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Ya might remember a Venue Announcement from about a month ago. It was the story of a magic Peet's™ coffee cup.

A few days after posting this sucker, I went to Peet's™ to replenish my coffee supply. I bought four pounds of whole beans (this 4lb. order got me some strange looks from the staff, believe it or not. I said, "what's with the strange looks?" They said that's an awful lot of beans. I thought fast and said, "I'm going camping." They said, "wow! How long? A couple weeks?" I said, "no. Overnight," and got a whole lot more strange looks. I said camping makes me thirsty and left the store.)

Getting home, I noticed that one of the bags had a sticker advertising a Peet's "Why I love Peet's™" contest that had folks write in why they loved Peet's™ and if their story was chosen, they could win a year's supply of coffee for themselves and their pals. I figured this contest was in the bag, because there was likely no better proclamation of love for Peet's™ than a ridiculous story of a magic coffee cup that made non-Peet's™ coffee taste like shit when it was really that non-Peet's™ coffee actually DID taste like shit. So I took out the swear-word and submitted the Venue Announcement to the contest and waited.

I didn't win. I should have known better. I should have written in some bullshit about being stuck in the rain or being a first-year intern in the ER and that was why I love Peet's™ and I would have won like these doorknobs.

I unsubscribed from the spam that I knew that signing up for a contest would bring. Optional reason for unsubscribing: "Your contest judges are inept."

Tonight - Homestead.

Go support your local bar. These are rare things in SF these days.

bye-ee!

whrr ... clik!