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A collection of 20 issues
Espresso Shots 9-14-25

Espresso Shots 9-14-25

"Coffee! Because anger management is too expensive." – Unknown

Espresso Shots 9-7-25

Espresso Shots 9-7-25

"If it wasn’t for coffee, I’d have no discernible personality at all." - David Letterman

Espresso Shots 8-31-25

Espresso Shots 8-31-25

"Coffee is a language in itself." - Jackie Chan

Espresso Shots 8-24-25

Espresso Shots 8-24-25

"My doctor told me to give up coffee. But I told him, I’m a writer, not a suicide bomber." – Jerry Seinfeld

Espresso Shots 8-10-25

Espresso Shots 8-10-25

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

Espresso Shots 8-3-25

Espresso Shots 8-3-25

"Way too much coffee. But if it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever." - David Letterman

Espresso Shots 7-27-25

Espresso Shots 7-27-25

"I never laugh until I've had my coffee." - Clark Gable

Espresso Shots 7-20-25

Espresso Shots 7-20-25

"Life without coffee is like a broken pencil – pointless" - Unknown

Espresso Shots 7-6-25

Espresso Shots 7-6-25

"Everybody should believe in something. I believe I’ll have another coffee." - Unknown

Espresso Shots 6-29-25

Espresso Shots 6-29-25

"We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks, but we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other." -Meg Swan (Parker Posey), Best in Show

Espresso Shots 6-22-25

Espresso Shots 6-22-25

"Even if you tell yourself 'Today I'm going to drink coffee the wrong way ... from a dirty boot.' Even that would be right, because you chose to drink coffee from that boot." - Chuck Palahniuk

Espresso Shots 6-15-25

Espresso Shots 6-15-25

"I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee. Enjoying my coffee." - Walter Sobchak (John Goodman), The Big Lebowski.

Espresso Shots 6-8-25

Espresso Shots 6-8-25

"May your coffee kick in before reality does." -Unknown

Espresso Shots 6-1-25

Espresso Shots 6-1-25

"I need a coffee to go with my coffee." - Zooey Deschanel

Espresso Shots 5-18-25

Espresso Shots 5-18-25

"Life’s too short to drink cheap coffee." - Unknown

Espresso Shots 5-11-25

Espresso Shots 5-11-25

"Without my morning coffee, I’m just like a dried-up piece of goat." - Johann Sebastian Bach, 1732

52 Things I Learned: 2024

52 Things I Learned: 2024

"You will not laugh! You will not cry! You will learn by the numbers! I will teach you!" - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket

Espresso Shots 12-8-24

Espresso Shots 12-8-24

"I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee. Enjoying my coffee." - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski

Rethinking Reading

Rethinking Reading

"I say never be complete. Stop being perfect. I say let's evolve, let the chips fall where they may." —Tyler Durden

When to Fold 'Em

When to Fold 'Em

"Every gambler knows / That the secret to survivin' / Is knowin' what to throw away / And knowin' what to keep" - Kenny Rogers, The Gambler

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