First Cup 03.29.07 »

Give a frontiersman coffee and tobacco, and he will endure any privation, suffer any hardship, but let him be without these two necessaries of the woods, and he becomes irresolute and murmuring. ~ U.S. Army Lt. William Whiting, 1849

First Cup 03.15.07 »

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

First Cup 03.08.07 »

Ah! How sweet the coffee’s taste is, Sweeter than a thousand kisses, Milder than sweet muscatel. Coffee, coffee, I must have it, And if someone wants to treat me, Ah, my cup with coffee fill! ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Koffee Kantate)

First Cup 01.20.07 »

Ah! How sweet the coffee’s taste is,
Sweeter than a thousand kisses,
Milder than sweet muscatel.
Coffee, coffee, I must have it,
And if someone wants to treat me,
Ah, my cup with coffee fill! ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Koffee Kantate)
Originally this was going to be a post last night. That was before I fell asleep watching NUMB3RS.
After 100 magical [...]

First Cup 01.05.07 »

A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. ~ Alfred Renyi

First Cup 01.03.07 »

I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. ~ Flash Rosenberg

First Cup 12.28.06 »

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

First Cup 12.21.06 »

The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ~ Sir James Mackintosh