We made it through the first round

Starbucks Corp. has put out the list of the first Starbucks Coffee Shops to close nationwide as part of the eventual closing of 600 stores.

So far, none are in Wisconsin.

We can continue drinking expensive, non-fair trade, delicious coffee on any street corner we want while eating overpriced muffins and paying to use their internet access.

I love the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's comment to the locals,

Starbucks Corp. has released a list of stores that will be closing in July. None are in Seattle or Washington state.

I think Seattle State is the center of post-intelligent thought.

Cup of Jo

While Jo Egelhoff is off campaigning for the state assembly, Fred Dooley, Lance Burri and I are pinch-hitting. It's the least we can do. Really, the absolute least. Fred Dooley has his first installment today, "Big Coffee".

Well, there is one thing you can say about oil, lots of people have made lots of money from it. Those guys working the platforms drilling for and pumping the crude, the people transporting that oil all over the world, the refiners, distributors, marketers and retailers. Lots of money and lots of profits to be had for something that at an all time high is costing us around $3.69 a gallon.

$3.69 a gallon… Rank amateurs.

I like to play a game on my blog called Guess the Number. I throw up a raw number and invite my readers to guess what that number represents. Let me throw a number to you, $17.60.

I won’t keep you in suspense, Starbucks charges about $1.65 for a 12-ounce cup of coffee, that is $17.60 a gallon. And that’s for the plain old drip coffee not any half-caf-non-frappa-ccino whatever.

The reader comments already have a reference to the "Big Oil" conspiracy. Oliver Stone on international trade.

No java for you

Somebody warn Mike Mathias, or maybe everyone in his path. Starbucks is closing three hours for corporate training.

Personally, I always like to order the double-enslaved campesino cappachino with the war zone mocha flavoring.

This will cause riots in Seattle

In a taste test, McDonalds coffee tastes better than Starbucks coffee. In fact, McDonalds was number one despite being the cheapest coffee in the survey, according to the March 2007 issue of Consumer Reports.

Consumer Reports does not say which coffee will get you the most money if you "accidentally" dump it in your lap, but I'm guessing McDonalds has the deepest pockets.

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