On Coffee, Trademarks, and Appellations
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: An multinational coffee company is using its corporate power — more the point, its litigating muscle — to determine who has rights to a geographic place name for the purpose of establishing a trademark. Ethiopia, you...Coffee Notes from All Over
So long, and thanks for all the coffee. Bloggle notes the passage of the venerable Dr. Ernesto Illy, the son of Illy’s founder, Francesco. Ernesto Illy forwarded the science of espresso coffee more than any individual on the planet. I think Don Schoenholt...Life is Too Short for Bad Coffee
Sixty-five! I’d just attended a health and wellness fair and had learned that, in the six weeks since I’d started my new fitness program, my resting heart rate had dropped substantially. I was chuffed enough about the number to share the news with my wife....Tweetstream
- @PeterGiuliano Peter, this is splendid.
- @jessamyn Thanks to you I want to be a librarian when I grow up. (Narrator notes: He will never grow up.)
- RT @SenatorLeahy: .@RealDonaldTrump just claimed that re-opening Kavanaugh’s official background investigation isn’t something the FBI does…
- Nine-year-old me is giddy. t.co/KIycGWeUCQ
- RT @jmspool: We were promised Taco Trucks on every corner.
- @seananmcguire Excellent. Then an apostate mantis will suffice?
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