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Fundamentalist Coffee (was RE self-promotion...)
There should be a prize for writing like this. This e-mail is supreme.
John, you top my short list of listee wordsmiths who can turn the most banal
into the most sublime (at least until Lynzi T-Woode-love posts again).
Rock on completely,
jnf
(including the whole post below out of reverence for its genius)
> > > the Catholic church have been substantially better at seeking
> > > social justice for the poor than most Protestant fundamentalists
> > > have been.
>
> word.
> >
> > yeah? well, that may or may not be so, but we make a better cup of
> > coffee.
>
> acording to whom?
>
> some of the *best* coffee i've ever had is brewed by the lovely folks
> who own La Tazza Bella in chicago. they're very catholic. i needn't
> remind you that "espresso" is an italian word... italy is the *home*
> of Rome.
>
> as for fundamentalist coffee, it's usually folger's crystals or worse,
> local grocery store brand, and it's been watered down, after being
> brewed in one of those massive percolators, and it's in the corner of
> the church lobby, held by 2 oz cups. there's no cream, only nondairy
> creamer and no sugar, only equal (bleah.) and there's almost *no*
> caffiene in it, because caffiene is a diuretic and protestant
> fundamentalist sermons last *hours*, and they don't want you going to
> the bathroom during the sermon...
> besides, let's say you had to choose between coffee brewed by, say,
> walker percy or bishop desmond tutu as opposed to michael w. smith or
> james dobson.... and dobson knows that coffeeshops are dangerous
> breeding grounds for rock fans, multiculturalists and *gasp* young
> couples *holding hands* coffee promotes sin.
> if you want to know how michael w. smith would brew coffee, he owns a
> cafe in nashville tn called rocketown. if you're ever in nasdhville,
> don't waste your time: go instead to cafe coco off of state street.
>
> for the record, i'm episcopalian, and i brew my *own* coffee, and i
> used to sling espresso in the bourgious pig cafe in chicago, and i had
> "fans."
>
> john.
>
> a recovering fundamentalist.
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