Dear So and So

[Owlie]

Dear certain black tea--
What gives? I never had to put milk in you before. What did I do wrong? Granted, I haven't brewed you for a few months, but still! I guess we're going back to exactly two teaspoons of leaf and three minutes of brewing time and figuring it out from there.

Dear two other black teas--
Why are you both nearly gone? Your vendor has closed, sadly, and I have no idea how to replace you.

[OakLeaf]

http://www.rishi-tea.com/

On the expensive side, but totally worth it. Rishi's plain old sencha is nearly as good as Teavana's gyokuro.

[Owlie]

Rishi is pretty good--I have a couple of grocery store tins of their tea and it's still good. They don't have what I was looking for, though. (There are one or two other things, though...)

[Blueberry]

Dear certain black tea--
What gives? I never had to put milk in you before. What did I do wrong? Granted, I haven't brewed you for a few months, but still! I guess we're going back to exactly two teaspoons of leaf and three minutes of brewing time and figuring it out from there.

Dear two other black teas--
Why are you both nearly gone? Your vendor has closed, sadly, and I have no idea how to replace you.

PM me if you want. I might have some ideas

[tulip]

Carytown Teas. They ship (but lucky for me I can ride my bike there)

[Owlie]

Blueberry, PM sent.

Thanks for the link, Tulip! They for sure have one of the teas I was looking for (or a slightly nicer version), and they have the other, I'm just not sure about the flavor profile. The one in my stash has a nice, cocoa-y flavor to it, and not all grades of that particular tea type have that flavor. Maybe I'll send them an e-mail.

[indysteel]

Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.

[Blueberry]

Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.

That sucks

I'm still dealing with PT and pain (of course on my own dime) from the person at the MS Ride last year who didn't see the red light, stopped car in front of me or me stopped with a foot down, and decided to stop herself by grabbing my arm and wrenching it behind me, taking me and 2 other people down and causing some (admittedly minor) damage to my then new bike.

[Becky]

Becky - take the interview. You have nothing to loose, really. Your future is in your control, and you have to look out for you. Not only that, you don't have a job offer, only an interview. And when they ask you "if offered the job, would you take it?" The answer is "yes". You are not there to have fun doing an interview and that's it.

Heh...the plot thickens. There is no interview.

[Owlie]

Dear body--
Nonononono, you cannot be getting sick. I hope it's a combination of PMS and being tired and dehydrated and sitting too close to the radiator all afternoon. We have things to do!

Blarf.

[Catrin]

Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.

Yikes, glad to hear that your injury was not worse! Hopefully the college student has insurance...

[indysteel]

She mentioned that had recently married. She was driving a car insured by her new in-laws. Oops!

[Catrin]

Dear body--
Nonononono, you cannot be getting sick. I hope it's a combination of PMS and being tired and dehydrated and sitting too close to the radiator all afternoon. We have things to do!

Blarf.

I hope you are feeling better today!

She mentioned that had recently married. She was driving a car insured by her new in-laws. Oops!

Oh my, hopefully she has learned her lesson but it sucks that your car had to be part of that lesson. Hope the neck is better today and no other soreness is presenting itself.

[tulip]

Blueberry, PM sent.

Thanks for the link, Tulip! They for sure have one of the teas I was looking for (or a slightly nicer version), and they have the other, I'm just not sure about the flavor profile. The one in my stash has a nice, cocoa-y flavor to it, and not all grades of that particular tea type have that flavor. Maybe I'll send them an e-mail.

Well, if you send me a PM with the name of the tea, I'll go buy some and report back. I can even send you a small amount for you to try (smaller than they ship); that would allow you to try it out and decide for yourself by just trying a pot or two. Imperfect way to do it, but a good way for you to perhaps try it out and for me to try anew tea or two ...

[tulip]

She mentioned that had recently married. She was driving a car insured by her new in-laws. Oops!

And she mentioned it to an attorney, no less. Oops is right! I hope you are not injured.