One More Reason

OK, I know you guys know how much I love my day job. Love love love it.
Today started with the decision to apply to Cup of Excellence to become a member of their judging panel. I haven’t heard back, but one way or another, it’s all ready been a great experience, because everyone I [...]

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Stuff and Things

Well, kids, what can I tell you? I’ve been busy doing, well, stuff.
I discovered a few little niggles with Stormy Bamboo, nothing major, just, you know, a space missing here, words like mmany instead of many, that sort of thing. Got that sorted out with an intensive reading Wednesday-Thursday. Phew
Having gone through that, and returned [...]

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New Job

Today was the first day of my, erm, new job. It’s not really a new job, I mean, it’s in the same place doing essentially the same stuff, but with fewer hours (yay!) and less running around (double yay!).I get to focus more on coffee and coffee tasting, which means that I should be able [...]

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Some things to think about

Deeply, deeply tired today. I had a few relevatory moments today. The first was when I realized that when Field Guide goes out I will have no more forthcoming books, which will be the first time in a year and a half I’ve had nothing pending, and that’s really scary to me.
The second revelation was [...]

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Oh, hey!

So I’m home. I got to come home really, really early from work because everything I was supposed to do today turned out to be undoable. The meeting that was scheduled? Canceled. The stuff I needed to wash and put away? Taken to the new store. The things I had to order? All ready sent [...]

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OK you guys, I’m sorry I’ve been away. I’ve been, honestly, way too busy to blog.
This weekend was the Western Canada Barista Championships, and that meant a 10 hr day yesterday and something like six hrs today. I’ve been eating bad food at strange hours and shouting to be heard for most of my day. [...]

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Equilibrium

The judges for the barista competition arrived today for palette calibration and the competitors have started arriving. I spent most of the day packing a box with all the stuff I’ll need for the booth I’m staffing at the trade show and feeling, well, great.
Sometime last night or early this morning whatever has been out [...]

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Long and Short

Ridiculous quantities of fun at work today. The Cup of Excellence coffees finally, finally, finally arrived and so did my Takengon. I snuggled the pallet when it arrived. Snuggled it.
After greeting the coffee, I wrote copy for the sign that’ll go upstairs and then cupped a few coffees. Then I got to sit in on [...]

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Battle Stations

OK, everyone, battle stations.
I’m looking down the barrel of a long, long couple weeks. Here’s what’s up next week, in brief: Opening a new store, going to a competition, running a trade-show booth and training for my brown belt exam. Oh, and getting edits to Stormy Bamboo in and finishing off Onsen.
Needless to say, [...]

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Not About That

I just posted on the Discovery Coffee blog a post that actually really applies here are well. It’s about the importance of meaning in words, the emptiness of common, overused words, and the challenge of change. You can find it here.

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