First Cup 02.07.07 »

Nancy Astor: “If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee.”
Sir Winston Churchill: “And if I were your husband, I would drink it.”
Perhaps I should have waited until later today and filed this as a Ridiculous Headline post. Here’s the AP/Yahoo! Headline:
Democrats seek tougher action on Iraq
Wouldn’t that be a great thing [...]

First Cup 12.18.06 »

Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. ~ Alphonse Allais

First Cup 12.12.06 »

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)
Blogrolling is was down again. Here is an abbreviated First Cup:
Don Surber Thank you, Big Pharma — “It is Christmas. [...]

Ooops, My Mistake »

I thought this headline, Kerry: Botched joke won’t affect 2008, was referring to his 2004 run.
My bad.

Tags: 2008, Humor, John Kerry, The Left

First Cup 11.04.06 »

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon. ~ Ronald Reagan
Blue Crab Boulevard Full Employment Plan — “A glimpse of what awaits all of us on Tuesday and the days, weeks or months that follow. Swarms of lawyers screaming charge and countercharge at each other and the world [...]

First Cup 11.03.06 »

Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It’s the only thing “real” men do that doesn’t seem to threaten their masculinity. ~ Erma Bombeck

As Expected — Howard Dean Edition »

We’ve come to expect nothing less from the open maw of Howard Dean, the poster boy of Leftourettes Syndrome. The headline, Dean defends Kerry, attacks Bush in Vt., is a pretty good setup to the more-of-the-same that is Dean’s stock in trade.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee leaped to the defense of the party’s [...]

First Cup 11.01.06 »

Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. ~ Jonathan Swift
Right Wing News (John Hawkins) Polling Right-Of-Center Bloggers On The 2006 Election — “Right Wing News emailed more than 230 right-of-center bloggers to ask them about the 2006 election.” [See the responses from the 62 who responded. Jim]
In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) North Korea Bowed [...]