

Espresso Shots 11-16-25

"Without my morning coffee, I’m just like a dried-up piece of goat." – Johann Sebastian Bach

Espresso Shots 11-09-25

'Mornings are for coffee and contemplation.' - Jim Hopper (David Harbour) in Stranger Things

Are We Having Fun Yet?

"Well, I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun." -Chevy Chase as Clark W. Griswold in Vacation

Espresso Shots 11-02-25

'I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.' — David Lynch

Espresso Shots 10-26-25

"Coffee is the answer, but I don't know the question." - Unknown