The average family member holds a grudge thirty years. All right, I am starting an entry quite unsure of the exact quote! But I've always said my family was beyond average. The road runner is a relative of the cuckoo. So what do you call a destructively persistent cartoon coyote? In India it is legal for a person to marry a cow. Provided this applies to women it must be a welcome break in too many cases.

The forgoing were on a bulletin board in front of an independent (it means they carry "Friends don't let friends drink Starbucks" stickers---there, the big one got its ad) tea and coffee emporium I have been patronizing maybe from well before the introduction of the home grinder. The proprietor and I often shoot the breeze, abetted in a few topics by his wife being a teacher in my employer's system. With bad news about the latter---oh! oh!---brewing, I can be accused of, beside bad unintended-no-really puns, "holing up" against the former with a pound each of tea and coffee divided among six varieties on the order agenda.

The bean and the leaf have been associated with discussion and perusal and with the liberal owner this certainly applies. On his shelf of publications for the patron who comes to sit and sip was a copy of a magazine of which I haven't previously heard, "The Intelligence Report". It is published by the Southern Anti-poverty Center, which precludes endorsement by, among others these days and I vow this next pun just jumped out of the shadows of the plantation, the tea party. This issue dealt with a laundry list with accompanying descriptions of the most prominent American militia/anti-government movement leaders. Yes, no government. So how are the offending races and life styles going to be eradicated? The majority being scary?

It was enough to make me shudder as much in a second as I have for the morning coffee over a year. Speaking of India, I had a friend of sorts who was the big Carter Democrat who felt guilty over every pan handler he encountered and went off on me about the Rajneeshies about 20 years ago. I had a few friends in that, enough said for now. Based on this magazine, what about the so-called Constitution Party, John? I'm not putting down the Carter folks overall, not compared to the alleged second coming and beyond which rolled in after their guy. A sense of proportion I wonder if this person I haven't called on in a few years has learned.